The two companies will combine to try to give customers more access to video on the Web, and possibly position the new venture as an alternative to Netflix.
The company is likely to stress its plans for original programming on its streaming service, an acknowledgement that the DVD-by-mail service is a thing of the past.
Reviewed: ‘Moneyball,’ ‘Boardwalk Empire: The Complete First Season,’ ‘Killer Elite,’ ‘What’s Your Number?’ Also: “Boardwalk Empire: The Complete First Season,” “Killer Elite” and “What’s Your Number?”
What to make of that final scene? Filmmakers leave some details for viewers to decide. We live in an open-ended era with question marks hovering over our lives
Also: ‘The Guard’; ‘I Don’t Know How She Does It’; ‘Justified: The Complete Second Season’; ‘The Last Lions’ and ‘Shark Night.’ Also: ‘The Guard’; ‘I Don’t Know How She Does It’; ‘Justified: The Complete Second Season’; ‘The Last Lions’ and ‘Shark Night.’
All of the top five DVDS rented in 2011 were comedies, Redbox says. ‘Just Go With It’ was the top film, followed by ‘No Strings Attached,’ ‘Rango,’ ‘The Dilemma’ and ‘Due Date.’ Big-budget sequels ruled the box office this year, but it was romantic comedies that topped rentals at red kiosks.
Also: ‘Apollo 18,’ ‘Brighton Rock,’ ‘Final Destination 5’ The First Grader
Aersopace Corp. pays $2.5 million to settle Justice Department allegations that it defrauded the Air Force for several years by billing for former employee William Grayson Hunter’s time when it knew he was rarely at work. Few aerospace employees had it as good as William Grayson Hunter.