20/12/2006

...then Fifth Ave and then we will decide whether or not to pursue world domination or not. ;)

No seriously, the expansion is rolling on quickly and we love that thousands more Australians are experiencing the revolution of DVD rental every week.

12/10/2006

Start spreading the news,
We're opening soooon,
Can't wait to be a part of it ...
Newtown, Newtown.

Those dirty old streets,
Will light up, with reeeeeeed,
Movies soon 24-seven ...
Newtown, Newtown.

22/07/2006

Darling St beware. Red Room DVD Rozelle will be opening smack bang in the middle of Darling St in September. We're thrilled to be spreading to the inner west.... (and stand by for more inner west stores shortly).

20/04/2006

We are thrilled to announce that the Red Room tentacles are spreading into regional NSW. Red Room Coffs Harbour will be opening in late August. Brace yourselves for many more store openings in 2006.

20/10/2005

OK. This news section is turning into a media scrapbook - but we are thrilled to get featured in the latest BRW under the heading Innovation - What's Next!
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Little box office
(Jane Searle)

"A smart and simple new idea in DVD rental is catching on in Sydney.
Two young Sydney entrepreneurs have filled a niche in the DVD market by adding an Australian twist to European technology and branding the concept to woo the lucrative youth market. Red Room DVD is this country's first self-service DVD rental store, launched this year by Nic Di Venuto and Dan Joyce. The stores (there are two in Sydney) have a 24-hour facility with touch-screen stations that allow customers to browse films, watch trailers and rent DVDs. The discs are stored in a central vending machine, and staff are optional - cutting space requirements, and store fit-out and staff costs.

Di Venuto, 25, and Joyce, 26 have plans to expand to Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane. They want to take on the conventional DVD rental industry" ... "which is dominated by franchises such as Video Ezy and Blockbuster Video.

The pair say that understanding consumer habits has helped them succeed where others have failed in Australia. They first heard of DVD vending machines when a French friend, who said they were common in Western Europe, asked why Australia did not have them."

"The human face is imperative," Di Venuto says. "It is not like an ATM machine. People want to experience a cool store and watch trailers and chat with friends." In Red Room stores, a staff member sits at a table to chat with customers and help explain the machines. Users can search for a specific title or browse by genre or new release, then swipe a credit card or a store rental card and collect their DVD from a central vending machine. Rental is $4.95 a day or $2.95 for six hours."
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"They [Di Venuto and Joyce] pooled their funds and borrowed from family and private investors to open their first stores in Waterloo and Bondi. ... The sleek design is aimed at 18-to-35-year-olds, who enjoy using technology and have not been targeted by larger rental chains. Di Venuto and Joyce are seeking $1 million from private investors for expansion.

University graduates in business, economics and law, Di Venuto and Joyce were set for careers in finance. Joyce had started working for Macquarie Bank's mergers and acquisitions team, and Di Venuto won his university medal for business."
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"The prospects for the business look good. In its first four months, Red Room's Waterloo store signed up 1000 members, and potential franchisees have shown interest. Di Venuto says: "The video industry has been slow to innovate, so Australia is a green field for us."

01/10/2005

Well that's it - We're oficially 'innovators'. We are stoked to be featured in the GDR Global Innovation Report published out of London.
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"Red Room DVD is a revolutionary, semi-automated DVD rental store concept. Customers can browse the store’s
entire library of movies via a series of interactive stations equipped with touch sensitive screens, and can view
movie trailers, images, synopses and critics’ reviews."
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we wont include the rest of the article because you all know how it works!

10/08/2005

Red Room DVD has been featured in the latest monthly newsletter of the world's fastest growing trend agency - TRENDWATCHING.COM (http://www.trendwatching.com/newsletter/newsletter.html)
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If you're Blockbuster, your offline HYGIENIA benchmark should be redroomdvd in Sydney (until you really become obsolete, thanks to Netflix and BitTorrent). Broadband-challenged customers can browse redroomdvd's selection in 24/7 interactive movie stations, watch trailers, access stills and read reviews of their selected movie before deciding to rent it (for as little as 6 hours). The DVDs of choice are then ejected from a dispensing podium. Not hard to see how this will become the minimum in service and choice levels if you insist on doing things offline.

