Neowin News Feed for: Rental

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Uber to acquire Jump Bikes, an electric bike rental service

Sharath Ravishankar — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 16:22:01 +0000

After two months in a partnership with Jump Bikes, Uber will reportedly acquire the San Francisco-based electric bike-rental service, in a bid to expand itself into the two-wheeler market. Read more...

Movie studios ponder movie rentals a few weeks after they debut in theaters

Timi Cantisano — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 06:18:01 +0000

Currently, there is a 90-day wait from when a movie is released in theaters and when it can be rented. Movie studios are in talks to accelerate this period and also charge more for the convenience. Read more...

Redbox launches website to comment on rental ban of Xbox One games

John Callaham — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 07:28:46 +0000

Redbox has launched GamingFuture.net, a website that lets people comment on next-gen game consoles but also seems to be a campaign by Redbox to allow rentals of Xbox One games. Read more...

Warner Bros. to rent Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight" on Facebook

Ross Dundas — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:25:34 +0000

Hollywood giant Warner Bros is keen to get a shoe in on its competition in digital delivery of its content by being the first movie studio to a rent a movie on Facebook. The studio... Read more...

YouTube to get rental movies by end of 2010

Alan Cone — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:03:32 +0000

Late last year, reports surfaced of a suspected YouTube movie rental service. Fast forward to 2010 and indeed YouTube has started streaming a selection of movies. YouTube has been in talks with major Hollywood movie... Read more...

Apple preparing 99 cent TV show rentals

Alan Cone — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:53:37 +0000

Suspected earlier this year by some, Apple appears to be in the process of creating a process where iTunes customers may rent TV shows for 99 cents. Three people familiar with the plan, according to Bloomberg... Read more...

YouTube rolls out rental service

Brad Sams — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:20:01 +0000

YouTube has quietly rolled out a rentals service that offers both movies and tv shows. Costing between $.99 and $3.99 for 48 hours, the fee is paid with Google Checkout. By entering the 'pay... Read more...

Blockbuster tests Games By Mail service

Jonathan Downin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:26:02 +0000

It is no secret that Blockbuster’s earnings have been on a downward slope. While loss of market share to services such as Netflix and redbox have had an impact on their movie rental business, GameFly... Read more...

Microsoft charges extra fee for Rental Rights Licensing

Benjamin Rubenstein — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:06:39 +0000

In the past, when an organization would rent out computers to an institution, business, or whomever, the company would purchase the computers with standard Windows and Office licenses, and then ship those computers to their... Read more...

Blockbuster OnDemand coming to TiVo

Christopher Vendemio — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:02:52 +0000

Blockbuster is hoping to expand the reach of its own OnDemand service with the announcement that the service will be extended to all broadband connected TiVo boxes sometime in the second half of the year.... Read more...

Apple, Fox close on iTunes movie rental deal

Simon Andrews — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:18:44 +0000

Apple is reportedly planning to get into the movie rental business and license its digital rights management technology, and it could announce a deal within the next few weeks. Both the Financial Times and The... Read more...

Oz video rental giants go Blu-ray only

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:05:40 +0000

Major Australian rental chains Video Ezy and Blockbuster - both of which are owned by the same company, Franchise Entertainment Group - have gone all-out for Blu-ray Disc, they said today. Neither chain - comprising... Read more...

Amazon Launches DVD Rental Service

Sat, 11 Dec 2004 14:34:40 +0000

The UK arm of e-retailer Amazon has announced its plans to launch a DVD rental service. CEO Jeff Bezos announced the plans earlier this week, commenting that "Amazon is determined to be the best place... Read more...

New UT 2004 server rental service announced

Mon, 22 Mar 2004 23:58:06 +0000

Taking a cue from other online game publishers, Epic and Atari provide a new way to streamline the process of setting up a UT 2004 server. Today, Epic Games and Atari launched... Read more...