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Microsoft Signs Deal To Bring Redbox Instant Service To Live

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by Matt Helgeson on February 06, 2013 at 04:38 PM

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Xbox Live already has numerous apps that allow you to access on-demand and streaming movies and television programming. Soon, it will have one more -- Verizon's new Redbox Instant service.

Currently, Redbox Instant is in a public beta, which you can access on the official site. According to Microsoft spokesman Major Nelson, if you sign up for the service, you'll receive an email giving you a code that lets you access the Xbox Live app in the "coming days."

Redbox Instant is clearly patterned after Netflix Instant, allowing you access to a catalog of on-demand streaming movies and access to the popular Redbox disc rental kiosks. For either
$8 a month (DVD plan) or $9 a month (Blu-ray plan), you'll get unlimited access to the service's streaming movies and four one-night rentals of new release DVDS or Blu-rays at any Redbox machine.

As of this writing, there is no confirmed date for when the final version of the service and the Xbox Live app will go live.

Source: Major Nelson

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Filed under: News, Xbox 360, Microsoft, Netflix, Xbox Live, movies, television, streaming, film, redbox, verizon, entertainment, rentals, redbox instant

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by Water Polo Champ Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 03:05 PM

Cool i guess. Still holding a grudge against redbox though; they caused the shutdown of the Hollow-Wood Video near my house where they had rows upon rows of NEW games.
by The guy who is meh Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 04:46 PM

But what about exclusive video games?
by Jeremyx5 Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 04:49 PM

Very smart move
by maxmaher Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 04:50 PM

Hopefully my Kinect won't blow up if I say "Xbox Redbox".
by GosnoldTheBallonist Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 04:55 PM

I have a feeling this won't last. With netflix/Hulu + I get all my tv shows and movies I want. I pick up RedBox movies when I really want to see the movie that just came out, but that sometimes is only once a month thing, so its not worth the 8-9$ for me to only play it on Xbox
by Boyzby Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 04:55 PM

That's cool, I guess? I'm pretty sure I'm just going to stay with my Hulu and Netflix, especially since I can use them on my PS3, Wii, PC, and Vita (no Hulu Plus for it yet, sadly).
by Warrior Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 05:09 PM

Ummmm.... This is kinda cool....
by Anonymous Tom Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 05:43 PM

Yay. More "pay-to-use" *** on Xbox.....
by Rey Mo Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 06:11 PM

The reality of Redbox Instant is that it is really bad... at least the selection is bad and the few features they have are things that Amazon and Netflix both have already.

Maybe this judgement is premature and hopefully it will grow into something worthwhile, but for now it's kind of a joke.
by ADAMMWOOLLEY Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 06:30 PM

Meh, not sure if adding Redbox was necessary, but I guess I don't have to use it unless I want to.
by ChickenMcNublet Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 08:10 PM

THEY KILLED BLOCKBUSTER
by Jcruz77 Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 08:17 PM

I need ps3 version or wii u and I'm sold
by Devin Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 11:42 PM

Depending on the amount of instant streaming....bye bye Netflix.
by Buddy Acker Thursday, February 07, 2013 at 01:18 AM

That's pretty cool.
by Aaron Thursday, February 07, 2013 at 03:49 AM

From what I can gather, this is exclusive to Xbox. If that's the case, I'll pass. I like Netflix just fine, and I refuse to pay for a subscription(Redbox instant)on top of another subscription.(Live)
by Skyeagle Thursday, February 07, 2013 at 05:19 AM

I don't see this working out. There are to many instant services already. What could one more offer that the others don't have? And what is going on with the up charge of blu ray disc? Netflix does this also. No matter if you buy a movie on blu ray or dvd it cost the same (at least it does in the area where I live) so why charge more for blu ray?
by bigjohn9397 Thursday, February 07, 2013 at 06:30 AM

So, if I were to pay the $8 a month for the Redbox instant, an I still wanted to rent a movie from a machine, do I still have to pay? Whats to keep me from holding on to it for more than a day? Will I be charged for additional days? If so, that's crap.
by LuisTX85 Thursday, February 07, 2013 at 08:44 AM

I'll only sign up IF we can stream/download games by renting on Xbox!