PrintRedbox Signs Distribution Agreement with NCircle Entertainment
Agreement Increases Availability of Top Children’s Brands at redbox Locations Nationwide
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. and DALLAS – Nov. 2, 2009 – Redbox Automated Retail, LLC, and NCircle Entertainment, a leading distributor of children’s entertainment, today announced a two-year distribution agreement providing redbox consumers increased access to NCircle titles at the more than 15,000 redbox locations nationwide. The agreement guarantees redbox will feature NCircle titles, including popular brands such as The Jim Henson Company’s Sid the Science Kid, Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, Dive Olly Dive!, WordWorld, Richard Scarry’s Busytown Mysteries, Johnny Test, Mighty Machines and more.
“Redbox continues to offer families affordable home entertainment,” said Mitch Lowe, president, redbox. “The agreement with NCircle provides busy moms and dads with convenient access to their children’s favorite movie titles at a value through redbox locations nationwide.”
Featuring a number of Parent’s Choice & Emmy® Award winning DVD titles, NCircle specializes in the distribution of quality children’s entertainment.
“We will increase the visibility and reach of our titles nationwide through this two-year distribution agreement with redbox,” said Debbie Ries, senior vice president and general manager, NCircle Entertainment. “Redbox rentals allow the consumer to try before they buy. We are confident that the positive rental experience at redbox, coupled with the quality and appeal of our content, will translate into increased DVD sales at retail. This agreement is an exciting opportunity for NCircle, redbox and the consumer.”
About Redbox
Redbox Automated Retail, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR), offers new release DVD through its network of conveniently located, self-service kiosks. Redbox is available at more than 15,000 locations nationwide, including select McDonald’s restaurants, leading grocery and convenience stores, and Walmart and Walgreens locations in select markets. For more information, visit www.redbox.com.
About NCircle Entertainment
NCircle Entertainment, a division of Alliance Entertainment, LLC, licenses, manufactures and distributes family and children’s programming and related images for home entertainment and consumer products. Alliance maintains the largest in-stock catalog of CDs and DVDs in the U.S. -- a combined total of more than 335,000 titles. The Company was named the 2008 Large Wholesaler of the Year by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM). Alliance is a subsidiary of Source Interlink Companies, Inc., a media and marketing services company, one of the largest publishers of magazines and online content for enthusiast audiences and a leading distributor of home entertainment products, including DVDs, music CDs, magazines, video games, books, and related items. Source Interlink serves more than 100,000 retail store locations throughout North America. Supply chain relationships include consumer goods advertisers, subscribers, movie studios, record labels, magazine and newspaper publishers, confectionary companies and manufacturers of general merchandise. For more about Alliance, visit www.aent.com and Source Interlink at www.sourceinterlink.com. For more about NCircle Entertainment, visit www.ncircleentertainment.com.
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Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, including phrases conveying expectation
or intent and other expressions identifying future performance.
The forward-looking statements in this release include statements
regarding Redbox’s relationship with NCircle relating to among other
things, a DVD licensing arrangement. Forward-looking statements
are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may vary
materially from the results expressed or implied in such statements. Differences
may result from actions taken by Redbox or NCircle including those
beyond Coinstar or Redbox’s control. Such risks and uncertainties
include, but are not limited to, the early termination or renegotiation
on materially adverse terms of the licensing agreement and failure
to abide by the terms and requirements of the licensing agreement. The
foregoing list of risks and uncertainties is illustrative, but by
no means exhaustive. For more information on factors that may
affect future performance, including our relationship with NCircle,
please review “Risk Factors” described in our most recent Annual
Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These
forward-looking statements reflect Coinstar, Inc.’s expectations
as of the date hereof. Coinstar, Inc. undertakes no obligation
to update the information provided herein.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Chris Goodrich
JSH&A Public Relations (Redbox)
630.932.1028
Shelly White
NCircle Entertainment
214.891.0306