Monday was a telling day in home entertainment. Two ambitious players bought into the video-streaming business and one left its DVD division on the curb.

Telecommunications giant Verizon Communications broke ranks with rivals by announcing a video-streaming partnership with Coinstar, which operates Redbox DVD kiosks. Both companies want a piece of streaming online video, whose pioneer Netflix ...

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