05/08/2005

The world's hottest DVD rental store opened in Bondi Juction tonight.

Just like all Red Rooms, Bondi Junction has interactive browsing, reviews, trailers, the cheapest DVD rental rates available and thousands of DVDs to choose from... all 24 / 7.

Hope to see all you Sydney easterners instore soon!

03/07/2005

Sunday Life magazine featured Red Room DVD in 'Filter' on Sunday July 3. Sunday Life is distributed in the Sunday Herald in Sydney and The Age in Melbourne and has readership of 1.5 million Australians.
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MOVIES IN A MINUTE

Red Room DVD, the brainchild of Sydney entrepreneurs Dan Joyce and Nic DiVenuto, is an interactive DVD rental library. Browsing stations allow you to peruse the entire store's selection by new release, actor or genre. You can watch trailers, access pictures and read reviews of your movie. Then you simply swipe your Red Room card and the DVD is ejected. The cost? A new release costs $5 for 24 hours and $3 if its back in six. Red Room DVD is in Waterloo, Sydney, with Bondi Junction and World Square outlets to follow. Expansion to Melbourne is planned by the end of the year.

30/06/2005

Red Room DVD has been featured by The Cool Hunter at www.thecoolhunter.net.
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DVD KILLED THE VIDEO STORE

That is exactly what the unique DVD rental concept stores, Red Room DVD, have done - but in an interactive, entertaining and revolutionary way.

The brainchild of Sydney entrepreneurs Dan Joyce and Nic DiVenuto, the Red Room is a DVD rental store come interactive library.

Rather than prowling meters of shelves and pacing back and forth along the aisles, Red Room DVD has created interactive movie stations which are equipped with touch screens. The stations allow you to peruse the entire store's selection by new release or genre categories, locating your exact search within seconds (or browsing for hours).

Once located, you can watch the trailer, access pictures and read critics reviews of your selected movie before you choose to rent it. The DVD is then ejected from a dispensing podium into your fingertips!

The best is yet to come, there are no 'due' dates - which means no late fees! And you can rent a movie for as little as 6 hours. Your Red Room membership card (which can be charged with credit at the store) is swiped through the dispensing podium and registers the rental fee when you return the DVD. The dispensing podium doubles as the cashier!

With interactive stations that let you browse, rent and return DVDs located outside of the store, you will never miss closing time again. These 24/7 stations allow you to rent that insomnia curing movie at 3am, or return a movie at a time that's convenient to you.

More insane still, you can search and reserve movies through their website, www.redroomdvd.com.

Red Room DVD has totally reinvented the way we hire movies by entertaining us throughout the movie picking process. The first Red Room store has just opened in Waterloo (cnr Bourke St and Potter St) and stores are currently opening all over Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

27/06/2005

Red Room Bondi Junction is looking hot and is set to tear down the red window covers in mid July.

We are nestled on the corner of Bronte Rd and Ebley St just up from Eastgate (opposite the Cock'n'Bull Hotel and next to USA Nails - Texas Chainsaw Massacre while having a manicure?).

There is even a driveway next to us, which will make it easy to return those DVDs. We'll keep you posted with more details closer to opening day...

30/05/2005

Pop the Veuve. After two years of planning, the first Red Room DVD opened its doors in Waterloo today.

We are located on the corner of Bourke St and Potter St in Waterloo, just behind the huge Toyota/Lexus dealership on Bourke. There is plenty of parking and we have a huge selection and depth of titles (of course).

If you are not near Waterloo, rest assured that there are plenty of outlets opening in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in the coming months.

Hope to see you instore soon.