Comments on: Blockbuster: Now Only Slightly Less Miserable!

By: Blockbuster Concerned About Being a “Going Concern”

Blockbuster Concerned About Being a “Going Concern” — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:21:29 +0000

[...] The writing’s been on the wall for Blockbuster for some time now. We outlined some of the (many) missteps the company took in a post last month when the company insisted that it was not going bankrupt this year. [...]

By: Blockbuster Teams Up with TiVo

Blockbuster Teams Up with TiVo — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:50:23 +0000

[...] troubled rental chain, which just last week said it was definitely not going bankrupt, will join other movie rental services like Amazon, Netflix, Jaman and CinemaNow, all of which are [...]

By: Hollywood 1, DVD 0 « SquallyShowers

Hollywood 1, DVD 0 « SquallyShowers — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:34:10 +0000

[...] Showers Here’s all the news that fit to print: The DVD market is in the tank. Blockbuster is currently growing at a snails pace. And all the studios hate Netflix. So the New York Times is reporting that the studios are going [...]

By: Liz Gannes

Liz Gannes — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:44:59 +0000

Thanks Earnest.

By: Moon

Moon — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:39:15 +0000

I just walked by the Blockbuster and they have a DEAL going on - 3 rentals for $12.99. That's more the $4 apiece.

That seems like a lot of money to me. Other sources are $1, $2, even $3 doesn't seem that bad.

By: Linda Cameron

Linda Cameron — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:49:10 +0000

I hope Blockbuster makes it through this because I like having a choice between Blockbuster and Netflix, as well as other ways to get movies. It always is a good thing to have competition. I am sure Netflix would raise its pricing if Blockbuster goes out of business.

By: Earnest Pettie

Earnest Pettie — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:47:26 +0000

The problem with Blockbuster is that it was never willing to fully support Total Access. Total Access customers were different from Netflix customers who prefer catalog movies. Total Access users preferred new releases, overwhelmingly, and Blockbuster hated seeing all those new releases being rented for free.

Here is a blog entry about the Total Access program that got me fired from Blockbuster early last year. Total Access: What Went Wrong, and a blog entry I wrote when I was actually proud of the program.