Paul Davis
CEO, Coinstar
With all
the excitement around content streaming, it is simple to overlook Redbox,
pioneer of the $1-a-night optical disk rental. What began as AN experimental
subsidiary of Coinstar in 2004 has evolved into one amongst the company\'s
biggest cash manufacturers, such a lot so it raised forecasts for its half-moon
2012 earnings, driven by larger-than-expected client interest in Redbox. to
induce there, Davis fought many hard-won legal battles with moving picture
studios involved that the corporate would any eat away at optical disk sales.
And expect the Redbox business to expand even any due to the $100 million
acquisition of NCR house.\'s recreation business, the unit behind the
Blockbuster categorical whole, likewise a replacement streaming service in
partnership with Verizon, due out the half of this year, that might offer
Netflix\'s own instant service a run its cash.
Source: Fortune500
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10 Brilliant Technology Visionaries
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Jeff Bezos CEO, Amazon |
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Paul Davis CEO, Coinstar |
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Andy Rubin Senior Vice President, Mobile, Google |
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Jonathan "Jony" Ive Senior Vice President Industrial Design, Apple |
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David Small Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Verizon Wireless |
