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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

Testronic Labs and Thomson's Technicolor business unit are joining forces to offer Blu-ray Disc publishers a comprehensive set of testing services. With the new "on-location offer... More

Vice President Joe Biden, Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr., and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III are among the top government officials meeting with entertainment industry leaders t... More

These days, marketers of Hollywood films routinely look for increased awareness from non-traditional sources, including news coverage of the marketing campaigns themselves in The N... More