Zip.ca
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Zip.ca was an online DVD rental and movie rental kiosk company operating in Canada. It had a database of over 82,000 unique titles. Zip.ca was a member of the privately held Momentous Group of companies and was the owner of the Ottawa Rapidz baseball team until its first-season bankruptcy. On August 17, 2014, Zip.ca announced on its website that it was closing its doors and was no longer shipping discs to its members.
Zip.ca was an online DVD rental and movie rental kiosk company operating in Canada. It had a database of over 82,000 unique titles. Zip.ca was a member of the privately held Momentous Group of companies and was the owner of the Ottawa Rapidz baseball team until its first-season bankruptcy. On August 17, 2014, Zip.ca announced on its website that it was closing its doors and was no longer shipping discs to its members. ===2000s: inception=== Zip.ca began its rental operations in February 2004, from its base of operations in Ottawa, Ontario. In July 2005, it arranged to provide the fulfillment services for Rogers Video Direct, a new online subsidiary of one of Canada's largest video store chains. By February 2006, Zip.ca had over 30,000 subscribers. In December 2006, Zip.ca announced passing the 6,000,000 disc rental milestone. ===2010s: kiosk debut=== Zip.ca's movie rental kiosks were introduced in 2010. ==References==
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