The top news and charts for week ending September 22, 2006.

No high-def shelf squeeze The fourth quarter will represent the first real marketing push for high-definition discs, but retailers are expecting it to have little impact on shelf space in stores. Full Story Supplier sells in non-traditional stores Retailers as diverse as soft-goods discounter Kohl’s and housewares emporium Bed, Bath & Beyond are beginning to stock DVD, according to one supplier that has been selling to them. Full Story Suppliers embrace bigger TV sets TV on DVD complete series box sets are multiplying for the fourth quarter, despite their high price tags, heft and tiny sales compared to single-season packages. Full Story MORE

Under the sea St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital held its fourth annual Runway for Life charity fashion show, which also celebrated Buena Vista’s DVD release of The Little Mermaid Platinum Edition, on Sept. 15 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Designer Robert Ellis (l.), who co-chaired the event, enjoyed the show with Little Mermaid voice actress Jodi Benson and Buena Vista’s Bob Chapek.

"LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN" leads top rental chart Full Top Rental Chart "THE WILD" leads DVD sales chart Full DVD Sales Chart "GREY'S ANATOMY: SEASON 2" leads TV sales chart Full DVD Sales Chart MORE

Mob sting film Lucky Number Slevin bumped off the competition this week.

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No high-def shelf squeeze
The fourth quarter will represent the first real marketing push for high-definition discs, but retailers are expecting it to have little impact on shelf space in stores.
Full Story

Supplier sells in non-traditional stores
Retailers as diverse as soft-goods discounter Kohl’s and housewares emporium Bed, Bath & Beyond are beginning to stock DVD, according to one supplier that has been selling to them.
Full Story

TV DVD thrives despite downloads
This season’s slate of TV shows will be available online in more places than ever before, but based on recent TV on DVD sales, retailers may have little to worry about.
Full Story

Suppliers embrace bigger TV sets
TV on DVD complete series box sets are multiplying for the fourth quarter, despite their high price tags, heft and tiny sales compared to single-season packages.
Full Story

Universal takes down posters
Universal Studios Home Entertainment will stop supplying in-store posters for its films with more than $60 million in box-office, according to retailers, beginning with Sept. 26 release The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
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Redbox moves online
Redbox’s online rental reservation option will go live Sept. 25, at which time the service will let customers choose a title on the company’s Web site (http://www.redbox.com/) before picking it up at their preferred kiosk location.
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Circuit City Q2 revenue up 11%
Flat-panel TVs and notebook computers dramatically boosted Circuit City’s second-quarter earnings, the company reported Wednesday.
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Disney finds Pirates gold at iTunes
Disney sold more than 125,000 movie downloads through iTunes generating $1 million in revenue since Apple began selling movie downloads last week, Disney CEO Bob Iger said Tuesday.
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French DVD industry down 13.5%
French DVD industry revenue fell 13.5% to 445 million Euro ($565 million) in the first half of 2006, down 9% in volume, according to figures published Monday by distribution organization the Syndicat de l'Edition Video.
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No high-def shelf squeeze
The fourth quarter will represent the first real marketing push for high-definition discs, but retailers are expecting it to have little impact on shelf space in stores.
Full Story

Supplier sells in non-traditional stores
Retailers as diverse as soft-goods discounter Kohl’s and housewares emporium Bed, Bath & Beyond are beginning to stock DVD, according to one supplier that has been selling to them.
Full Story

TV DVD thrives despite downloads
This season’s slate of TV shows will be available online in more places than ever before, but based on recent TV on DVD sales, retailers may have little to worry about.
Full Story

Suppliers embrace bigger TV sets
TV on DVD complete series box sets are multiplying for the fourth quarter, despite their high price tags, heft and tiny sales compared to single-season packages.
Full Story

Universal takes down posters
Universal Studios Home Entertainment will stop supplying in-store posters for its films with more than $60 million in box-office, according to retailers, beginning with Sept. 26 release The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
Full Story

Superman flexes high-def muscle
The ultimate peacekeeper, Superman is staying neutral in the high-definition format war.
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Warner execs win hybrid disc patent
With the high-definition format war poised to take center stage this fourth quarter, a patent for a dual-format disc developed by three Warner Bros. engineers came to light last week, fueling speculation that a breakthrough that might spare consumers the risk of ending up on the wrong side of the battle was in the offing.
Full Story

Batman Begins on HD DVD Oct. 10
Warner Home Video’s Batman Begins will bow on HD DVD on Oct. 10, months after it was originally expected, but in time for the key fourth-quarter sales period.
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Disney finds Pirates gold at iTunes
Disney sold more than 125,000 movie downloads through iTunes generating $1 million in revenue since Apple began selling movie downloads last week, Disney CEO Bob Iger said Tuesday.
Full Story

Writers, Depp jewels of Pirates Chest
Johnny Depp and screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio will be the stars of the supplements on the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest DVDs.
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Microsoft HD DVD drive under $200
Microsoft Entertainment announced at the Tokyo Game Show that its HD DVD add-on drive for the Xbox 360 will launch first in Japan for 19,800 yen ($170) on Nov. 22.
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TV DVD thrives despite downloads
This season’s slate of TV shows will be available online in more places than ever before, but based on recent TV on DVD sales, retailers may have little to worry about.
Full Story

Disney finds Pirates gold at iTunes
Disney sold more than 125,000 movie downloads through iTunes generating $1 million in revenue since Apple began selling movie downloads last week, Disney CEO Bob Iger said Tuesday.
Full Story

Color this thriller AOL RED
AOL will begin selling downloads of horror flick Incubus before its DVD release as part of the broad launch of its teen site AOL RED.
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AOL crosses the home divide
AOL Video will deliver downloadable movies and video to Intel Viiv PCs for viewing on the TV as part of its “10-foot AOL Video” service, the companies announced Monday.
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No high-def shelf squeeze
The fourth quarter will represent the first real marketing push for high-definition discs, but retailers are expecting it to have little impact on shelf space in stores.
Full Story

Microsoft HD DVD drive under $200
Microsoft Entertainment announced at the Tokyo Game Show that its HD DVD add-on drive for the Xbox 360 will launch first in Japan for 19,800 yen ($170) on Nov. 22.
Full Story

Warner execs win hybrid disc patent
With the high-definition format war poised to take center stage this fourth quarter, a patent for a dual-format disc developed by three Warner Bros. engineers came to light last week, fueling speculation that a breakthrough that might spare consumers the risk of ending up on the wrong side of the battle was in the offing.
Full Story

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