Redbox has let its current wholesale deal beside Warner Bros. expire as the two companies row over the present standard "delay window" on top of new releases.In the current deal, in haggle all for drastically reduced prices, Redbox would ought wait 28 days after release to make new titles available for rent. Warner, in its New Deal , wanted to up the delay window to 56 days, outraging rental companies and consumers alike.Now, Redbox will have to purchase the titles from retailers astatine a much higher price, merely they are free to offer the movies on day one.Redbox senior frailty president of marketing Gary Cohen would only comment to say it "will work to provide Warner Bros.' movies through alternate means."Warner shot back: "The punter is best served by a windowing and valuation artefact that ensures a healthy film business continuing to mouth quality pictures. We hope to persist discussions with Redbox and reach a mutually agreed upon solution to this situation, but we full think to do what is best for our business, our consumers and the industry as a whole."Rival Netflix agreed to the 56-day window, but Blockbuster did not.
Source: http://feeds.afterdawn.com/~r/afterdawn/~3/f-Pplk3IXl8/redbox_does_not_renew_wholesale_deal_with_warner
Δεν υπάρχουν σχόλια:
Δημοσίευση σχολίου