electronic commerce founded 2004 founder rob berman headquarters auckland new zealand products online dvd and video game rental owner sky network television slogan all the dvd you can eat the video store directly to your door website 1 fatso is a new zealand online dvd and video game rental service which mails dvd s blu ray discs and video games to viewers around new zealand . fatso was founded in 2004 and is based in auckland new zealand s largest city . as of 2011 fatso was offering a range of over 27 000 titles to around 20 000 subscribers and had a full time staff of 25 . 1 this means it is the largest such rental service in new zealand . it is operated by sky tv which owns 51 % of the enterprise . contents 1 history 2 services 2.1 dvd and blu ray rental 2.2 games club 3 references 4 external links history edit fatso was founded in 2004 by rob berman of westside media . 2 in 2008 it merged with competitors dvd unlimited and movieshack to form screen enterprises limited which operates a single service under the fatso name . sky tv which operated dvd unlimited owns 51 % with berman as general manager . the merger was reported as being due to the home delivered dvd market not being big enough for the three of them . 2 in 2012 fatso began offering video game rental with as service known as games club . 3 it is operated in a different way to the dvd and blu ray rentals with a daily charge per game . in august 2013 berman left fatso moving to shop hq an e commerce venture backed by the warehouse . 4 berman retained his stake in fatso . services edit dvd and blu ray rental edit fatso was founded as a dvd rental service and then also began to offer blu ray rentals . according to the fatso website plans range from 9.95 a month for 2 dvd s one at a time to 37.99 a month for unlimited dvd s three at a time . the service is the largest of its kind in the country holding around 5 % of the total dvd rental market in new zealand . 1 the service has no late fees or set return times . games club edit games club is fatso s video game rental service started in 2012 . unlike the dvd blu ray service there is a daily as opposed to monthly charge for each game . games are available for ps4 xbox one ps3 xbox 360 wii u ps2 xbox and wii platforms and prices range from 49c to 3.00 . 3 fatso uses new zealand post to send rentals to customers and return postage is covered by the subscription costs . references edit a b sky s no limit for fuller fatso . 27 march 2011 . retrieved 13 september 2014 . a b media dvd delivery market reaches limit . new zealand herald . 20 june 2008 . a b fatso finally adds games to its rental collection . 1 december 2012 . retrieved 13 september 2014 . fatso founder moves on . 30 august 2013 . retrieved 13 september 2014 . external links edit http www.fatso.co.nz retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fatso new zealand & oldid 663662124 categories companies of new zealandonline retailersvideo rental servicescompanies established in 2004new zealand websites2004 establishments in new zealandhidden categories use new zealand english from february 2015all wikipedia articles written in new zealand englishuse dmy dates from october 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 may 2015 at 11 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view