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Release Window Wrap: What Does ‘Alice’ Deal Portend For Home Entertainment?
Theatrical distribution insiders tell Variety that it took a big title such as Disney’s “Alice In Wonderland” to “redraw the line” on release windows. “No exhibitor wan... More
Wal-Mart And Vudu: Movie Streaming Service Ranks High In Studios’ New Distribution Heirarchy
Wal-Mart is getting back into the digital entertainment distribution business with its planned acquisition of the Vudu movie download and streaming service. The deal, which is expe... More
Redbox Relents, Signs Window Deal With Warner
Furthering its efforts to establish an exclusive sales window for DVDs, Blu-ray discs, and video-on-demand services, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has reached a two-year deal wit... More
DVD, Blu-ray Sales Lift Viacom Profits In Fourth Quarter
Viacom reported Feb. 11 a $214 million increase in fourth-quarter profitability for its filmed entertainment unit, reflecting among other things a higher year-over-year contributio... More
Disney Credits Home Entertainment For Studio’s Income Surge
A rise in home entertainment profits helped Walt Disney’s studio division post a 30% increase in operating income for its first quarter, the company announced Feb. 9. The studio... More
GameSupply: At EA, Digital Markets Bring New Risk Management Framework
Videogame developers have long been averse to working “under any regime,” notes Spencer Mott, Chief Information Security Officer of Electronic Arts. But with game publishers no... More
BluFocus Lauches Testing Lab, Webinar For 3D Home Entertainment
With studios looking to bring their first 3D home entertainment products to market later this year, DVD and Blu-ray quality assurance firm BluFocus is launching a suite of 3D testi... More
Technicolor Picks Up Warner DVD Business
Following Cinram’s announcement that Warner Home Video was ending its exclusive relationship with the DVD services company, rival disc manufacturer Technicolor says that it will ... More
Warner Home Video Ends Cinram DVD Supply Deal
Cinram’s long-running, exclusive deal with Warner Home Video (WHV) for DVD manufacturing and distribution services is coming to an abrupt end this summer. The Toronto-based disc... More
Game Distributor Ingram Offers Ways To Develop A Leaner Supply Chain
What is Ingram Entertainment’s viewpoint on the state of the video game distribution? Bob Geistman, Senior VP Sales & Marketing of Ingram Entertainment Inc. (IEI), will be pr... More
Blu-ray Beginning To Gain On DVD Player Market: In-Stat
High-volume shipments of Blu-ray players, most of which feature network connectivity, are finally making inroads into the broader disc player and recorder market, reports In-Stat. ... More
What’s Behind Blockbuster’s Revised Earnings Guidance?
Despite an overall-industry increase in DVD and Blu-ray rentals during 2009, Blockbuster has significantly lowered its earnings forecast for the year. The preeminent rental chain ... More
Research Firm Urges 3D TV Makers To Focus On Interoperability
The 3D Blu-ray specification may be completed, but consumer electronics makers have more groundwork before a 3D home entertainment market can take root. Next up: ensuring interoper... More
Microsoft’s Owen Roberts On Syncing Software And Hardware Supply Chains
The synchronization of videogame hardware and software supply chains has become a unique operational challenge, considering the high costs and long lead times of game development, ... More
Netflix Plans Streaming To Wii Consoles Via Disc
Netflix plans to offer movie and TV show streaming services to subscribers via Wii videogame consoles this spring, in a new deal that could bring digital video distribution to mill... More
Blu-ray Player Sales Up 44% During Holidays
Unit sales of Blu-ray players during the 2009 holiday season were 44% higher than in 2008, but down 5% in value, as retailers slashed player prices by 34% over the five-week period... More
Kids Still Heavily Reliant On Packaged Media For Entertainment
For every dollar that kids spend on entertainment content, 85 cents go toward physical products, with the balance going to digital media, according to new research from the NPD Gro... More
‘DECE’ Consortium Unveils Digital Entertainment Standard
The major studios, technology providers, and other companies comprising the 48-member Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE) together announced on Jan. 4 an open “common ... More
CDSA Board Appoints MESA To Manage Ongoing Association Activities
New CDSA Executive Director, Martin Porter, to Assist in the Launch of New Standards to Protect Digital Assets Throughout the Supply Chain CDSA, the Content Delivery & Storage... More
Blu-ray Disc Association Finalizes 3D Spec, Eyes 2010 Release
Consumers could be watching Blu-ray movies in 3D next year with the Blu-ray Disc Association’s completion of 3D specifications for the format, announced today. The Blu-ray 3D sp... More
