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Redbox Sees Red Amid Bankruptcy Filing

Redbox Sees Red Amid Bankruptcy Filing
« on: July 01, 2024, 06:44:40 PM »
From Sound and Vision:

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The days of seeing a Redbox video vending machine in the vestibule of your local Walmart or supermarket may be coming to an end.

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, the financially beleaguered parent company of Redbox, has filed for bankruptcy protection. One of the last straws leading to the filing was apparently the company’s inability to meet its payroll and pay its bills.

Redbox is in the hole with a number of retailers and movie studios, including Walmart, Walgreens, Warner Bros, Universal, and Sony, according to news reports. And it may that Chicken Soup was doomed from the start when it took on a reported $325 million in debt to acquire Redbox in 2022.

For most of us, renting DVDs or Blu-ray Discs from Redbox is pure nostalgia even though the company still maintains a network of about 27,000 kiosks around the country, down from 36,000 when Chicken Soup acquired Redbox, according to the Associated Press. Overnight rentals cost between $2.25 and $2.50, the latter for a 4K Blu-ray Disc, offered in some, though not all, Redbox locations.

Chicken Soup for the Soul also operates ad-supported streaming and video on-demand offerings, including Redbox Live TV and Crackle.

I've never used the service, but it's sad to see another option for renting Blu-rays (and even 4K UHDs in some locations) disappearing.

That said, the library has been a terrific find for us.

Full article here:  Redbox Sees Red Amid Bankruptcy Filing | Sound & Vision (soundandvision.com)
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Re: Redbox Sees Red Amid Bankruptcy Filing
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2024, 08:28:59 PM »
Well, that was fast.

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Redbox Owner Chicken Soup For The Soul To Liquidate In Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Shift; Workforce Of 1,000 To Be Let Go And 24,000 Kiosks Shut Down, Lawyer Says

Redbox parent Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment has shifted its bankruptcy filing from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7, meaning it will liquidate its business.

Ultimately, though, the conclusion was reached that employees would need to be let go and all 24,000 Redbox kiosks would shut down. “It’s not a position that any of us want to be in,” Pachulski said, according to an audio recording released by the court.

Full article here:  Redbox Owner Chicken Soup For The Soul To Liquidate; Fate Of Workforce Unclear (deadline.com)

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Re: Redbox Sees Red Amid Bankruptcy Filing
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2024, 09:47:55 PM »
I never used Red Box. 
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Re: Redbox Sees Red Amid Bankruptcy Filing
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2024, 09:49:03 PM »
I never used Red Box.
Me neither....not even once!
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Re: Redbox Sees Red Amid Bankruptcy Filing
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2024, 04:45:55 PM »
The last rental was with my wife ( then my girlfriend ) from a Blockbuster in Walnut Creek, 18 1/2 years ago.
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Re: Redbox Sees Red Amid Bankruptcy Filing
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2024, 07:13:30 PM »
I used Red Box a few times years ago when it started becoming harder to find disc rentals and I didn't want to commit to Netflix. But it's been several years now and obviously times have changed for rentals.

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Re: Redbox Sees Red Amid Bankruptcy Filing
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2024, 08:22:56 AM »
Used to use it all the time. Another one bites the dust
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