BLOCKBUSTER(R) App for iPhone(TM) and iPod touch(R) Now Available from App Store(SM)
December 17 2009 - 7:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
Free App Enables Users to Search Blockbuster Entertainment Catalog,
Check Real-Time Store Availability, Manage Online Rental Queues and
More DALLAS, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Blockbuster Inc.
(NYSE:BBINYSE: BBI.B), a global leader in entertainment, today
announced the availability of its BLOCKBUSTER App on the App Store.
The free app was created in response to customer requests for easy
access to Blockbuster services on their iPhone and iPod touch. To
view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please
click: http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/blockbuster/41673/ (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091217/NY27711 ) "Downloading
this app is like putting BLOCKBUSTER in your pocket," said Kevin
Lewis, senior vice president of digital entertainment at
Blockbuster. "It's just one more way we're working to expand our
connection with our customers and their access to the entertainment
they want most. We spent a lot of time listening to the kind of
features our customers wanted in an app for the iPhone and iPod
touch, and we're excited by the functionality in this first
release." The app enables customers to: -- Browse Blockbuster's
entertainment catalog -- browse Blockbuster's complete catalog of
movies and television shows. -- Check real-time store inventory --
access up-to-the-minute inventory data to see if the movie they
want to rent is currently in-stock at their local participating
BLOCKBUSTER® store. -- Build and manage an online rental queue --
create or manage an online queue of movies they want to rent,
adding, deleting or reordering titles directly from their iPhone or
iPod touch. -- Locate their nearest BLOCKBUSTER store -- find the
nearest store based on a customer's current location or from
another provided address. Blockbuster is exploring other functions
to enhance the app in the future, including search and inventory
check for games, in-store movie reservations, movie downloads and
other customer-requested and convenience-based features. The
BLOCKBUSTER App is available for free from the App Store on iPhone
and iPod touch or at http://www.itunes.com/appstore. More
information about the new BLOCKBUSTER App can be found on
http://www.blockbuster.com/iphone. About Blockbuster Blockbuster
Inc. is a leading global provider of rental and retail movie and
game entertainment. The Company provides its customers with
convenient access to media entertainment anywhere and any way they
want it - whether in-store, by-mail, through vending and kiosks or
digital download. With a highly recognized brand name and a library
of over 125,000 movie and game titles, Blockbuster leverages its
multi-channel presence to further build upon its leadership
position in the media entertainment industry and to best serve the
two million daily global customers and over 50 million annual
global customers. The Company may be accessed worldwide at
http://www.blockbuster.com/.
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http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/blockbuster/41673DATASOURCE:
Blockbuster Inc. CONTACT: Michelle Metzger of Blockbuster Inc.,
+1-214-854-3190, Web Site: http://www.blockbuster.com/
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