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Frain to head up distribution at Metrodome

Friday, July 04, 2008

Metrodome Group has promoted Sara Frain from General Manager – Theatrical & Broadcast to the newly created position of General Manager of Distribution.

Metrodome goes day and date with VOD and theatrical

Friday, July 04, 2008

Metrodome is set to release the Neil Young anti-Iraq war concert film “CSNY Déjà Vu” simultaneously in cinemas and via Video on Demand (VOD).

Network diamond deal for Pokémon

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Network has joined forces with Pokémon UK in a joint venture to release long-running Japanese kid’s brand on DVD.

Kloster named as TCFHE UK MD

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Former toy industry executive Anders Kloster has today been named Managing Director of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (TCFHE) UK.

Sales double for GAME

Friday, July 04, 2008

High street specialist GAME has seen group sales rise by a huge 54% for the first half of the year, buoyed by the strength of the videogames market and an “unusually strong release schedule”, according to Chairman Peter Lewis.

'Halo' to have a board game too

Thursday, July 03, 2008

The hit videogame "Halo" will spawn a board-game version this September with Genius Products teaming up with B1 Games to release "Halo Interactive Strategy Game".

Videogames set to play through tough times

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

The global videogame industry looks as if it will continue unscathed during the world's economic downturn and top $57 billion in revenue in 2009, a new report says.

PS3 incurs $3.3 billion loss for Sony

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Sony Corp.'s losses on PlayStation3 have narrowed after its first year but it has still lost $3.3 billion since the games console's debut in 2006.

Blu-ray kicks off this year, says Sony

Monday, June 30, 2008

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Marketing Director Darren Goode has predicted that 2008 will “definitely” be the year for Blu-ray.

Chinese ramp up Blu-ray production

Friday, June 06, 2008

Eleven Chinese disc manufacturers, including TCL, Malata and Desay, have been authorised by the Blu-ray Disc Association to produce Blu-ray Discs and disc players next year.

Wal-Mart gives Blu-ray a boost

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

US retail giant Wal-Mart is backing the Blu-ray disc format in a big way by installing dedicated sections in 1200 outlets and giving away $100 gift cards with each played sold in June.

Blu-ray gaining ground, but slowly

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Awareness of the Blu-ray Disc format has grown but buyers still haven't been won over fully, according to a new survey in the United States.

Virgin Media warns against illegal downloading

Friday, July 04, 2008

Virgin Media has sent out around 800 letters to customers warning them that they should not be downloading illegal music files from the internet.

Consumers still love DVDs, says survey

Friday, July 04, 2008

Although the internet is growing increasingly significant as a source of video content, the vast majority of consumers aged 13 to 29 (Gen Y) and 30 to 43 (Gen X) still buy and rent DVDs, according to a survey.

'Hellboy' hits US mobiles

Thursday, July 03, 2008

UK mobile media company Player X has licensed "Hellboy" from Starz Media to put the clips from the franchise on US mobile phones ahead of the latest theatrical release.

Mobile companies look to Hollywood

Monday, June 30, 2008

Mobile phone companies are increasingly looking to Hollywood and the entertainment sector as central to the future of their businesses.

Excite the consumer, says Brown

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Inviting his audience to snooze or blackberry if they weren’t engaged by his speech, Matt Brown, Executive VP International at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, called on retailers and DVD distributors to put the excitement back into selling movies if they are not lose the consumer to other entertainment platforms.

Blu-ray sales set to explode

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Warner Home Video President Ron Sanders said today that the home entertainment industry was on the edge of an explosion in high definition software sales but that it needs to ensure it has the manufacturing capacity to meet demand.

Carrefour non-food chief to speak at Peve

Monday, March 10, 2008

Christophe Geoffroy, International Non Food Director of global supermarket giant Carrefour, is to give a French retail perspective on the home entertainment industry at the upcoming PEVE Digital Entertainment conference in Paris.

Warner's Sanders signs up for PEVE

Thursday, January 24, 2008

President of Warner Home Video Ron Sanders will give the opening keynote address at PEVE Digital Entertainment 2008 in Paris from April 17-18.

