Blockbuster
American video rental corporation
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| 2023 | The store released a Super Bowl LVII halftime show-timed commercial on Instagram featuring a cockroach surviving a global catastrophe and arriving at the last open Blockbuster, which led to an uptick in sales. |
| 2023 | The Blockbuster brand rights were transferred to SF Anytime AB, continuing the streaming service in Nordic Countries. |
| March 23 2023 | Blockbuster web page is re-activated with the message 'We are working on rewinding your movie'. |
| September 21 2022 | Blockbuster Twitter account reveals the Blockbuster World Video Game Championship 3, held during the Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2022. |
| 2021 | The last Blockbuster vending kiosks in Australia cease operation. |
| June 2021 | Xtravision Xpress was placed into voluntary receivership. |
| January 2021 | During the GameStop short squeeze, BB Liquidating Inc. stock surges despite having no substantial value. |
| 2020 | The rights to the Blockbuster brand were transferred to Nuuday in the Nordic region. |
| December 15 2020 | Documentary 'The Last Blockbuster' is released by 1091 Pictures, chronicling the story of the final remaining Blockbuster store in Bend, Oregon. |
| September 2020 | The store hosted sleepovers via Airbnb during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| August 2020 | The Bend, Oregon Blockbuster location is listed as an Airbnb rental for 1990s-themed sleepovers in September, with guest limitations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| February 7 2020 | Discovery Zone was revived as a single location in Cincinnati, Ohio, operating independently of Blockbuster. |
| January 31 2020 | The last Blockbuster store in New Zealand, located in Dargaville, north of Auckland, closed its doors after years of declining business due to competition from other video retailers and streaming services. |
| 2019 | After a series of further closures, only one franchised Blockbuster store remained open, located in Bend, Oregon. |
| May 2019 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show visited the store for a hidden camera prank segment. |
| March 2019 | The Bend Blockbuster became the last Blockbuster in the world. |
| March 2019 | Australia's last Blockbuster store in Morley, Western Australia, is closed. |
| September 2018 | Opened a two-day pop-up Blockbuster store in Shoreditch, East London, coinciding with Deadpool 2's digital release, giving away 1,989 copies of the film. |
| August 2018 | Eight of the nine remaining Blockbuster stores close, leaving only one store in Bend, Oregon as the last remaining Blockbuster in the United States. |
| July 2018 | The Bend Blockbuster became the last remaining Blockbuster in the United States. 10 Barrel brewery released a dark ale called 'The Last Blockbuster' to celebrate the milestone, with a block party held for the occasion. |
| July 2018 | The last operating Alaskan Blockbuster in Anchorage closes, subsequently donating Russell Crowe film memorabilia to the Bend, Oregon Blockbuster store. |
| April 2018 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver features a segment involving Russell Crowe memorabilia donation to an Alaskan Blockbuster store. |
| January 2018 | Nine remaining franchise-owned Blockbuster stores are listed, including six in Alaska, two in Oregon, and one in Texas. |
| 2017 | The five remaining stores started to make a profit, focusing exclusively on second-hand consumer electronics. |
| 2016 | All remaining Blockbuster stores in Ireland were closed, leaving only its online business and vending machines. |
| 2016 | Blockbuster announced plans to include GameRush as part of its 'new Blockbuster' strategy. |
| July 2016 | All remaining B-stores in Mexico closed after the owners did not renew their Blockbuster license. |
| 2015 | Seven of the RecycleIT stores closed after being bought by Blue City, which quickly phased out game and movie sales and rental. |
| September 2015 | All remaining Blockbuster retail stores in Mexico (263 in total) were converted to 'The B Store', reducing video rental floor space from 70% to 20% and shifting focus to technology and electronics sales. |
| May 2015 | Michael Kelly retired from Dish after leading Blockbuster during its final years. |
| April 2015 | Dish replaced its Blockbuster video streaming services with a new subscription service called 'DISH Movie Pack'. |
| 2014 | RecycleIT A/S filed for bankruptcy in the same year. |
| July 1 2014 | TDC was set to receive exclusive rights to the Blockbuster brand name in Denmark. Only 12 stores had been renamed by this date. |
| January 12 2014 | Completed closure of all 300 remaining corporate-owned Blockbuster stores in the U.S. and shutdown of the DVD-by-mail program. |
| 2013 | Blockbuster Video Denmark sold the Blockbuster brand rights to TDC, with 46 remaining stores continuing as RecycleIT A/S. |
| December 16 2013 | All remaining Blockbuster stores in the UK ceased operations, with stock cleared the day before. |
| December 5 2013 | Announced an additional 62 store closures. |
| November 2013 | Dish Network announced its DVD-by-mail service would shut down by mid-December. |
| November 28 2013 | Officially entered administration for the second time, resulting in the closure of all stores by December 2013 after failing to find a buyer. |
| November 14 2013 | Announced 72 store closures in the UK. |
| October 29 2013 | Blockbuster UK announced a second administration. |
| March 23 2013 | The UK business was purchased out of administration by restructuring firm Gordon Brothers Europe. |
| February 26 2013 | Roku, Inc. announced the launch of Blockbuster On Demand in its channel store, expanding supported devices to include the Roku set-top box. |
| February 1 2013 | A large number of Blockbuster stores in the UK were closed. |
| January 16 2013 | Blockbuster UK entered administration, with Deloitte appointed to manage the business and seek a potential buyer. |
| January 16 2013 | Blockbuster placed its United Kingdom subsidiaries in administration, potentially impacting over 4,000 jobs. |
| October 4 2012 | Dish Network announced the cancellation of plans to transform Blockbuster into a Netflix competitor. |
| March 31 2012 | Blockbuster On Demand removed support from set-top box media players like Vudu, WDTV, and Roku, limiting supported devices to computers, Blu-ray players, select television sets, and cellular phones. |
| February 2012 | Added 3D Blu-rays to their rental catalog, expanding their media offerings. |
| 2011 | Michael Kelly becomes president of Blockbuster, joining the company during a critical period of digital transformation and market challenges. |
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