Editing Redbox (section)

=== Expansion and new products ===
With over 6,000 kiosks, Redbox surpassed [[Blockbuster (retailer)|Blockbuster]] as the largest U.S. video rental chain in November 2007.<ref name="kioskmarketplace1">{{cite web |date=November 26, 2007 |title=Redbox surpasses Blockbuster in number of U.S. locations |url=http://www.kioskmarketplace.com/article.php?id=18858&na=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831110948/http://www.kioskmarketplace.com/article.php?id=18858&na=1 |archive-date=August 31, 2010 |publisher=Kioskmarketplace.com}}</ref> The company reached 100 million rentals in February 2008,<ref name="kioskmarketplace2">{{cite web |title=Redbox surpasses 100 million DVD rentals Redbox surpasses Blockbuster in number of U.S. locations |url=http://www.kioskmarketplace.com/article.php?id=19242&na=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831105518/http://www.kioskmarketplace.com/article.php?id=19242&na=1 |archive-date=2010-08-31 |publisher=Kioskmarketplace.com, February 2008}}</ref> and surpassed 1 billion rentals in September 2010.<ref name="newteevee">{{cite web |date=September 6, 2010 |title=Redbox Hits One Billionth Rental |url=http://gigaom.com/video/redbox-hits-one-billionth-rental/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026171837/http://gigaom.com/video/redbox-hits-one-billionth-rental/ |archive-date=October 26, 2011 |publisher=Gigaom.com}}</ref> As of Q2 2011, 68% of the U.S. population lived within a five-minute drive of a Redbox kiosk.<ref>{{cite web |title=Info &#124; Redbox Corporate Information |url=http://www.redbox.com/facts |access-date=2011-12-12 |publisher=Redbox}}</ref> In Q2 2011, kiosks accounted for 36% of the disc rental market, with 38% of that attributable to rent-by-mail services and 25% to traditional stores, according to the [[NPD Group]].

Redbox announced in July 2010 that they would introduce [[Blu-ray]] movies at 13,000 kiosks; by that fall, Blu-ray discs were available across the Redbox network.<ref name="Bluray">{{cite web | title = Redbox launches Blu-ray rentals  | website= Redbox.com| date= July 29, 2010 | url = http://www.redbox.com/release_20100729}}</ref> In October 2010, the company began offering video game rentals in select markets, including [[Reno, Nevada]]; [[Orlando, Florida]]; [[Stevens Point, Wisconsin]]; [[Austin, Texas]]; [[Wilmington, North Carolina]]; and [[Corvallis, Oregon]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} Video games were available at all Redbox locations by June 2011.<ref name="Games">{{cite news |last=Molina |first=Brett |date=2011-06-17 |title=Redbox launches program for video game rentals |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2011/06/redbox-launches-program-for-video-game-rentals/1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622210227/https://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2011/06/redbox-launches-program-for-video-game-rentals/1 |archive-date=2011-06-22 |work=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> In February 2012, Redbox announced the acquisition of Blockbuster Express, a competing kiosk-based rental service operated by [[NCR Corporation|NCR]] in partnership with Blockbuster. The $100 million purchase, completed on June 27, 2012, included over 10,000 kiosks, inventory, and certain retailer contracts.<ref>{{cite news |date=27 June 2012 |title=Redbox Completes Blockbuster Express Purchase |url=https://csnews.com/redbox-completes-blockbuster-express-purchase |access-date=21 August 2020 |work=Convenience Store News}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yp9uCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA28|page=28|title=Marketing Strategy, Text and Cases|first1=O. C.|last1=Ferrell|first2=Michael|last2=Hartline|date=20 December 2012|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=9781285607139|via=Google Books}}</ref> As part of the agreement, Redbox entered a supplier arrangement of purchasing product and services from NCR.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-57372197-261/redbox-pays-$100-million-for-ncrs-blockbuster-express/ | title=Redbox pays $100 million for NCR's Blockbuster Express | date=February 6, 2012 | access-date=May 17, 2012}}</ref> The company sold some Blockbuster Express kiosks in less competitive markets to third party providers in June 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=Coinstar sheds inactive Blockbuster kiosks |url=https://www.kioskmarketplace.com/news/coinstar-sheds-inactive-blockbuster-kiosks/ |access-date=February 20, 2020 |work=Kiosk Marketplace |date=June 12, 2013 |language=en}}</ref> Also in 2012, Redbox partnered with [[New Era Tickets]] and Sparkart to test sales of live event tickets at Redbox kiosks. Redbox Tickets launched in October 2012 in [[Delaware Valley|Greater Philadelphia]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bond |first=Paul |date=2012-10-03 |title=Redbox Selling Tickets to Live Events |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/redbox-movies-concert-tickets-376270/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-10-05 |title=Redbox kiosks start rolling out tickets to live events |url=https://www.wbez.org/culture/2012/10/04/redbox-kiosks-start-rolling-out-tickets-to-live-events |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=WBEZ |language=en}}</ref> and later expanded to the [[Los Angeles]] area in early 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gagliordi |first1=Natalie |title=Coins, coffee and concerts: Coinstar's on the move |url=https://www.kioskmarketplace.com/articles/coins-coffee-and-concerts-coinstars-on-the-move/ |access-date=February 20, 2020 |work=Kiosk Marketplace |date=October 16, 2012 |language=en}}</ref>

