Blockbuster (BBI) CEO John Antioco, speaking at an investor conference yesterday, said his company could double its online DVD subscriber base to over 4 million during 2007 as its Total Access promotion continues to pay off. Antioco said that in the 60 days since Total Access was unveiled, Blockbuster has signed up 700,000 new subscribers.

These growth numbers are very interesting. Netflix (NFLX) only added approximately 650,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter, which implies that Blockbuster is ahead of its main competitor in grabbing new business right now. Blockbuster stock is reacting positively, as one would expect, jumping 5% to over $6 per share. It will be interesting to see how Netflix's 2007 growth projections are impacted, if at all, from Blockbuster's big push aimed directly at them.

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