{"id":4181,"date":"2011-04-06T17:32:08","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T22:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=4181"},"modified":"2023-12-04T07:18:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T13:18:45","slug":"dish-network-buys-used-blockbuster-at-auction-what-happens-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/04\/dish-network-buys-used-blockbuster-at-auction-what-happens-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Dish Network Buys Used Blockbuster At Auction, What Happens Next?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Like a drug dealer’s car or a foreclosed home, you can sometimes find tons of valuable property from questionable origins at auctions. Such was the case when Dish Network wandered into to a bankruptcy auction to find Blockbuster Inc. sitting on the table. Like a historic antique peddler that just discovered Eleanor Roosevelt’s vibrator, Dish Network enthusiastically snatched up Blockbuster right away for a cool $228 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once a few minor details are hammered out, Dish Network will have access to Blockbuster’s extensive line of empty stores, their online multimedia outlet reseller web presence cleverly disguised as a competent streaming service, and most of all the blessings of the movies studios who tend to prefer Blockbuster’s clunkier model to the likes of Netflix and RedBox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what to do with all these newfound powers? Well, we’ve got a few ideas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.) Bundle Dish Network and Blockbuster versions of the same movie together for a “Two-Download Combo” and hike the price by about five bucks (since it works for discs<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.) Turn Blockbuster stores into “assisted living centers” for movie studio execs who are getting a bit too old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.) Repurpose Blockbuster rental kiosks as “streetside theaters”. Rather than merely renting discs, show feature-length movies for $8 a pop. This will capitalize on the currently untapped people-who-start-watching-a-movie-on-the-demo-TVs-at-Wal-Mart-and-stay-for-the-whole-thing market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.) Follow in Netflix’s path by creating original content. To start things off, sign Jack Black and Mos Def on for three seasons of a Be Kind Rewind TV series, using existing Blockbuster stores for sets. Sell tickets for live tapings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.) Create a competitive, quality video delivery service that can rival Netflix, driving quality higher, costs lower, while simultaneously creating a thriving, progressive, forward-thinking business model.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: Engadget<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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