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Movie Gallery may file bankruptcy in two weeks
OCT. 11 | A report from Bloomberg yesterday cited “people with direct knowledge of company’s plans” as saying Movie Gallery may file bankruptcy within two weeks under an agreement that won’t completely wipe out existing shareholders. More

  • Program promotes green packaging
    OCT. 11 | In the latest industry response to Wal-Mart's environmental sustainability initiatives, International Paper subsidiary Shorewood Packaging has launched a Greenchoice program to help companies meet green packaging goals.
  • Target debuts next-generation consumer electronics departments
    OCT. 11 | FROM TWICE: Target rolled out its latest CE department prototype yesterday with the soft opening of 61 new stores around the country.
  • Amazon launches high-def micro site
    OCT. 11 | FROM TWICE: Amazon.com has launched a dedicated high-definition micro site designed to explain and sell high-definition TV and related products to less tech-savvy consumers.
  • High-def adoption 'will roll', albeit slowly, say panelists
    OCT. 10 | UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif.—Supporters of the HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc high-definition formats locked horns at the HDTV DisplaySearch conference here Wednesday, but all participants ultimately agreed they were heartened by the fact that consumers are adopting high-def discs, even slowly.
  • Quincy Jones III company inks deal with Weinstein/Genius
    OCT. 10 | QD3 Entertainment, the company of Quincy Jones III, son of Quincy Jones, has announced a partnership with Genius Products and The Weinstein Co. for distribution of urban titles.
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  • The slow death of digital rights
    How can the music industry make money online? Events in recent days have hinted at the diverging strategies of record labels and the musicians themselves.
  • Limelight: Never mind
    Continuing its excellent, wonderful, very good week, Limelight Networks announced after market close Thursday that it will restate earnings for 2006 and the first two quarters of this year to reflect higher revenues and a lower net loss.
  • Broad IP enforcement bill still pending
    A bill that would add resources for intellectual property enforcement in the U.S. and at U.S. borders will be ready, “in a couple of weeks,” House Judiciary Committee chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) said Thursday.

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Paul Sweeting, Editor, ContentAgenda
October 11, 2007
RIAA: No alternative to law suits
RIAA president Cary Sherman admits there's a legal issue to appeal in the case of Cap...
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Ned Randolph
THE DOWN LOW
Ned Randolph, Reporter, Video Business
October 10, 2007
Netflix Instant On, Instant Hit?
Netflix sees great potential in its relatively new feature that allows subscribers to...
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DISC DISH
Samantha Clark, Managing editor and online editor, Video Business
October 10, 2007
Stardust, The Tudors DVD
Perusing Paramount's site today, I saw they have set dates for theatrical fantasy adv...
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DVDIALOG
Laurence Lerman, Product Digest Editor, Video Business
October 10, 2007
Vicki Peterson Returns to Bangleonia
“Here we are, we’re still making music, we’re still playing, and we...
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Susanne Ault
RED STATE, BLUE STATE
Susanne Ault, Senior Reporter, Video Business
October 8, 2007
Deal Me In
Retailers have been throwing some pretty neat high-def offers at us these days. It do...
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BETWEEN THE LINES
Marcy Magiera, Editor in chief, Video Business
October 3, 2007
The end of the world as we know it?
The lead story in The Wall Street Journal this morning has a cataclysmic premis...
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Kids First! Event
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium star Zach Mills was named best emerging actor at the KIDS FIRST! award show in Malibu on Oct. 7.
Run Granny Run Screening
Arts Alliance America recently held a screening of Run Granny Run with film star Doris “Granny D” Haddock in Keen, N.H.
Riding the Surf
Sony and Reef Check celebrated the DVD release of Surf’s Up at Malibu Bluffs Park in Malibu, Calif., on Oct. 6.

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Market Data


The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer thrilled fans this week. 

Top DVD Sellers

RANKTITLE
1 FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SI
2 THE JUNGLE BOOK
3 KNOCKED UP

Top DVD Rentals

RANKTITLE
1 FANTASTIC 4: RISE OF THE SILVE
2 KNOCKED UP
3 NEXT


Source: Rentrak Corp.; week ended 10/7/2007


Commentary

10/5/2007
OPINION: By the numbers
Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda

OCT. 5 | The Institute for Policy Innovation, a Texas-based pro-business think tank, released a report this week that estimates total losses to piracy for four “core” U.S. copyright industries at $58 billion per year.
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10/3/2007
OPINION: Reviving retail in a digital media world
Anthony Bay, chairman and co-founder of MOD Systems (www.modsystems.com)

OCT. 3 | When online digital content originally debuted in the marketplace, many predicted the impending demise of retail. For many of us, though, those predictions bring to mind Mark Twain’s famous quote: “The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.”
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