Well, that didn’t last long. 18 months after opening its doors to the public, Redbox Instant (the online streaming arm of those Redbox kiosks you see in grocery stores around the country) is shutting ...

Redbox and Verizon Communications plan to shut down their unprofitable online competitor to Netflix on Tuesday night. Launched publicly in March 2013, Redbox Instant charged $6 a month to stream ...

The last time Redbox tried online video in earnest it... didn't go so well. The company's Redbox Instant was effectively trying to challenge Netflix head-on, which seemed foolhardy even in 2013. After ...

There's a new option available for cord-cutters, and it comes from an unlikely source: movie rental company Redbox. The service has started free live TV, and it doesn't require a subscription or ...

Cord-cutters now have another website they can visit to catch up on TV shows for free. Redbox recently launched a basic online streaming service, entering a crowded field of ad-supported live ...

Redbox, which became the fastest-growing U.S. video retailer with DVD kiosks and a $1-a-day rental price stores couldn't match, is developing an online strategy to stay competitive with larger rival ...

Netflix won’t have the online movie subscription business to itself for long. Two of the biggest players in DVD sales and rentals, kiosk company Redbox Automated Retail and online retailer Amazon.com ...

If you buy something from a Polygon link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Online rental service Redbox will begin offering PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Wii U games in the ...

The 4K Blu-ray format has taken another important step forward today with the announcement by Redbox that it’s starting to include 4K titles in its disc rental service. The first 4K Blu-ray titles ...

Redbox and Verizon Communications plan to permanently shut down Redbox Instant, their unprofitable online competitor to Netflix. In 2002, Redbox started renting DVD movies on vending machines, and now ...