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First-half like-for-like sales down at Game

Videogame retailer Game said that like-for-like sales in the 21 weeks ending June 27 were down by 15.4% year on year but Chairman Peter Lewis said the results were “in line with expectations”.

HMV aims for third record Christmas

Home entertainment retailer HMV is aiming for its third record breaking Christmas in a row, according to CEO Simon Fox.

New IP charter aims for fake-free car boot sales

Trading Standards, market operators and IP owners have joined forces in the battle against dealers in counterfeit goods at UK markets under a new national charter developed by the Industry Trust for IP Awareness, which aims to brand legitimate markets and car boot fairs.

Marks & Spencer reports first quarter sales improvement

Marks & Spencer reported UK sales up by 1.7% in the first quarter ending June 27 with like-for-like sales down 1.4%, general merchandise down 2.4%, food down 0.5% and sales online dropped 28%.

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RealNetworks offers rapid video transfer

Digital content services company RealNetworks is introducing software called RealPlayer SP that allows consumers to move audio and video to any portable device with only two clicks. It is “the first and only software product that eliminates the complexity of downloading, converting and transferring video files,” the company said.

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From The Web

  • Joe Jackson Discusses Blu-ray Venture
    Hollywoodinhidef.com’s Scott Hettrick landed an interview with Michael Jackson’s father, Joe Jackson, June 29 to discuss Joe Jackson’s recent mentions of a new Blu-ray Disc music company.
    source: Home Media Magazine
  • Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Aniston top Forbes list
    Forbes just issued its list of Hollywood's biggest female moneymakers in the past year, and the top two spots are occupied by the former wife and current girlfriend of Brad Pitt.
    source: The Hollywood Reporter
  • Warner expands reach of MOD titles
    Warner Archive Collection titles are getting broader distribution at retail.
    source: Video Business
  • Parnassus gets October UK release
    Heath Ledger's last film, Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, has been given a UK cinema release date.
    source: BBC News
  • Tickets offered to Jackson fans
    Michael Jackson fans who paid in advance for the singer's UK concerts have been offered their money back or a souvenir ticket as an alternative.
    source: BBC News

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Paramount dances with 505 for ‘Grease’ videogame

Paramount Digital Entertainment and 505 Games will publish a singing and dancing videogame developed by UK firm Zoe Mode for Nintendo Wii based on the 1978 musical film “Grease”

Woolies’ administrators earned £14m, paper says

Companies including Deloitte and Hilco that were involved in administering and closing down Woolworths received at least £14 million for their trouble, according to The Sun.

Blu-ray Disc sales soar as DVD sales fall: BVA report

More than 3.1 million Blu-ray discs have been sold in the UK so far in 2009, according to the British Video Association, which said in its half-year report that consumers’ growing confidence in Blu-ray had resulted in a drop in sales of DVD.

Joost backs away from consumer service

Online video service Joost, which the owners of Skype launched in 2007, has thrown in the towel in its bid to become a consumer content portal to rival YouTube and Hulu and will concentrate on providing technology services.

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The size of the prize

The children's sector took a knock when Woolworths collapsed at the end of last year, but Pete Dodd learns it is alive, kicking and broadening its horizons

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Learning the lesson

From their 'pile it high, sell it cheap' origins, UK grocery multiples have become some of the world's most effective and profitable retailers. Global retail analyst Brian Moore begins a series of columns about what to expect from grocers in terms of home entertainment retailing in the future.

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BD ‘to do’ list grows

With gizmos galore on sale, the industry is eyeing interactive as the way to go, reports Carl DiOrio of The Hollywood Reporter

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Other attractions: August

Ray Bennett looks ahead to August's other theatrical releases

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HMV’s brand new game

Retail has changed irrevocably but HMV is making up the new rules as it goes along by expanding its core business to take in movie exhibition, live shows, game expos and mobile phones. Pete Dodd covers the field.

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Not on general release

Despite some hits, Asian cinema is a hard sell in the UK so the Terracotta Far East Film Festival set out to change people's minds. Toby Weidmann went along.

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Games store blues

Games and Blu-ray sales propped up the entertainment sector last year. But, as Emma Agu Benson discovers, the potential gain from linking the two is being overlooked.

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Australia in front

Jody Raynsford takes a look at last month's retail chart

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Good Q&A

Viggo Mortensen, who plays a misguided German professor in the 1930s in his latest movie "Good", discusses the slow way in which evil can spread when people are forced to compromise

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Funny People

Ray Bennett previews Judd Apatow's latest comedy, starring Adam Sandler

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Bandslam

Ray Bennett previews the teen musical "Bandslam"

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Final Destination 4: Death Trip 3D

Ray Bennett previews the latest in the Final Destination series - in 3D!

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Britain’s comic-con

Combining the worlds of science fiction and fantasy films, TV shows, videogames and comic books, the MCM Expo proved the perfect place to find out what's hot in a genre vital to home entertainment. Toby Weidmann was there.

Weekly Price Comparison - checked: 29/06/09

  • Confessions of a Shopaholic
  • DP: 12.10 // RRP: 17.79
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  • £13.99 Sainsburys
  • £14.89 Sendit.com
  • £14.99 HMV
  • £15.47 Tesco
  • Gran Torino
  • DP: 13.46 // RRP: 19.79
  • £9.99 Sainsburys
  • £10.95 DVD.co.uk
  • £11.98 Amazon.co.uk
  • £11.99 Play.com
  • £12.00 Tesco
  • £12.00 Asda
  • £12.89 Sendit.com
  • £12.93 TheHut.com
  • £12.93 Lovefilm
  • £12.99 Morrisons
  • £12.99 HMV
  • Revolutionary Road
  • DP: 13.46 // RRP: 19.79
  • £12.47 Asda
  • £12.68 Amazon.co.uk
  • £12.89 Sendit.com
  • £12.93 Lovefilm
  • £12.93 TheHut.com
  • £12.95 DVD.co.uk
  • £12.99 Morrisons
  • £12.99 Play.com
  • £13.47 Tesco
  • £13.99 Sainsburys
  • £14.99 HMV