Blockbuster to rent through new on-demand device

November 25, 2008 By MICHAEL LIEDTKE , AP Technology Writer

(AP) -- Blockbuster Inc. will start renting movies and television shows through a new gadget that may give consumers another reason to bypass the struggling video chain's 7,500 stores.

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