Tag: Redbox
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CVS Asks Court to Let It Remove Thousands of Redbox’s Kiosks From Stores After Bankruptcy
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, the parent company behind Crackle, Redbox, and the streaming service of the same name filed for bankruptcy last month. Earlier this month, Redbox stopped working and locked customers out of their movies, and the shutdown of DVD rentals and its streaming service soon followed. Now the company faces another…
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3 Free Ad-Supported Streaming Services, Including Crackle, Are Shutting Down
This week we learned that Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment will be shutting down. Originally, the company filed for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy to try and reorganize and handle its debt to relaunch. Instead, they converted it to a Chapter 7 with plans to lay off 1,000 staff and end all operations. This means…
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Redbox Will Shutdown DVD Rentals & Its Streaming Service As Will Crackle
If you use Redbox’s streaming service, you may have noticed you can’t stream the movies you bought or even the free collection of movies they offer. For almost a week nowy, Redbox’s website has not been working. Now it just displaying an error message where you would typically find the free movies and movies or…
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Redbox Stops Working & Locks Customers Out of Their Movies As The Company Goes Into Bankruptcy
If you use Redbox’s streaming service, you may have noticed you can’t stream the movies you bought or even the free collection of movies they offer. Earlier today, Redbox’s website stopped working. Now it just displaying an error message where you would typically find the free movies and movies or TV shows for sale. For…
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Redbox Is Not Dead Yet As It Gets A Lifeline To Keep Going
Last month, Chicken Soup for The Soul Entertainment, the parent company behind Redbox, Crackel, and the streaming service of the same name, announced that the entire board of directors and board of managers of each subsidiary of the company other than William J. Rouhana, Jr., had been fired. This was quickly followed by news that…
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New Titles Coming To Redbox In July
Redbox Free Streaming is brining a slew of free entertainment this summer. Download the Redbox app on your mobile, tablet, laptop, or connected TV from your favorite app store to enjoy these titles and more this month! The Wolfpack In a cramped New York apartment, the six Angulo brothers discover the world by watching films…
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Redbox Reportedly Files For Bankruptcy
Last week, Chicken Soup For The Soul, the parent company behind Redbox, Crackel, and the streaming service by the same name, announced that the entire board of directors and board of managers of each subsidiary of the Company other than William J. Rouhana, Jr., have been fired. This was quickly followed by news that employees…
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Is Redbox the Next Blockbuster? Sadly, Not in a Good Way…
The once almost everywhere Redbox has apparently hit hard times as its parent company, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, looks for a way forward. Now in 2024 Redbox is feeling a lot like Blockbuster of 2014 when it closed all its remaining stores and became a shell of its former self. The question is…
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Redbox Reportedly Fails to Pay Employees & Stops Health Insurance
Last week, Chicken Soup For The Soul, the parent company behind Redbox, Crackel, and the streaming service by the same name, announced that the entire board of directors and board of managers of each subsidiary of the Company other than William J. Rouhana, Jr., have been fired. This comes as a holder of more than…
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Redbox Fails to Pay $4 Million to NBCUniversal As It Fires Its Board
Earlier this week, Chicken Soup For The Soul, the parent company behind Redbox, Crackel, and the streaming service by the same name, announced that the entire board of directors and board of managers of each subsidiary of the Company other than William J. Rouhana, Jr., have been fired. This comes as a holder of more…