Redbox announced its 3 billionth disc rental, including both movies and games, in July 2013.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 30, 2013 |title=Three Cheers! America Rents 3 Billionth Redbox Disc |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130730-908197.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804072036/http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130730-908197.html |archive-date=August 4, 2013 |access-date=February 9, 2017 |work=Wall Street Journal}}</ref> The number of items rented from kiosks annually peaked in 2013, with 772.87 million rentals creating $1.97 billion in revenue; that year, Redbox rentals comprised more than 50% of DVD rentals in the United States<ref name=":1" /><ref>[https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/redbox-shutting-down-bankruptcy-liquidation-chicken-soup-for-the-soul-1236067161/ RIP Redbox: DVD Kiosk-Rental Business Is Shutting Down With Parent’s Bankruptcy Liquidation]</ref> with 717.13 million units rented in 2014, and 587.55 million in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/296377/redbox-number-kiosk-rentals/|title=Redbox: number of kiosk rentals 2015 - Statistic|website=Statista}}</ref> This decline was widely attributed to consumers' preferences shifting from physical media to online streaming; although as of 2014, Redbox still represented half of the physical media rental market.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/redbox-makes-up-half-of-dvd-rental-market-exec-says-1201214188/|title=Redbox Makes Up Half of DVD Rental Market, Exec Says|first=Brent|last=Lang|date=5 June 2014}}</ref>

==== Expansion into Canada ====
Redbox began offering rentals in [[Canada]] in mid-2012.<ref name="RedboxCanada">{{cite news |last=Ladurantaye |first=Steve |date=2012-02-08 |title=Redbox bringing DVD vending machines to Canada |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/redbox-bringing-dvd-vending-machines-to-canada/article2331588/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209032323/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/redbox-bringing-dvd-vending-machines-to-canada/article2331588/ |archive-date=2012-02-09 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |location=Toronto}}</ref> 1,400 kiosks were installed in Canada before Redbox ended operations in the country in March 2015, citing low demand. These kiosks were subsequently relocated to retail stores in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |date=2015-02-05 |title=Redbox DVD rental company shutting down in Canada, moving 1,400 kiosks to U.S. |url=http://business.financialpost.com/fp-tech-desk/redbox-dvd-rental-company-shutting-down-in-canada-moving-1400-kiosks-to-u-s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926190157/https://business.financialpost.com/technology/redbox-dvd-rental-company-shutting-down-in-canada-moving-1400-kiosks-to-u-s |archive-date=2018-09-26 |newspaper=[[Financial Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Redbox Will Be Leaving Canada |url=http://www.redbox.ca/canadaclosing |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207231926/http://www.redbox.ca/canadaclosing |archive-date=February 7, 2015 |access-date=7 February 2015 |website=Redbox Canada}}</ref>