Friday, September 10, 2010

Redbox Thanks Charlotte Residents for Helping to Rent 1 Billion Movies

Redbox, the popular DVD rental provider, rented its one billionth
movie this weekend. To mark the occasion and thank movie lovers
nationwide,redbox launched the "Thanks a Billion" celebration,
rewarding everyone that rents in September with a free one-night
rental from redbox. From September 1 to September 30, 2010, renters
are invited to enter the DVD code from their redbox® rental at
redbox.com/thanks to receive a code for a free one-night DVD rental.
In addition, everyone that enters has a chance to win a choice between
a trip for two to the People's Choice Awards®and a Sony® Home
Entertainment Theatre System.

Charlotte, N.C. movie lovers have rented more than 10,659,919 DVD and
Blu-ray Discs® contributing to the milestone. Redbox now has 283
kiosks throughout Charlotte at the city's top retailers including:
Bloom Market, Circle K, Exxon Mobil, Food Lion, Food Lion-Bloom
Market, Harris Teeter, Ingles Market, Kangaroo, Kangaroo Express, K-
Mart, Lowes Food Store, Murphy Oil, Murphy Oil Express, Petro Express,
Public Library of Charlotte, Walgreens, Walmart and Wilco Hess. The
most popular movie ever rented in Charlotte was The Proposal.

Redbox now has 24,000 locations nationwide including select McDonald's
restaurants and leading grocery, drug and convenience stores. Each
fully automated redbox kiosk holds 630 discs representing 200 titles,
including standard definition DVDs and Blu-ray Discs at select
locations. Consumers simply use a touch screen to select their
favorite movies, swipe a valid credit or debit card and go. For added
convenience, customers can visitwww.redbox.com to select their movie
online or via the iPhone® app from redbox and pick it up immediately
at the redbox location of their choice. To find the nearest redbox
location, visit www.redbox.com or text "redbox" to 50101 from a mobile
phone.