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Dish Network this morning unveiled Blockbuster Movie Pass, a bundled combination of streaming video, DVDs by mail and satellite subscription service. The initial package is being offered specifically to Dish satellite service subscribers; the company said it will offered service to non-Dish subscribers down the road. Dish CEO Joe Clayton notes that the service provides ...

Thousands of rental movies will be available in stores for 99 cents per day, and the company is now also promoting single-day rentals.

Dish Network Corp won Blockbuster Inc in a bankruptcy auction for about $320 million, a move that could see the second-largest U.S. satellite TV provider tapping the movie rental chain's online content to strengthen its offerings.

Dish Network and investor Carl Icahn are among the bidders that have submitted offers for Blockbuster ahead of a bankruptcy court auction set for next week.

Blockbuster will start closing 186 more stores by the end of the month, leaving more than a third of its U.S. brick-and-mortar locations closed or slated for closure since the video-rental chain filed for bankruptcy in September.

Blockbuster Inc (BLOAQ.PK) will proceed to a sale auction in April after the bankrupt video rental chain negotiated an agreement with creditors who had called for an immediate Chapter 7 liquidation.

Blockbuster submits a plan for auction in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. To set a floor on price, a group of creditors puts in an opening bid of $290 million.

Blockbuster Inc., once the dominant movie rental company in the U.S., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday, reeling from mounting losses, rising debt and competitors that have better catered to Americans changed media habits.

Video rental giant Blockbuster is expected to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as early as today, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing sources.

Blockbuster Inc. will file bankruptcy next month, people familiar with the matter have told the Los Angeles Times.