DALLAS (AP) - Blockbuster and NCR today announced a pilot program to set up about 50 automated kiosks for DVD rentals.
Officials say the program could result in 10,000 kiosks within 18 months.
Dallas-based Blockbuster is the massive video rental chain.
NCR makes ATMs.
No word yet on where the first kiosks will be located.
Several smaller companies, including McDonald's subsidiary Redbox Automated Retail, have automated DVD rental kiosks in grocery stores, drug stores and McDonald's restaurants.
Blockbuster-branded kiosks initially will only do rentals, but could in the future also sell DVDs and video games, or accept downloads of new content.
Blockbuster showed off a downloading kiosk in May that could transfer movies to a portable media-playing device from Archos. The first 2 of those machines are expected to be used in Dallas this summer.
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