Video Stores By 2017, 86 percent of the 15,300 video stores that were open in 2007 had closed, with the video rental business losing more than 89 percent of its workforce. While digital alternatives and kiosks like Redbox have some advantages, there's truly an intangible loss here. Affordable access to a wide variety of movies is over. The largest Redbox holds up to 600 discs of a mere 200 unique titles. In 2010 there were 6,755 feature films on Netflix; today there are only 3,686. An average Blockbuster in its heyday had 10,000, and none of the chaotic contractual fights that come with digital licensing.
Numlock News: June 7, 2018
Numlock News: June 7, 2018
Numlock News: June 7, 2018
Video Stores By 2017, 86 percent of the 15,300 video stores that were open in 2007 had closed, with the video rental business losing more than 89 percent of its workforce. While digital alternatives and kiosks like Redbox have some advantages, there's truly an intangible loss here. Affordable access to a wide variety of movies is over. The largest Redbox holds up to 600 discs of a mere 200 unique titles. In 2010 there were 6,755 feature films on Netflix; today there are only 3,686. An average Blockbuster in its heyday had 10,000, and none of the chaotic contractual fights that come with digital licensing.