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Save Us, Nintendo The bronze medallist in video game consoles hopes to make it a December to remember. Investors, take note.   |
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May 2006
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Are Extended Warranties Worth It? With standard warranties dwindling, you need to decide whether to pay for coverage you used to get for free. Our survey of 2000 readers reveals some surprising data about extended plans. |
BusinessWeek
March 25, 2010
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The Last Picture Show at Blockbuster? With time running out for the video-rental empire, CEO Jim Keyes desperately needs Hollywood to help him remake the company so it can avoid Chapter 11 |
The Motley Fool
April 14, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Big Game Hunting at Netflix Netflix is angling for more console interactivity, looking to hire someone familiar with several gaming platforms. |
The Motley Fool
January 15, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Brain Freeze at Blockbuster New CEO Jim Keyes feels that Blockbuster's future rests in transforming the money-losing juggernaut into an "entertainment convenience store" before it's too late. |
The Motley Fool
November 1, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Bad News for Netflix The once-booming market for mail-delivered DVD subscription plans shrank by 214,000 members this past quarter. |
The Motley Fool
July 6, 2007
Steven Mallas |
Mr. Softy's Extended Embarrassment Microsoft pays big bucks to fix Xbox 360 glitches. This goes far beyond a reddening of the corporate face. Microsoft stakeholders must endure a charge roughly valued between $1.05 billion and $1.15 billion. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2006
Matthew Crews |
Extended Warranties Cost Brand Value For manufacturers, maintaining brand value is more important for creating shareholder value than reaching for short-term gains at the cost of that brand value. |
The Motley Fool
October 10, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Did Netflix Just Stop Playing Games? Netflix kills Qwikster, but video game rentals may also be gone. |
The Motley Fool
December 12, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The New King of All Media Blockbuster is still a hub for borrowed celluloid, but it is morphing into so much more. |
The Motley Fool
September 8, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Nintendo Beats Microsoft Again Microsoft may have licked the Xbox 360 "Red Ring" issue -- but is it too little, too late? |
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Keyes to the Pity Blockbuster needs to become a retailer again. It needs to become the convenience-store leader in entertainment retailing. In that sense, how can you not like 7-11's Keyes here -- even if it may ultimately be too late to save the company? Investors, take note. |
Home Theater
October 27, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
PlayStation Gets Netflix Streaming Netflix streaming will penetrate Sony's PlayStation 3 video game console. |
The Motley Fool
November 6, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Fool on Call: Action, Not Drama, at Blockbuster Investors should like Blockbuster's new CEO. Keyes cleared up plenty of outstanding issues in the company's most recent earnings call. |
Popular Mechanics
July 15, 2008
Erik Sofge |
Trailing Wii, Sony Banks on PS3 Blu-ray Against Cheaper Xbox 360 The game console war continues. If Sony's "shrink-and-see" approach gains momentum, the death of one format war might just lead to the conclusion of another -- and the death knell for Microsoft's gaming empire. |
The Motley Fool
August 17, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
It's Raining PS3s! Nintendo isn't the only one cutting prices. |
The Motley Fool
March 20, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Nursing a Wounded Business Back to Health CEO Jim Keyes seems to have a grip on Blockbuster's woes, plentiful as they may be. |
CIO
February 11, 2009
Kim S. Nash |
How Blockbuster Plans to Beat Netflix With a new business strategy and fresh IT, Blockbuster is attempting to reinvent the DVD rental business for the age of movie downloads and video on demand. |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Has Blockbuster Left Netflix Standing Alone? Shares of competitor Netflix rose nearly 10% yesterday after Blockbuster told some of its Total Access subscribers about upcoming price hikes. |
The Motley Fool
September 10, 2010
Wolfgang Gruener |
Game Console Market Dissected: Nintendo Wii Is Dying Do we need a new Wii? And soon? |
The Motley Fool
December 10, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Blockbuster CEO Has Answers An interview with Jim Keyes shows his confidence in Blockbuster's future. |
BusinessWeek
December 20, 2004
Larry Armstrong |
When Service Contracts Make Sense Generally, service contracts aren't worth the money. But there are four products for which they might make sense: treadmills, elliptical trainers, plasma TVs and laptop PCs. If you're offered -- and you will be -- an extended warranty, here's what to consider before you buy. |
The Motley Fool
February 20, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Blockbuster's Craziest Idea ... Raised From the Dead Blockbuster's new CEO has reinvented the movie retailer's Total Access program, and this time it looks like they've gotten it right. |
The Motley Fool
September 11, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Blockbuster Takes a Big Gulp Will new information and merchandising executives at Blockbuster finally make their turnaround work? Two key people, with track records of success, are joining soon. |
