 A commercial for Redbox once declared... Running from Redbox is the smartest decision I've ever made. But that's not the case anymore. In the age of streaming, DVD rental services have become more and more obsolete. And that's the fate of Redbox, which has 24,000 kiosks outside supermarkets and other businesses nationwide. Those kiosks are shutting down, and more than 1,000 employees will be laid off as the company liquidates its assets. In recent years, Redbox did incorporate a streaming component, but it was too little, too late. Jason Adelson, ABC News.