Coinstar ( CSTR ) CFO Galen Smith says the company will see better results in the second half of the year as it benefits from a strong slate of summer movies. Box office total in the U.S. have slumped so far this year with a relatively weak slate of films partially to blame. Execs with Coinstar ... Coinstar ( CSTR +1% ) offers to let consumers watch The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey for free as long they sign up for a Redbox Instant account, give up their credit card information, and take to Twitter to spread the word. The promotion could boost quarterly subscriber numbers for the streaming ... When will the DVD business of Coinstar ( CSTR -1.3% ) become fully saturated ? The answer depends on who you ask with Wedbush seeing revenue falling even as new kiosks are being added while B. Riley isn't so sure the lack of blockbuster films in Q1 isn't a big factor in Coinstar's sluggish DVD ... JPMorgan downgrades Coinstar ( CSTR ) to Underweight from Neutral from Underweight with a $51 price target lined up on shares. CSTR -2.9% premarket. Post your comment! Coinstar ( CSTR ) -4% AH after announcing CEO Paul Davis, 55, will retire on March 31 , and will be replaced by CFO J. Scott Di Valerio. Redbox finance SVP Galen Smith will step in for Di Valerio as CFO. Coinstar adds it expects to report Q4 revenue within its previously-announced guidance range , ... Coinstar ( CSTR ) coin-counting machines add an exciting new feature as the PayPal ( EBAY ) ATM pilot is set to expand around the nation. Customers will be able to add coins and currency directly to their PayPal account, as well as withdraw funds, or send money to another account. The initial ... As Coinstar ( CSTR -1.3% ) approaches a potential saturation point with the number of Redbox machines it operates, look for the company to apply its retail kiosk model to new consumer products to supplement its streaming ambitions. The company sees coffee, food, and electronics as potential options ... Analysts at Compass Point think the news that Coinstar ( CSTR -2.6% ) is shutting down a North Carolina plant isn't anything to worry about . The idea that the company's DVD business is slowing down should already be baked into CSTR's price and the development has "positive implications" for free ... Never mind the Ackman hype, Coinstar ( CSTR ) is more heavily shorted than Herbalife ( HLF ) — by a long shot. 50% of the Redbox parent's shares are sold short, up dramatically from 27% last year. At issue: whether physical DVD sales can keep pace with streaming video and whether the company's ... Coinstar ( CSTR ) and Verizon's ( VZ ) Redbox Instant streaming JV will launch somewhere between mid-November and mid-December, Verizon exec Eric Bruno tells Bloomberg . Bruno adds the service will offer monthly rentals and purchases in addition to subscriptions, and (like Netflix) will support ...