The Motley Fool
November 23, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Blockbuster's Digital Plans Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes discusses the company's recent purchase of MovieLink, and their digital delivery plans. |
The Motley Fool
September 24, 2010
Kurt Bakke |
Xbox 360: Who Needs Blu-ray? Is Blu-ray already on the way out? |
The Motley Fool
April 11, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Back Away, Blockbuster Blockbuster announces it will introduce a set-top box for its digital-delivery service. |
Home Theater
October 29, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Wii Is Latest Platform for Netflix An undisclosed source confirms that Nintendo is testing Netflix and will officially begin service soon, possibly before the year-end holidays. |
The Motley Fool
April 13, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Wii Joins the Netflix Stream Netflix finally begins streaming on Nintendo consoles. |
The Motley Fool
March 26, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Where Will Netflix Stream Next? Netflix wants to be the king of all gaming media, or so it seems. |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2010
Anders Bylund |
The Future Is Now for Netflix DVD mailers are yesterday's news, and online movies are coming on strong. The future is now. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Too Little, Too Late for Blockbuster Video games could have been a good idea for Blockbuster -- if this were 2005. |
PC World
December 2002
Anne Kandra |
Bulletproof Your PC's Warranty How to make sure that your warranty will really protect you. |
The Motley Fool
March 7, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Blockbuster: More Than Meets the Eye The results are fine on their own, but there's great news hidden just below the surface. |
The Motley Fool
November 5, 2007
Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Does Netflix Need Blockbuster? Is Blockbuster's loss really Netflix's gain? Does Netflix need Blockbuster? These questions are answered in this video. |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
A New Way to Burn Rubber Microsoft's hardware-challenged Xbox has another problem on its hands. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 27, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Say What, Blockbuster? With new management and some changes, maybe the movie rental company is starting to show some improvement. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Netflix Sleeps With the Frenemy Netflix will begin streaming through many Sony BRAVIA televisions. |
The Motley Fool
July 24, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Red Mailers, Blue Investors Dark days are ahead for Netflix, but things could be worse. The combined market cap of Netflix and Blockbuster is less than the $2 billion market cap that Netflix alone commanded at its peak seven months ago. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
August 7, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Get a New 360 for Less Than $360 The price cuts finally come for Xbox fans. Investors need to keep an eye on monthly sales trends to see if the slashing will pay off. |
The Motley Fool
January 8, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Game Over at Blockbuster? After losing too many quarters, the company's unplugging its game rentals. A Blockbuster investor's loss is a GameStop investor's gain. |
The Motley Fool
May 26, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Nintendo Wii at a Wee Price Nintendo undercuts the competition -- before the competition cuts Nintendo off. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2007
Steven Mallas |
You Know the PS3 Plays Blu-ray, Right? Sony's PlayStation 3 unit is struggling as Nintendo's Wii console, and the Microsoft Xbox 360, are stealing the glory from the once-dominant brand in video game hardware. But Sony thinks it has a solution. |
The Motley Fool
July 27, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Fool on Call: Blockbuster Has the Key New Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes thinks Blockbuster is a turnaround explosion just waiting for a spark. |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Believing in Blockbuster Blockbuster gets its chance to look through Circuit City's books. |
The Motley Fool
January 24, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Still Doubting Netflix? The DVD rental giant is as popular as ever, delivering another monster quarter as it continues to nibble away market share at Blockbuster's expense. |
The Motley Fool
March 25, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Netflix Hits New High, New Low Netflix's one-day outage illustrates that as long as an outage is brief, the downtime is often a model-affirming event as users realize how much they rely on the befallen services. |
InternetNews
July 5, 2007
Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft Bites Billion Dollar Xbox Bullet Microsoft announced on Thursday that it will take a pre-tax charge of between $1.05 and $1.15 billion to extend the warranties on its popular Xbox 360 game consoles due to "unacceptable" levels of a specific hardware failure. |
The Motley Fool
August 22, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
How Low Can This Stock Go? There are a ton of options, and more to come, in the digital movie arena. And that's why Blockbuster's in trouble, and will continue to be in trouble. |
The Motley Fool
May 16, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Blockbuster's Still a Head Case The movie rental chain's quarterly report is less than meets the eye. |
