Blockbuster calls in administrator - timeline - Telegraph 2006 - Blockbuster launched Extras!, an online magazine with star interviews, celebrity picks and celebrity blogs. Initially inviting well known British names such as TV's Martin Clunes and England International John Barnes to tell visitors about their favourite movies and TV series. 2007 - Blockbuster.co.uk introduced This Week at blockbuster.co.uk - the successor to 'Marshall's View'. It was a roundup of the key releases on site each week, with members of the editorial team taking it in turns to write this each week. April 2008 - Blockbuster launched an audacious $1bn (£500m) reverse takeover bid for ailing home electronics retailer Circuit City to fend off increasing competition from the internet. Blockbuster, which began as one video shop in Dallas but at that time had 9,000 stores worldwide, wanted to buy Circuit City to reinvent its outdated business model. 2008 - Blockbuster completely overhauled its website. Customers could now track what was in their local Blockbuster store, while the rental section on the site introduced new browse pages such as 'Browse By' 'Theme' and 'Browse By Year'. Late 2008 - Blockbuster.co.uk added a buy online section to the website. September 2009 - The retail chain announced plans to double the number of US shops it planned to close from 410 to 450 to 810 to 960. September 2010 - Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy in the US. The US parent company of the UK business, which had 605 stores, sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The UK business is a separate legal entity. February 2011 - Creditor Universal Studios Home Entertainment demanded that Blockbuster pay up immediately or face a ban on movie rentals, claiming the video rental chain was giving itself a "windfall" at the studio's expense. Blockbuster had fallen behind in payments for leases to titles to the tune of $6.4m, and at that time, a further $13.4m is due in the next few weeks, lawyers for Universal said in a filing in US Bankruptcy Court. January 2012 - Blockbuster launched a series of new movie rentals, called "Exclusives," which it claimed were not available on any other film service for a limited time period, in a bid to outshine competitors such as Netflix. It struck deals with several of the major Hollywood studios, meaning movies such as Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Drive were only available to rent for a period of two weeks in the UK via Blockbuster. January 2013 - Blockbuster, which has 528 shops in the UK, called in administrators, putting more than 4,000 jobs at risk.