Fatso is an Online DVD rental

Online DVD rental

DVD-by-mail services allow a person to rent DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, video games and VCDs, among other film media online; for delivery by mail. Generally, all interaction between the renter and the rental company takes place through the company's website....

 service based in Auckland

Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

, New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. and was founded in 2004 by Rob Berman of Westside Media. In 2008 it merged with competitors DVD Unlimited

DVD Unlimited

DVD Unlimited was an DVD-by-mail service based in Auckland, New Zealand. It was a wholly owned unit of SKY Network Television. It competed directly with Movieshack and Fatso....

 and Movieshack

Movieshack

Movieshack is an online DVD rental company in New Zealand. Based in Auckland, it was launched on 28 June 2004 and introduced commercial online DVD rentals to New Zealand...

 to form Screen Enterprises Limited, which operates a single service under the Fatso name. Sky TV

Sky TV

Sky TV may refer to:*British Sky Broadcasting, a television network and media company in the United Kingdom**Sky , a brand name of BSkyB's digital satellite television and radio service in the UK and the Ireland...

(which operated DVD Unlimited) owns 51% of the enterprise, with Berman as general manager.

Reports from 2011 indicate a full-time staff of 25 and a subscriber base of around 20,000, around 5% of the total DVD rental market in New Zealand.