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RealNetworks Drops Fight To Market DVD Copying Software
RealNetworks is giving up on its RealDVD copying software in a settlement of more than a year’s worth of litigation with the six major Hollywood movie studios, Viacom Inc., and t... More
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
