Disney may end up being another company that will refuse to sell new movies to cheaper rental services such as Redbox. The L.A. Times reports Disney may Redbox and other to wait 28 days before providing customers with the option of renting its movies.

Warner Bros. could not convince Redbox to go along with its plan that delays rentals of its films by 56 days. In addition to that, the deal that required Redbox customers to wait 28 days before renting Warner Bros. films after they are released on DVD has expired. This means Redbox can offer new Warner Bros. movies more »

Warner Bros. has been making some unpopular decisions lately. Besides locking all the Harry Potter films away in a vault, Warner also recently struck a deal with Netflix, Redbox and Blockbuster that forces their customers to wait 56 days before renting one of Warner Bros’. new releases. The fun doesn’t stop there though. Warner Bros. more »

Today is Thanksgiving which means a lot of people in the United States are taking the time to meet up with family, gather around the table for some good eats and hope noone says anything too offensive. Though most of the day is reserved for loved ones, the evening hours are for those who are bogged down by too much food. If you find yourself unable to move around too much as the result of an epic pig-out session, you may want to rent a cheap movie to assist in your winding down.

If Warner Bros. decision to pull every Harry Potter DVD and Blu-ray from stores at the end of December wasn’t shocking enough, perhaps its latest decision regarding Blockbuster will. Warner Bros. decided to attempt putting the same restriction on Blockbuster that is currently placed on services such as Netflix and Redbox. Warner Bros. wanted Blockbuster to accept an agreement that would require Blockbuster to wait 28 days after its films were released on DVD and Blu-ray before renting them. Blockbuster refused to comply, so Warner Bros. stopped sending Blockbuster copies of its latest releases.

mSpot Movies is a cloud-based movie service with a different kind of business model. First of all, the service is doing something right by having support for PC, iPhone, BlackBerry and Android devices. Then again, in order for mSpot to really take off, it has to differentiate itself from other online movie rental services. mSpot lets you rent movies (including new releases) for $3.99. You have 10 days to start watching a movie, but the rental period can vary from 24-hours to “several days” depending on the movie studio’s demands. Then there’s something called the Movie Club that makes things confusing for users.

Netflix made news last week when CEO Reed Hastings declared, “In fact, by every measure, we are now primarily a streaming company that also offers DVD-by-mail”. Today, Robert Nelson reported Netflix is doing more pricing tests that will probably lead to a higher price for all customers. However, I’ve read through the Q3 report and more »

Your local library may not have the biggest selection of DVD’s to pick from, but it seems like they are providing a fairly popular method of borrowing movies. According to a survey that was done by OCLC Online Computer library Center — the public libraries are offering more DVD’s each day as compared to Netflix. more »

If you haven’t heard of Redbox, it’s essentially Blockbuster’s worst nightmare. It is a little kiosk that you might see around town, in grocery stores, outside pharmacies, etc., that offer $1 a night movie rentals. Plus they have a decent selection, making them a key player in media distribution, but also a threat to DVD more »

You’re probably already using redbox, the rental kiosk found all over the place in supermarkets. Lots of people like it because it is convenient and it is cheap – only $1.00 a night per rental. Well, now it is even more cost effective to rent from your redbox…because it is free. And ya can’t beat free.

Right now, rebox is offering the special that every Wednesday in March you can rent a movie for free if you go to their redblog site and simply get the code that they will post each week. That’s it. Then you can go and rent the movie of your choice for free.

They also have a special for cell phone users for a free movie on Mondays. If you enter your number on the redbox site, they will text you a code each Monday that you are able to use for a free rental. I can’t personally tell you if they inundate you with any other messages; as I didn’t try this one out yet. I did just sign up, so I’ll let you know how it goes.