Entertainment & Gaming News & Media
Coinstar, redbox take aim at c-stores
November 8, 2007
ATLANTA — No longer content to place DVD-rental kiosks solely in McDonald's restaurants and grocery stores, Coinstar and redbox announced plans to deploy more…
read nowDVDNow to expand in N.C.
November 8, 2007
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — DVD rental kiosk provider DVDNow plans to expand the number of kiosks installed in North Carolina by a minimum of 60 kiosks…
read nowBlockbuster looking to add digital-media kiosks
November 8, 2007
Reuters: Blockbuster wants to help customers connect their iPods and BlackBerries to their favorite movies and games in a service the company hopes will build…
read nowGAMUT Systems releases virtual concierge kiosk
November 5, 2007
CHANTILLY, Va. — GAMUT Systems recently unveiled its Traveler kiosk, a Virtual concierge kiosk-based solution for the hospitality, transportation and…
read nowID thieves install credit-card reader on DVD kiosks
November 4, 2007
YourHub.com: The Douglas County, Colo., Sheriff's Office recently took a report about a credit-card recording device that was fraudulently attached to a…
read nowTelecharge to provide Broadway tickets at hotel kiosks
November 4, 2007
HotelInteractive.com: TTI Technologies International has partnered with Telecharge.com, a New York-based consumer ticket-sales service, to provide Broadway…
read nowMediaMouth to expand kiosk offerings
November 4, 2007
The Indianapolis Star: Until a few weeks ago, MediaMouth was known as Digital Kiosk Technologies, a company that installs CD-burning kiosks in retail stores…
read nowCoinstar's 3Q profit surges 72% on coin machines, movie rentals
November 1, 2007
CNNMoney.com: Coinstar Inc. said its third-quarter profit surged 72 percent as the company's coin-counting machines and movie-rental kiosks collected more…
read nowWalgreen sees movie-burning DVD kiosks at stores
October 28, 2007
The Washington Post: Walgreen Co. plans to put kiosks that can make DVDs of popular movies in drugstore photo departments next year, using a new system that…
read nowDVD kiosk operators seek to capitalize on Movie Gallery's woes
October 17, 2007
Home Media Magazine: Movie Gallery's bankruptcy filing underscores the futility of the brick-and-mortar DVD-rental business model, says the chief executive of…
read nowReebok, NHL launch NYC store, kiosks
October 9, 2007
The Boston Globe: Reebok International Ltd. and the National Hockey League have announced the formal launch of a special hockey store in the New York building…
read nowDVD kiosk sparks controversy over R-rated movies
October 7, 2007
Afterdawn.com: A city councilman in Union City, Ind. wants to force the owner of a McDonald's franchise to either remove the Redbox DVD rental kiosk that sits…
read nowOPINION: Reviving retail in a digital media world
October 3, 2007
Video Business: When online digital content originally debuted in the marketplace, many predicted the impending demise of retail. For many of us, though…
read nowCashless payment technology installed in U.S. photo kiosks
September 27, 2007
MALVERN, Pa. — USA Technologies has announced that Fantasy Entertainment, a supplier of photo and imaging kiosks, has equipped 1,000 of its self-service photo…
read nowLighter restrictions give boost to DVD kiosks
September 26, 2007
The Wall Street Journal: A change in copy-protection rules governing DVDs is likely to unlock a new market for selling movie discs via kiosks, where digital…
read nowNBC reaches media-savvy young adults via kiosks
September 23, 2007
Media Daily News: NBC is promoting its late-night lineup on kiosks that allow users to download songs to mobile phones or burn those songs to CDs. Read more
read nowRace tracks install game kiosks
September 20, 2007
The Cincinnati Post: Horse racing tracks, handed a defeat last year on a ballot measure to allow slot machines at their parks, have begun installing kiosks…
read nowNo ATM in slot machine, but getting close
September 20, 2007
Las Vegas Sun: Nevada regulators don't allow slot machines that accept gamblers' debit cards, for fear the machines could quickly drain the gamblers' bank…
read nowRedbox buys two kiosk tech patents
September 16, 2007
Video Business: Redbox, a kiosk-based DVD rental company, says its purchase of two technology patents will protect its business model going forward. One…
read nowRange Revolution introduces golf driving range kiosk
September 13, 2007
World Golf News: Range Revolution Inc. has announced its RR72 Simu-Game, an interactive kiosk capable of rating the accuracy and performance of an individual…
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