Blockbuster is taking major steps to step on Netflix's neck!!!
With the purchase of Movielink, Blockbuster is in position to put Netflix in a bind. Netflix had held a trump card against Blockbusters on-line store simply because they had VOD service that Blockbuster couldn't match. That all may have changed with the purchase of Movielink, which will give Blockbuster more than 3300 titles for VOD. Netflix sill has more VODs, but this may level the playing field a little more.
No word on how much Blockbuster paid for Movielink, but rumor has it at just under $50 million. I think this war should be settled by Mortal Kombat once and for all, with our VOD souls going to the winner.
Check it out here. [NYT via Gizmodo]
