Hoyts Kiosk

Hoyts Kiosk
Subsidiary of Hoyts
Industry Retail/DVD rental
Founded 2005
Headquarters Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Area served
 Australia
Website HoytsKiosk.com.au


Hoyts Kiosk, previously known as Oovie, is an Australian company that specialises in the rental of DVDs and Blu-ray Discs via automated retail kiosks. As of June 2013, Hoyts Kiosk had over 500 kiosks in Australia, located in every state and territory except South Australia. The company has 250,000 active customers.[1]

Kiosks feature the company's signature green color and are at grocery stores, shopping centres, convenience stores, and fast food restaurants.

History

Oovie was launched as Instant DVD by Sydney-based entrepreneurs Andrew Evetts and Ian O'Rourke. In October 2009 they sold the business to Hoyts who rebranded the company as Oovie.[2]

Kiosk design and operation

Customers can choose a DVD at any kiosk, or select and reserve online for collection at a kiosk. DVDs can be returned to any kiosk in Australia.[3]

Movies must be returned by 9pm on the following or a further day's rental is charged.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cameron, Nadia (25 March 2013). "Tech in marketing: Personalising email-based customer communication". cmo.com.au. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Murfett, Andrew (13 February 2010). "Boom in DVD rentals is one out of the box". theage.com.au. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  3. ↑ Kermond, Clare (23 January 2012). "Hot competition for DVD rentals". businessday.com.au. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

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