#TIL the #DVDrental service #Redbox was owned by #ChickenSoupForTheSoul ? And Upon Recent #Bankruptcy They Abruptly Abandoned 24,000 Heavy Red Retail DVD Rental #Kiosks Still Sucking #Electricity⚡ !
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/redbox-leaves-behind-24k-unusable-195538502.html
Netflix has officially ended its DVD rental service after 25 years, as streaming takes over. The last shipments were dispatched on September 29, marking the end of an era. #Netflix #DVDrental
Did you know there are still video rental delivery services in Aotearoa? Because I didn't. Aro Video in Wellington and Alice In Videoland in Christchurch both deliver all over the country.
Great news if you're feeling nostalgic or want to support a local business that's also one of the last video rental stores in the country.
If you know of others, please share!
https://www.arovideo.co.nz/delivery/
An article written by someone who works in the field of film as a critic, yet it's based on an entirely incorrect premise - that streaming isn't as good as DVD rental due to inavailability off movies. Except, the availability of movies is entirely down to studios and publishers and whether they will license the movies on any given medium.
Amazon would no doubt be selling and renting it on Prime Video if they could get licences to do so...
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