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ecommercetimes.com - 11/30/2008
E-Commerce News: ECT News Exclusives: Elbowing Into the Set-Top Scene: Q and A With Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes
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Blockbuster on Tuesday threw its hat into the increasingly crowded ring of set-top boxes with the announcement of a deal with hardware maker 2Wire . Blockbuster's system will bring video directly to viewers' televisions on demand via a broadband Internet connection. The move follows similar ...
Blockbuster Bows Set-Top Box
homemediamagazine.com - 11/25/2008
Blockbuster Bows Set-Top Box
— homemediamagazine.com — 2Wire's MediaPoint media player By Erik Gruenwedel | Posted: 25 Nov 2008 egruenwedel@questex.com Escalating stakes in the... burgeoning streaming market, Blockbuster Nov. 25 unveiled a broadband set-top box that allows users to watch video-on-demand ... (more) Blockbuster Bows Set-Top Box

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Engadget:  Blockbuster CEO talks up 2Wire MediaPoint, says rentals coming to BD decks in Q1 2009

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Blockbuster CEO talks up 2Wire MediaPoint, says rentals coming to BD decks in Q1 2009
Engadget — ... Many may still be scratching their heads at why exactly Blockbuster decided to delve head first into the world of digital downloads this late in the game with such a weak (on paper, anyway) offering. CEO Jim Keyes recently sat down with ...

Blockbuster OnDemand coming to Blu-ray players (PS3?), too
CrunchGear — ...  in the first quarter of 2009 but what player is going to have the option? The Playstation 3 perhaps? Chances are the official announcement will come at CES ‘09 and will include Sony. Take a look at the whole situation and it only makes sense. Sony and Blockbuster have a history together with the rental company pushing Blu-ray forward before the format war was done. Plus, the PS3 needs something to compete with the Xbox 360’s Netflix streaming. The CEO did state that game consoles are in the plans and with the Netflix currently on the Xbox 360, that ...

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