Post by verycrappyusername on Oct 24, 2024 19:22:30 GMT
Blockbuster Video used to have in-store video monitors in most of their stores with Blockbuster-branded video promo reels running all day. These were anything from 25 minutes to 3 hours and featured trailers for new and upcoming movies, music videos and general ads for Blockbuster or BB-adjacent products.
These in-store video reels were branded 'Blockbuster TV' or 'BBTV' and new videos were sent out to stores each month on VHS (and later on DVD).
(Not to be confused with the Blockbuster 'Hot Pix' promo tapes, which were trailer tapes that customers were given alongside certain rentals to take home and bring back along with their movie.)
Unfortunately, only a few of these BBTV "episodes" have been preserved online.
YouTuber Dudley of Yesterzine also uploaded a handful of 2005 episodes from the UK stores on this playlist (along with the 'store now closing'/'store is now closed' videos that ran on the same screens to coax movie-browsing stragglers to get the hell out):