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Home Entertainment, who had been with the company for less than two years. In December, he booted out Redbox president Mark Horak, a former top exec at Warner Bros. Prusch, a former wireless-industry exec whom Outerwall named CEO in July, has promised to make changes at Redbox to maximize profitability. Redbox declined to make executives available for an interview for this story. вЂњOuterwall welcomes the opinions of its shareholders, and is always open to constructive input toward the goal of enhancing shareholder value,вЂќ the company said in a statement. The premise is that a new owner would be able to further streamline operations and potentially separate Redbox from OuterwallвЂ™s Coinstar business and the money-losing ecoATM recycling kiosk unit. Engaged has urged Outerwall to consider selling itself to a private-equity buyer, per a Bloomberg report. Last week, activist investor Engaged Capital disclosed that it had amassed a 14.1% stake in Outerwall. With OuterwallвЂ™s market cap now below $500 million, down from more than $2 billion four years ago, one possible scenario for the company is to go private. But at this point, itвЂ™s about managing the decline.вЂќ It could be five years from now or 15 years from now. вЂњItвЂ™s a certainty that at some point consumers will no longer be renting movies out of Redbox kiosks. In Q4, net revenue per Redbox rental was $2.98, compared with $2.73 in Q4 2014. вЂњWeвЂ™re going to continue to look at price as one of the levers that we have with the business,вЂќ he said. OuterwallвЂ™s Prusch, on the earnings call, said Redbox is testing higher price points, but didnвЂ™t provide details. вЂњMovie theaters raise prices every year,вЂќ he noted. Redbox has raised fees only twice in 13 years, and Wold suggested the operator has some pricing power that would allow it to further boost revenue per rental. The unitвЂ™s operating margin was 14.5% last year - up from 13.6% the year earlier and 13.1% in 2013. Indeed, despite lower sales, Redbox posted an operating profit of $255.9 million for full-year 2015. вЂњItвЂ™s going to be a huge cash-generating company for quite a while.вЂќ Wold maintains a вЂњbuyвЂќ rating on Outerwall stock. вЂњThereвЂ™s a big delta between a buck fifty for a Redbox DVD and $6 or $7 for (a new release rental on) VOD,вЂќ says Eric Wold, an analyst with B. Short of piracy, thereвЂ™s no less expensive way to watch, say, DisneyвЂ™s вЂњBridge of Spies,вЂќ 20th Century FoxвЂ™s вЂњThe MartianвЂќ or SonyвЂ™s вЂњHotel Transylvania 2вЂќ than an overnight rental from a Redbox machine. RedboxвЂ™s business peaked in 2013 - and now faces years of declines as DVDs slowly fade from the home-video scene. Movie titles are available on Redbox at some 33,000 locations, including Walgreens, Walmart, Kroger and 7-Eleven stores, typically 28 days after release on disc and digital sell-through, and before they hit subscription services like Netflix. Some analysts believe the reaction is overwrought, arguing that Redbox has a sustainable position with its broad network and low-cost model. 6 after the companyвЂ™s weaker-than-expected 2016 outlook for Redbox. Investors have punished OuterwallвЂ™s stock, pushing it to a six-year low of $27.04 per share on Feb. вЂњLevers that worked in the past, such as investing in more content or certain marketing promotions, are no longer sufficient as a counterweight.вЂќ вЂњWe are facing challenges from changes in the marketplace and how consumers access content in various formats,вЂќ Outerwall CEO Erik Prusch acknowledged on the companyвЂ™s earnings call this month. Just as Redbox hastened BlockbusterвЂ™s demise, the kiosk operator is losing share to services that offer more convenience, value and selection - with instant viewing across multiple devices. Those included вЂњsuccessive quarters of weak contentвЂќ and the effect of price hikes enacted in December 2014, which increased the daily rental rate for standard DVDs from $1.20 to $1.50.Д«ut the fundamental factor pushing Redbox downward is that people are increasingly consuming entertainment on digital outlets like Netflix, Hulu, iTunes, Amazon, Comcast and other pay-TV ops rather than via DVD. Outerwall blamed a variety of factors for RedboxвЂ™s ongoing woes. For 2016, Outerwall expects Redbox rentals to decline 15%-20%, and the company plans to remove up to 2,000 underperforming kiosks after ending last year with 40,480.ДЇormer Redbox CEO Mark Horak, shown here at last yearвЂ™s Press Play: Variety Home Entertainment and Digital Hall of Fame event, departed theВ DVD rentals company after less than two years in the job.

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RedboxвЂ™s revenue for the fourth quarter of 2015 dropped 17%, to $407 million, as movie rentals plunged 24% year over year. вЂњIt could be five years from now or 15 years from now. вЂњItвЂ™s a certainty that at some point consumers will no longer be renting movies out of Redbox kiosks,вЂќ says Piper Jaffray analyst Michael Olson.

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