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<blockquote data-quote="The Feedster" data-source="post: 506538" data-attributes="member: 259515"><p>Blockbuster is developing a set-top device to compete with Apple TV, according to reports in the Hollywood Reports this week.</p><p>A spokeswoman for the company said: "We're talking to numerous companies and vendors about products, services, alliances and initiatives that can help us achieve our mission to transform Blockbuster into a company that provides access to media content across multiple channels -- from our stores, by mail, through kiosks, through downloading, through portable content-enabled devices -- so it's not surprising that there are rumors out there."</p><p>The Hollywood Reporter claims that: “The device is believed to be a stand-alone product akin to Apple TV as opposed to embedding a Blockbuster-branded service in such existing devices as Microsoft's Xbox 360 or TiVo.”</p><p><strong>Launch this month</strong></p><p>“While going it alone could give it a distinctive positioning in the crowded "over-the-top TV" marketplace, that won't come without significant investment in marketing and manufacturing, though the latter cost might be shared with a consumer electronics company that has yet to disclose its participation.”</p><p>According to the report, the Blockbuster branded set-top box will be developed in association with Blockbuster-owned <a href="http://www.movielink.com/store/web/home/home.jsp;jsessionid=UNZHFFSJ3FGHGCQ2M5SCAOY?_requestid=1845786" target="_blank">Movielink</a> and is expected to launch later in April in the US. More on this as we get it.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/home-cinema/blockbuster-to-launch-movie-download-box-315291" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Feedster, post: 506538, member: 259515"] Blockbuster is developing a set-top device to compete with Apple TV, according to reports in the Hollywood Reports this week. A spokeswoman for the company said: "We're talking to numerous companies and vendors about products, services, alliances and initiatives that can help us achieve our mission to transform Blockbuster into a company that provides access to media content across multiple channels -- from our stores, by mail, through kiosks, through downloading, through portable content-enabled devices -- so it's not surprising that there are rumors out there." The Hollywood Reporter claims that: “The device is believed to be a stand-alone product akin to Apple TV as opposed to embedding a Blockbuster-branded service in such existing devices as Microsoft's Xbox 360 or TiVo.” [B]Launch this month[/B] “While going it alone could give it a distinctive positioning in the crowded "over-the-top TV" marketplace, that won't come without significant investment in marketing and manufacturing, though the latter cost might be shared with a consumer electronics company that has yet to disclose its participation.” According to the report, the Blockbuster branded set-top box will be developed in association with Blockbuster-owned [URL="http://www.movielink.com/store/web/home/home.jsp;jsessionid=UNZHFFSJ3FGHGCQ2M5SCAOY?_requestid=1845786"]Movielink[/URL] and is expected to launch later in April in the US. More on this as we get it. [url=http://www.techradar.com/news/home-cinema/blockbuster-to-launch-movie-download-box-315291]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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