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an American multimedia brand which was founded by David Cook in 1985 as a single home video rental shop‚ but later became a public store chain featuring video game rentals‚ DVD-by-mail‚ streaming‚ video on demand‚ and cinema theater․ The company expanded internationally throughout the 1990s․ At its peak in 2004‚ Blockbuster employed 84‚300 people worldwide and operated 9‚094 stores․ In 2010‚ Blockbuster Corporate filed for bankruptcy․ The once giant video store chain had fallen from over 9094 stores in 2004 to a mere 1700 struggling corporate locations․ By April 2011 they were being auctioned off and the winning bid of 320 million dollars went to Dish Network‚ a satellite TV provider․ Slowly the new operators began closing corporate owned stores and in January 2014 the final Blockbuster Corporate location closed․ This left only a few franchise locations around the world and at the end of March 2019 only 1 store remained․

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