Blockbuster

Blockbuster LLC, formerly Blockbuster Entertainment, Inc., and also known as Blockbuster Video or simply Blockbuster, is an American-based provider of home movie and video game rental services through a video rental shop, DVD-by-mail, streaming, video on demand, and cinema theater. Blockbuster expanded internationally throughout the 1990s. At its peak in November 2004, Blockbuster employed 84,300 people worldwide, including about 58,500 in the United States and about 25,800 in other countries, and had 9,094 stores in total, with more than 4,500 of these in the US.
Competition from the Netflix mail-order service, Redbox automated kiosks, and video on demand services were major factors in Blockbuster's eventual demise. Blockbuster began to lose significant revenue during the 2000s, and in 2010, the company filed for bankruptcy protection. The following year, its remaining 1,700 stores were bought by satellite television provider Dish Network. In November 2013, the last 300 company-owned stores were closed.
While the Blockbuster brand has been mostly retired, Dish maintained a small number of Blockbuster franchise agreements, which allowed some stores to remain open. By March 31, 2019, just one store remained open—in Bend, Oregon. It is still the only one open to this day.
== See also ==
List of former Blockbuster locations
*West Coast Video - former competitor
*Hollywood Video - former competitor
*Redbox - competitor
*FYE - indirect competitor
*Walmart - indirect competitor
*Target - indirect competitor
*Best Buy - indirect competitor
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