No Threat of Being 'Throttled' When Renting DVDs at the Grocery Store

No Threat of Being 'Throttled' When Renting DVDs at the Grocery Store

TNR Entertainment Kiosks Are an 'Equal Opportunity' DVD Rental Provider

HOUSTON, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Contrary to reports of some subscriber- based Internet DVD rental providers penalizing their customers with a lack of new release availability -- a practice known as "throttling", TNR Entertainment offers a level playing field to consumers when it comes to the availability of and access to the latest new releases.

"The fact that some Internet DVD rental providers admit to granting subscribers greater access to new releases over others based on how frequently they rent, is against the grain of what a movie rental experience should be," said John Osborne, Founder and President, TNR Entertainment. "As a DVD rental provider, we want to make renting movies a fun and enjoyable experience. To that end, our customers can rest assured that they have the same access to the movies they wish to rent as the next person."

TNR Entertainment Corp. is the nation's largest owner and operator of DVD rental kiosks strategically located in supermarkets and grocery stores. TNR rented more than 3 million DVDs in 2005, a 511% growth rate from 2004, serves over 500,000 customers monthly across five states, and is growing exponentially each month.

In an effort to make DVD rentals as easy and hassle-free as possible for their customers, TNR requires no subscription, no Internet list building, and no packages to ship or receive. As a result, TNR customers have first-come, first-serve access to the latest and most popular films available on DVD no matter how often they rent. With more than 200 titles available for rental per kiosk, with multiple copies stored for each, TNR has made it as fair and easy as possible for their customers to rent their top movie choices.

TNR kiosks store up to 1,000 DVDs per unit, including top new releases and popular classics. The fully-automated kiosks operate on a wireless communication network and next-generation DVD kiosk operating system -- customers simply swipe their credit or debit card, use the touch-screen to select the movie of their choice from among a variety of categories, and the kiosk automatically dispenses the film.

TNR was one of the industry's first DVD-only kiosk providers, and the first to successfully implement the "$1 per day with no late fees" pricing structure. The low rental price, presence at the local grocery store, and hassle-free automated rental and retail experience has brought the video rental industry to a new level of consumer convenience.

Based in Houston, Texas, TNR serves hundreds of thousands of customers each month via its network of locations throughout Kroger, Safeway, Randall's, Publix, HEB, King Soopers, Food Lion and Roundy's supermarkets nationwide. TNR is currently planning an aggressive expansion of its retail locations in 2006 with the goal of more than tripling its kiosk network as it penetrates new markets.

Source: TNR Entertainment Corp.

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