Blockbuster Video Goes Live With Mysterious Website
thewrap.com“The Last Blockbuster,” played on the streamer. The last store also released a Super Bowl commercial last month.Blockbuster’s owner, Dish Network, has not commented on the sudden revival of Blockbuster.com.
It has previously said it was not franchising new locations of the once hugely popular video store chain, with the one outlet famously remaining in Bend, Oregon.
Dish said it would continue pursuing merchandising opportunities related to apparel, board games, and the like.Dish Network bought Blockbuster out of bankruptcy in 2011 when it had 600 stores, down precipitously from its peak of 9,000 in 2004.
In 2013, that number had plunged to 300, and Dish announced it would close most of those. By 2017, only 12 stores remained. That dwindled to four a year later, three of which were in Alaska.
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