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Blu-ray Isn't Getting Much Traction
Sony won the battle to be the standard for HD-DVD. Can it persuade strapped consumers to buy in?
source: Business Week
Parties take DVD marketing to the home
Hungry to engage consumers in a way TV commercials don’t, some studios are throwing their upcoming products in-home fan parties.
source: Video Business
Online subscriptions exceed $1 billion a year, says NPD
The NPD Group has released data indicating that the value of US online game subscriptions exceeds USD 1 billion annually.
source: gamesindustry.biz
Tesco sets £200m book sale target
Tesco has unveiled ambitious plans to almost double its book sales in three years to £200m, and is also moving to challenge Amazon online.
source: The Bookseller
Best Buy strikes deal with Carphone to transform European el
Carphone Warehouse and US giant Best Buy have created a joint venture likely to become one of the biggest electricals retailers in Europe.
source: Retail Week

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Strategy is working for Blockbuster

Friday, May 16, 2008

A same-store sales rise for the first time in five years and a move into the black for its online subscription business has helped push Blockbuster in the US into profit in the first-quarter.

Liberation welcomes 'Visitor'

Friday, May 16, 2008

Liberation Entertainment has extended its distribution deal with Halcyon Pictures to include the DVD release of director Tom McCarthy’s latest feature "The Visitor".

Paramount enters Coolroom

Friday, May 16, 2008

Paramount Digital Entertainment has linked with digital services provider Coolroom to deliver Paramount Pictures’ titles through its digital retail service.

Pias opts for 'Real' comedy

Friday, May 16, 2008

Distributor Pias – formerly Vital – has signed a distribution deal with new comedy label Real Talent.

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Hollywood looks for an entente cordiale

PEVE Digital Entertainment returned last month after an 18-month hiatus in which Screen Digest took over the complete organisation of the event. Sam Andrews and Pete Dodd report from the 16th edition of the premier European home entertainment conference.

HMV Focus: Putting the passion back into retail

Already back from the brink, high street specialist HMV unveils its next round of strategies to regain retail dominance. Sam Andrews reports

New gimmicks buoy US DVD shops

The Hollywood Reporter’s Carl Diorio reports on the creative measures US retailers are taking to counter falling sales

Brits no Cannes do

‘Indiana Jones’ heads the star power at this year’s Festival de Cannes but there’s no room in the Competition for any British films. Ray Bennett looks at the lineup

A healthy future in selling the past

Studios never overlook the importance of older titles. Pete Dodd reports on the campaigns that keep catalogue alive

Keeping the disc hackers at bay

One of the key content protection features of Blu-ray is the BD+ security system. Kit Rodgers of Cryptography Research and Carter Laren of Macrovision gives Bob Auger the facts behind the technology and the licensing process.

Something out of nothing

In the second of his series about how filmmakers make ends meet in the British movie industry, Ray Bennett meets the makers of the no-budget “Small Town Folk”

Flying high into retail

Indie film distributor High Fliers has inked a deal with sales house World Cinema to attack the sell through market. Pete Dodd reports.

Living the dream

“The Office” star Martin Freeman is fast carving out a name for himself as a movie star. His latest film, “The Good Night”, is set to be released on DVD by Momentum Pictures on May 26. Directed by Jake Paltrow and co-starring Penelope Cruz, Simon Pegg, Gwyneth Paltrow and Danny DeVito, it is a comedy about a man who encounters the woman of his dreams. Here, Freeman talks about making the film, his own dreams and how he’s never seen Tom Cruise’s “bits”