Blockbuster Lowers Online Rental Fees
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Blockbuster stepped up its battle for customers with rival Netflix on Tuesday by adjusting its online rental prices down.
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Online movie renter Netflix Inc. on Monday cut its rental subscription fee, a step aimed at mitigating competition that has fueled concern about its future growth prospects.
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Faced with increasing competition from rental giant Blockbuster, Netflix is taking the expected step of lowering the price of its 2-at-a-time DVD rental plan by $1. The move follows a similar price drop earlier this month by Blockbuster for it's 3-DVD plan.
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DALLAS-- Blockbuster Inc., the nation&#39;s biggest movie rental company, says it will eliminate late fees on games and movies as of Jan. 1-- but if you keep them too long, you buy them.
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Online retailer Amazon.co.uk has announced the launch of a DVD rental service. As an incentive to switch to the Amazon service, the company is offering rental members a ten per cent discount on DVD purchases from the site.
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Blockbuster, the largest video store chain, cut the monthly price for online rentals for the second time this year to fend off competition from Netflix.
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Blockbuster Inc., the nation&#39;s biggest movie-rental company, said yesterday that it will eliminate late fees on games and movies as of Jan. 1 - but if you keep them too long, you buy them.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Online DVD rental pioneer Netflix Inc. is lowering the price of its two most popular subscription plans by a $1 per month, relinquishing millions of dollars in revenue in an attempt to regain the upper hand in a cutthroat battle with Blockbuster Inc.
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The online movie rental service  operated by Blockbuster Inc was temporarily taken down on  Monday after it experienced a "systems" problem, a company  spokesman said.
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Wal-Mart is reducing the price of its online program.
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Video rental chain Blockbuster Inc.   said on Wednesday it had settled a patent dispute with  rival Netflix Inc.  that had challenged Blockbuster&#39;s  entry into the online DVD rental business.
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Amazon.com made its anticipated entry into renting DVDs on the Internet on Thursday, launching a service in the United Kingdom that it says will charge as much as 30 percent less than its competitors.
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In an escalating battle for online subscribers, Blockbuster Inc. on Wednesday undercut its smaller rival Netflix Inc. by unveiling a lower subscription fee for DVD rentals.
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(CBS/AP) Blockbuster Inc., plans to eliminate late fees on games and movies as of Jan. 1. But there is plenty of fine print, which suggests that the nation&#39;s biggest movie rental company is still struggling
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Blockbuster Inc.  on Wednesday posted a &#36;1.42 billion quarterly loss due to a charge, while profit from its operations slid due to higher marketing costs, falling rental demand and escalating competition.
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The leader in online DVD rentals expects its profit to sag the rest of this year as it absorbs the cost of lowering its subscription plan to ward off a threat from Blockbuster.
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NEW YORK -- Faced with growing competition in the home video market, Blockbuster addressed its No. 1 consumer complaint Tuesday, saying it will end late fees on rented videos and games in January.