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Shopper Site Offers Keys To A ‘Blu Christmas’
With a greater number of player models available at significantly lower prices than in 2008, Blu-ray seems well positioned for the holiday season. But for Blu-ray boosters to close... More
Blu-ray Bolsters Home Entertainment’s Third Quarter
Blu-ray disc sales continued to grow in the third quarter, with overall sales up 83% for the year and playback devices now in 11.7 million U.S. households, according to DEG: The Di... More
Live Nation And Ticketmaster May Have To Divest Units
Live Nation and Ticketmaster Entertainment may need to give up pieces of their proposed vertically-integrated music entity to gain the approval of U.S. anti-trust regulators, the W... More
Sony Mulls Album-Only Release For Jackson’s ‘This Is It’
Contrary to earlier reports of an Amazon exclusive, Sony Music will release Michael Jackson's This Is It on iTunes, according to All Things Digital. But whether the label will allo... More
Research: Lower Premiums For Blu-ray Could Spur Sales
Falling prices of both Blu-ray hardware and software are contributing to rising consumer interest in the format, says entertainment research firm Futuresource Consulting. New rele... More
Second Annual Blu-ray Disc Conference Focuses On Latest Opportunities For Home Entertainment Platform
Blu-Con 2.0 Features Leading Executives from Across the Motion Pictures, Consumer Electronics, IT and Video Game Industries Filmmaker Martin Scorsese Will Keynote Conference Octo... More
Tesco To Offer ‘Virtual DVD’ Experience For Video Downloads
Staking out its position in the digital entertainment marketplace, UK retailer Tesco plans to offer its DVD customers the ability to download digital copies of movies via Tesco’s... More
Savvis’ Moran Offers Keys To Understanding Digital Supply Chain
Tom Moran, Senior Director of Media and Entertainment Markets for Savvis, offered insights into the development of supply chains for digital goods at the recent Entertainment Suppl... More
Wal-Mart Selling Pre-Owned Games Online
Wal-Mart is the latest retailer to seek a cut of the used videogame market, offering pre-owned titles for as much as 30% off their original price at an online storefront. The reta... More
Will Redbox’s Anti-Trust Suits Stick?
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Warner Home Video are hitting back at Redbox in a Delaware federal court this week, filing motions to dimiss the anti-trust claims the ... More
Wal-Mart Stores Cut DVD Display Space: WSJ
Pressing forward with a corporate initiative to reduce merchandising clutter, Wal-Mart is doing away with promotional display cases for new DVD releases, according to a Wall Street... More
Going Green: Next Steps For The DVD Industry
Time was a DVD had the same carbon footprint as a hamburger. But by reducing the amount plastics and paper in the consumer DVD package, U.S. studios and replicators have brought th... More
Game Publishers Seek Supply Chain Standards At ESCA Europe
Videogame publishers speaking at the Entertainment Retailing and Supply Chain Conference in London agree that a standard approach to supply chain management would benefit the ent... More
Studios Just Getting Started With ‘BD Live’
After a few years of studio experimentation, Blu-ray’s live interactivity features are coming into their own. Speaking at the Entertainment Retailing and Supply Chain Conference... More
New Children’s Product Safety Rules: Keys To Compliance
Los Angeles — A new federal law requires manufacturers of products intended to be used by children to certify that the items do not contain paint, coatings, or ink with ink above... More
