The top news and charts for week ending August 3, 2007 .
Manufacturing-on-demand gains traction Indies use new tactics to combat Web, kiosks Movie screenings replace screeners for retailers |
"THE NUMBER 23" leads Top DVD Renters Chart "THE NUMBER 23" leads Top DVD Sellers Chart "THE BOURNE IDENTITY" leads Top HD DVD Sellers Chart "PLANET EARTH: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION" leads Top Blu-ray Sellers Chart |
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Movielink, Target join for 300 promotion
JULY 31 | Movie download site Movielink is offering a free download of battle flick 300 to consumers who buy the deluxe edition DVD in Target stores as part of a promotion for the Warner Home Video release, which streets today.
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IDEA holds second annual Indie Expo at Sea
JULY 30 | The Independent Dealers of Entertainment Assn., the indie spin-off of the Entertainment Merchants Assn., will hold its second annual Indie Expo at Sea on Oct. 15-19.
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Amazon's CustomFlix offers National Archive films
JULY 30 | Amazon.com’s DVD-on-demand service CustomFlix Labs has inked a deal with the National Archives and Records Administration to make historic films, documentaries and newsreels available on disc. Universal newsreels from 1920 to 1967, covering everything from the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the 1960 Nixon-Kennedy debate, are available starting today through CustomFlix.
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DVD sales lift Viacom earnings
AUG. 2 | DVD sales of Charlotte’s Web, DreamGirls (pictured) and Norbit helped drive a 35% increase in home entertainment revenue at Viacom in the last quarter, the company said Thursday. Home entertainment revenue in the studio entertainment division reached $545 million in the second quarter ended June 30.
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Weak video slate drags Disney earnings
AUG. 1 | A weak home video slate dragged down operating income in Walt Disney Co.’s studio entertainment division during the latest quarter. In the studio entertainment division, operating income slid 20% to $192 million, with no home video title comparable to the prior year’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which sold more than 18 million DVDs.
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Navarre moves DVD label BCI to corporate headquarters
AUG. 1 | Navarre Corp. is relocating DVD label BCI to the indie distributor’s corporate headquarters in New Hope, Minn. The move from BCI’s current Los Angeles base is expected to better leverage corporate DVD distribution assets.
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Time Warner revenue up, filmed entertainment down in Q2
AUG. 1 | Despite falling filmed entertainment revenue, Time Warner recorded mostly improved earnings in its second quarter. In the absence of a strong DVD release to compare to last year’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Time Warner’s second-quarter 2007 film revenue slipped 5% to $2.3 billion. Best performing DVDs included Pan’s Labyrinth, distributed by sister unit New Line Home Entertainment.
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DreamWorks sets third Shrek for Nov. 13
JULY 31 | Shrek the Third is coming to DVD Nov. 13, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg confirmed Tuesday during a company conference call. But the studio didn’t say whether the film would also get a release on HD DVD or Blu-ray Disc.
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Fox continues Futurama with four DVD premiere movies
JULY 30 | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is resurrecting canceled TV series Futurama on DVD. The studio is set to release four made-for-DVD full-length films extending the animated series.
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Comic-Con: Blu-ray, HD DVD pushed at event
JULY 30 | COMIC-CON: SAN DIEGO—As well as offering the usual Darth Vader and Princess Leia, Comic-Con this year became one of the first major mainstream consumer showcases of the high-definition formats. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment hosted a Blu-ray Experience booth on the exhibition floor, pictured here. See more Comic-Con photos.
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Comic-Con: Scott says Blade Runner sequel possible
JULY 30 | COMIC-CON: SAN DIEGO—With the "Final Cut" of Blade Runner being released Dec. 18 on standard DVD and both HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc, director Ridley Scott told fans at Comic-Con here that he'd like to shoot a sequel. At the show, actress Sean Young (pictured center) posed with lookalikes of her replicant character Rachel.
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Toshiba sets October for third-generation HD DVD players
AUG. 2 | Toshiba will reportedly roll out its line of third-generation HD DVD players, all priced at less than $500, this October, according to retailers.
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Panasonic focuses on families for high-def promotion
AUG. 1 | To hype its array of high-definition offerings, Panasonic launched an extensive marketing blitz today including Web site www.livinginhd.com and a program that will award families $20,000 worth of its products.
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Comic-Con: Blu-ray, HD DVD pushed at event
JULY 30 | COMIC-CON: SAN DIEGO—As well as offering the usual Darth Vader and Princess Leia, Comic-Con this year became one of the first major mainstream consumer showcases of the high-definition formats. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment hosted a Blu-ray Experience booth on the exhibition floor, pictured here. See more Comic-Con photos.
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EA, THQ fall in earnings
AUG. 2 | FROM VARIETY: Despite a booming videogame biz this year, two of the industry’s biggest publishers saw their stocks come under pressure Wednesday after somewhat disappointing earnings reports.
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Movielink, Target join for 300 promotion
JULY 31 | Movie download site Movielink is offering a free download of battle flick 300 to consumers who buy the deluxe edition DVD in Target stores as part of a promotion for the Warner Home Video release, which streets today.
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Toshiba sets October for third-generation HD DVD players
AUG. 2 | Toshiba will reportedly roll out its line of third-generation HD DVD players, all priced at less than $500, this October, according to retailers.
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Panasonic focuses on families for high-def promotion
AUG. 1 | To hype its array of high-definition offerings, Panasonic launched an extensive marketing blitz today including Web site www.livinginhd.com and a program that will award families $20,000 worth of its products.
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Comic-Con: Blu-ray, HD DVD pushed at event
JULY 30 | COMIC-CON: SAN DIEGO—As well as offering the usual Darth Vader and Princess Leia, Comic-Con this year became one of the first major mainstream consumer showcases of the high-definition formats. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment hosted a Blu-ray Experience booth on the exhibition floor, pictured here. See more Comic-Con photos.
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