Two weeks after Choices UK, Britain’s second-biggest DVD rental chain, went into administration, it has sold its wholesale arm. The Times

Administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers has already closed more than 30 of Choices UK’s most unprofitable stores but it is understood that a deal for the remaining 139 Choices UK high street sites could be finalised within the next two to three weeks. Blockbuster, the UK’s biggest DVD and video rental store, and Game Stop, the American group that is looking to break into the market, are both rumoured to be interested.