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DVD Rental News Archive: 2005 - 2007DVD Rental News RoundupMyMovieStream's £100K prize draw giveaway; how Lovefilm is saving Christmas with its last minute gift vouchers; the Oscar-winning actor blogging for Blockbuster and Boomerang Games Rental's bumper 2007. Lovefilm Pun-fest Competition for ChristmasDVD rental giant Lovefilm.com is putting the holly into Hollywood this Christmas by giving away three months of DVD rental for the best Christmas-related movie puns. Free chart CD's for CD WOW free trialersMusic, DVD and Game online retail giant CD WOW! is giving away a free Top 75 chart CD to all customers who sign up for their 30-day DVD Rental free trial. Do You Have Enough Friends For CinemaParadiso’s Films?Leading DVD rental service CinemaParadiso has launched a new loyalty scheme, offering a free DVD rental package for customers who persuade six friends to subscribe to the service. Lovefilm lure back ex-customers with new PAYG serviceDVD Rental giant Lovefilm is luring back ex-customers with a pay-per-rental system that allows customers to rent films as and when they feel like it. UK Games Rental Sites Brush Off Halo 3 HysteriaWhile high-street games retailers saw queues outside their doors and online etailers reporting a massive surge in orders for the game, how have the games rental companies been hit by the Halo 3 frenzy? New Zealand Company Solves DVD Rental Queue LotteryA New Zealand-based DVD rental company has solved the biggest bug-bear of online DVD rental: not knowing which of your selected choices is going to be dispatched next. ChooseDVDRental excellent says Web User magazineTHE UK’s best selling internet magazine has given a glowing review of DVD rental comparison site ChooseDVDRental.co.uk, describing the site as "excellent". Lovefilm offers two more free titles for downloadWith two new titles recently added to their ever expanding list of free downloads, it would appear that LoveFilm.com love you just as much as they love their movies! Bill Nighy Reveals Favourite Films to Lovefilm.comBill Nighy, the British comedy genius, recently found time between shooting his new film - a Word War II thriller called ‘Valkyrie’ - to compile a list of his top 10 films of all-time for top DVD rental provider LoveFilm.com. Lovefilm now UK's cheapest dvd rental providerAlready the largest and most popular DVD rental service in the UK, DVD rental giant Lovefilm.com has today officially become the cheapest too. MyMovieStream extends DVD giveaway offerTop DVD Rental service MyMovieStream has extended its generous 2 week free trial plus a free DVD offer, and has also increased the number of free DVD titles available. Blockbuster DVD rental brimming with competitionsDVD rental giant Blockbuster is this week brimming with competitions for its subscribers, including the chance to win a Blu-Ray entertainment system. Exclusive: Lovefilm love to gameThey've been accused of muscling many small DVD rental services out of business, but now rental giant Lovefilm could be about to do the same for the games rental market with a concerted drive to push the gaming end of their product. EasyCinema.com seeks 'worst movie of the year'In an effort to steal the thunder from the infamous Razzies awards, EasyCinema DVD Rental has launched the ‘Worst Movie of the Year Award’ to discover what Brits believe to be the worst film of the last 12 months. MoviePigeon goes home to roostMoviePigeon - one of the original DVD rental companies - appears to have disappeared off the radar and all indications are that it has gone bust. Rainy summer + 21 day trial = More signups for BoomerangA combination of the rainy summer and Boomerang Game Rental's lengthy free trial has seen a flurry of new users signing up for the service. Swapgame gives away a game a dayOur leading games rental provider Swapgame is giving away a game a day in their summer promotion 'Win a Game a Day'. Lousy summer fuels DVD rental surgeThe appalling summer weather - now historically the worst in 300 years - has driven an increase in DVD rentals by 4.7%, according to the British Video Association. Lovefilm offers free movie downloadDVD Rental giants Lovefilm.com are offering a free download of 2003 indie flick The Cooler - and you don't even need to be a subscriber to their service to bag it. SwapGame subscribers to earn iPointsLeading game rental service, SwapGame, is now rewarding subscribers with credits towards one of the UK's leading online loyalty point programmes, iPoints. Tesco offers DVD Rental gift subscriptionsTesco DVD Rental - a 'powered by LoveFilm' service - is now offering gift subscriptions to any of their DVD Rental packages. Blockbuster giving away signed movie posterIn its usual prize draw frenzy, Blockbuster is this month giving subscribers the chance to win a signed poster of the film everyone is talking about: A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints. There are also 10 DVDs of the film up for grabs. LoveFilm ups free trial to 21 daysDVD rental giants Lovefilm.com have increased their free trial period to 21 days for the duration of July. Will Movie Downloads on Demand Kill Online DVD Rental?With the iPod being blamed for killing the high-street music store, could Apple be ready to sink both high street and online DVD rental services? Snail mail is over, with movie downloads from LoveFilmWaiting for the postman to deliver for your next film is over, with the new movie download service from LoveFilm, or so it would seem. Xbox 360 Countdown has Begun!Microsoft's much-awaited new gaming console - the Xbox 360 - will be available in the shops from 2 December 2005. Love Games? LoveFilm offers Game RentalGame lovers can now rent unlimited games as well as DVDs with Love Film's expansion into the games rental market. Video Island Swallows Swedish RivalsOnline DVD Rental giant Video Island have snapped up Sweden's number one rental firm Brafilm in its first overseas aquisition. LoveFilm joins forces with WebflixDVD Rental giant LoveFilm.com is punching back at heavyweight rivals ScreenSelect by merging with the smaller, but respected, Webflix. Amazon Launch New Budget DVD Rental PackageDVD Rental newcomer Amazon.co.uk have just announced the launch of a new low-cost DVD rental package that is ideal for light or budget movie lovers. Screen Select merges with DVDs365Screen Select adds a few more notches to their ever growing belt, with the recent merger of DVDs365. 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