'Nigel' back for another chorus of disapproval

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Phase two of the “Knock-Off Nigel” anti-piracy campaign is due to launch next week with a new television advertisement targeting illegal downloading of movies, the Industry Trust for IP Awareness said Wednesday.

eBay given €40m fine in fakes case

Monday, June 30, 2008

eBay has been ordered by a French court to pay €40 million in damages to luxury goods group LVMH for allowing online auctions of fake copies of its goods.

Trading Standards staff shortage could hit anti-piracy work

Thursday, June 26, 2008

The fight against piracy could be hampered after the number of recruits to Trading Standards fell last year, despite an increasing workload.

Deported Chinese workers barred from going home

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

China and Vietnam have been accused of refusing to take back citizens deported from Britain for working illegally, many in the criminal underworld that counterfeit DVDs. The accusation was made at the Old Bailey in a case involving a young female worker who was caught in a London counterfeiting operation containing 40,000 illicit DVDs.

Tough times good for home entertainment

Thursday, June 05, 2008

Another indication comes from the United States that tough economic times can be good for the home entertainment industry as a new survey says that 87% of consumers plan to rent movies and video games while petrol prices remain high.

Amazon to launch streaming video service

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Giant Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. will introduce a streaming video service in the next month or two, Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos told a digital conference in the United States.

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.

US revenue share deals to limit ex-rental sales

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Some of the major US studios, including Warner Home Video, have bowed new revenue share schemes that will introduce measures to limit previously viewed disc sales, according to US reports.

Acorn bags 'Criminal Justice'

Friday, July 04, 2008

The dark, critically acclaimed BBC drama “Criminal Justice” – screened every night this week – has been snapped up for DVD release by Acorn Media on Oct. 6.

Blockbuster takes lead in retail innovation

Thursday, July 03, 2008

Blockbuster Chairman and CEO Jim Keyes says the home entertainment industry needs leadership on the retail side to attract customers to new products, and Blockbuster is the one to do it.

Grocers fear price war as shoppers seek bargains

Thursday, July 03, 2008

There is bad news for upmarket grocery stores and their suppliers indicated by Marks & Spencer Chairman Stuart Rose's assertion that his company's sharp drop in sales reflected signs of a "very, very intensive food price war that's going on at the moment".

Marks & Spencer sees sharp sales drop

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Predicting "stormy times ahead", High Street retailer Marks & Spencer reported a sharp 5.4% drop in like-for-sales in its UK stores, leading to a fall in profit expectations.

F1 fans driven to Odeon

Saturday, July 05, 2008

Odeon Cinemas opened up to Formula One fans over the weekend for a live screening of the 60th British Grand Prix.

Cineworld performance 'as expected'

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Movie theatre chain Cineworld Group says it will see first-half boxoffice revenue grow by 1.2% with a 0.7% increase in total revenue.

OFT calls Kangaroo into the ring

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Kangaroo, the proposed video-on-demand joint venture involving BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, will have to box clever over the next six months as the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred it to the Competition Commission.

Meadows, Carlyle win top Edinburgh prizes

Monday, June 30, 2008

Shane Meadows' new film "Somers Town", about two very different 16-year-olds getting by in London's squalid King's Cross area, won the top prize Michael Powell Award for best British film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, which ended Sunday. Robert Carlyle was named best performer in a British film for his role as a bad-tempered man who looks after his quadriplegic best friend and recalls their one happy year as youngsters in "Summer". Festival patron Sean Connery, pictured with Carlyle, handed out the prizes.

Alliance Scanbox deal collapses

Friday, July 04, 2008

Alliance Films’ bid to buy Scandinavian distributor Scanbox has collapsed after nearly a year of negotiations, according to sources.

H'wood actors given blunt deal offer

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Hollywood screen actors were given a take it or leave it offer by producers as the current contract expired on Monday leaving performers with the option of making the deal or going ahead with a strike vote.

Blockbuster drops Circuit City bid

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Blockbuster Inc. has formally dropped its $1.2 billion bid for US electronics retailer Circuit City citing adverse market conditions. The due diligence process of the two-month-old bid established that Blockbuster's shareholders would not be best served by the acquisition, Chairman and CEO Jim Keyes said.

Sony sets new targets through 2011

Friday, June 27, 2008

Sony plans to introduce a US service later this year that lets consumers obtain feature films and television shows via the Internet directly to its Bravia TV sets without satellite or cable subscriptions. There will also be a download service via PlayStation3.