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Stock prices for kiosk company Outerwall are down more than 20% in post-market trading after it lowered its financial projections for the year noting in a release that promotion discounts in July and August “drove consumers toward more single night [DVD] rentals.” As a result, the net revenue per rental in Q3 likely…

The stock is up more than 5% in after-market trading following the earnings report — plus an announcement that the company behind the Redbox kiosks plans to change its name to Outerwall. Whatever it’s called, it reported Q1 net income of $22.6M, -57.9% vs the period last year, on revenue of $574.7M, +1.1%. The revenue…

The stock is down 3.9% in initial after-hours trading. The maker of the Redbox DVD rental kiosks says that CEO Paul Davis — who has held the top job since 2009 — will retire in March, and be replaced by CFO J. Scott Di Valerio. The change comes as the company, in a joint venture with Verizon, begins to roll out a…

UPDATE, 3:23 PM: If you were waiting for detailed information about the Redbox Instant by Verizon streaming plans, you’ll have to keep waiting. Coinstar told analysts in a conference call that the online service is in an internal beta test and the test will be opened to the public soon. “We’ve been really pleased with…

The stock price is up more than 8% at midday after the New York Post said that the owner of the Redbox DVD rental kiosks is talking about selling itself to “an undisclosed private-equity firm.” Coinstar has a market value of about $1.7B. Some may consider it a bargain at a price that’s less than 9 times its expected…

Coinstar CEO Paul Davis — whose company owns the Redbox DVD rental kiosks — appeared on CNBC today to discuss a venture that’s almost as important to folks in the media business: coffee. Coinstar shares were up 6% after Coinstar said that by year end it will roll out 500 kiosks under the brand name Rubi that will…

Wedbush Securities’ Michael Pachter thinks so after attending Redbox parent company Coinstar’s briefing yesterday for Wall Street analysts. Although the company only referred cryptically to its plan for a “new Redbox venture,” Pachter says this morning he believes that Coinstar “intends to sell movie tickets through…

Redbox‘s revenue grew 38% to $502.9 million compared with the first quarter a year ago, giving parent company Coinstar healthy earnings to report after the closing bell today. Redbox’s kiosk DVD rental service saw growth owing to a year-over-year boost in same-store sales, new kiosk installations, strong performance…

Coinstar shares are up more than 13% in after-hours trading after the owner of Redbox said that the kiosk rental business continues to thrive after the October price increase for a DVD to $1.20 a night from $1. As a result it says that Q1 revenues could exceed $569M vs the maximum of $555M it projected in February…

Can Verizon And Redbox Compete With Netflix, Apple, And Amazon? Coinstar shares are up more than 13% in after-hours trading on a big news day for the relatively small parent of Redbox. The twist with the announcement involving Blockbuster Express is that the kiosks you see in supermarkets and drug stores aren’t owned…

Redbox Vows To Acquire Warner Bros DVDs "Through Alternative Means" This is important for Redbox as its disc kiosks begin to dominate the DVD rental business. Much of Redbox’s clout comes from its growing presence in Walmart stores: The retailer began housing Redbox kiosks in 2006, and now they’re in more than 3,700…

The video rental company’s shares have spiked 6.8% in midday trading — an eye-popping standout on a day when the market’s down about 2%. The reason: website DealReporter says that Verizon is considering buying Netflix to get into the video streaming business. There’s just enough going on to make this plausible: Last…