Back in October of 2011, a disagreement between Warner Bros. and Blockbuster resulted in Warner Bros. withholding new DVD releases. Blockbuster was forced to buy Warner Bros. films from somewhere else in order to maintain its advantage over competitors such as Netflix and Redbox. Warner Bros. is now throwing its weight around even more by making Blockbuster, more »

According to the latest in the rumor mill, it looks like Dish Network is going to be launching a streaming movie service under the Blockbuster name this week. The report is coming by way of BusinessWeek, who are reporting based on the “person with knowledge of the plan” which means that this is still squarely more »

Dish Network supposedly has big plans for its recently acquired Blockbuster brand. A Bloomberg source says that Dish Network is going to reveal a new streaming service in October. The launch of this new service will occur during a time when Netflix is vulnerable due to the negative response iit received after raising prices for its DVD and streaming combo plan.

More bad news has struck Blockbuster. Dish Network, the chain’s new owner, will be closing 200 additional stores. According to The Wrap, the closures will leave close to 1,500 Blockbuster stores still standing.

Following its acquisition by Dish Network, Blockbuster announced that it is lowering the prices for rentals starting today. It’s also having a special promotion in which customers can rent an unlimited amount of movies for only $2.99 until July 4.

Dish Network has been cleared by U.S. antitrust authorities to proceed with the purchase of ailing Blockbuster. Dish will pay $228M for the video rental company (substantially all the companies assets). Dish expects to clear the deal by the end of this month. Many in the industry expect Dish to transform Blockbuster into a streaming more »

Today, Dish Network won a bid in a bankruptcy court auction for Blockbuster. The troubled company brought in a maximum bid for $320 million. At the end of the day, Dish Network will pay $228 in cash for Blockbuster and all of its assets. The deal should become final in the second quarter of this year pending court approval.

Along with the news of the HTC EVO 3D smartphone itself, Sprint has also announced that the handset would come pre-loaded with Blockbuster On Demand which will allow customers to buy and/or rent movies — including 3D titles. The Blockbuster On Demand movie service is said to have “more than” 100,000 titles including movies and more »

Images via: AndroidLib The Blockbuster app for Android has just made its way into the Android Market. Of course, the app has been around for a little while but up until now it was limited to the handsets that it came pre-installed on, such as the Droid X. The app is free to download, but more »

Verizon and Motorola will be holding a special press event on June 23 in which the Motorola Droid X will be introduced alongside potential other phones. As of now, we have already enough about the specs of the latest Motorola Android phone to know that it will be a great phone and definitely be the more »