Weinstein Company Ink Rental Deal with Blockbuster

So in an interesting attempt to stave off the inevitable for a few more years (who really religiously goes to a standalone videostore anymore?), Blockbuster has inked a pact with the Weinstein Co. to make the erstwhile leading video retailer the exclusive rental outlet for all its releases, Variety is reporting. The four-year deal takes effect in January 2007, and dictates that TWC will not make any of its titles available for rental through competing outlets like Netflix and Movie Gallery. So if that changes your eventual rental plans for School for Scoundrels, so be it. Of course, you can still turn to peer-to-peer DVD sites like Peerflix.com. For the full piece, from Variety, click here.