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Best Buy's video-on-demand service 'coming out soon'

March 3, 2010

Entertainment-starved consumers will soon have another option for their instant gratification fix: According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Best Buy is set to reopen its video-on-demand (VOD) service in the coming weeks.

The announcement, which also mentioned that customers will get one free rental download per month, comes one week after Walmart announced it was purchasing VOD company VUDU.

A Best Buy spokeswoman confirmed the retailer will release more information on the service in the coming weeks, adding that Reward Zone Premier Silver members can access the downloads as part of new benefits to the loyalty-rewards program until then via the current link to CinemaNow.com off Best Buy's Internet site. She declined to provide other details.