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Helen Davis Jayalath

Helen is Screen Digest's senior analyst for the video sector and has overall responsibility for the online Video Intelligence service and all related activities. She has been analysing the international video business since 1991 and has been instrumental in expanding Screen Digest's coverage of the sector since 1994.

Helen has managed or contributed to numerous consultancy projects for Screen Digest clients including major Hollywood studios, independent video distributors, TV companies and investment banks. She has written and edited a wide range of Screen Digest reports examining all aspects of the global home video and DVD markets. Over the past 15 years she has also contributed to numerous other media publications and she is a regular speaker at international conferences. She is co-programme director of the annual European Video Perspectives (PEVE) conference and between 1999 and 2003 was retained as a market research consultant by the British Video Association.

Helen holds an Honours degree from Exeter University and is fluent in Spanish and French with a working knowledge of Italian.


> Recent Reports & Articles by Helen Davis Jayalath
Adobe PDF Can the Industry Afford a Big Blu-ray Success? Can the Industry Afford a Big Blu-ray Success? Report locked, login or read more about how to purchase this report
GMI expects consumer demand for Blu-ray (movies, TV and games) to increase to 225m discs this year; replication capacity will barely manage to keep up with demand. And if demand exceeds GMI's current forecasts, there is a riosk retailers may be left with stock shortages in the crucial last quarter of the year.
15-Aug-08
Adobe PDF Research Article End in sight for video rental 2008 End in sight for video rental End in sight for video rental End in sight for video rental Report locked, login or read more about how to purchase this report
Most consumers now prefer to own video rather than rent, as our 15-year analysis shows
23-Apr-08
Adobe PDF Manufacturing-on-demand: Re-inventing the retail business model Manufacturing-on-demand: Re-inventing the retail business model Report locked, login or read more about how to purchase this report
New technology is arriving that could enable retailers to alleviate pressure on shelf space and allow rights holders to exploit the 'long tail'. This report examines the claims that manufacturing-on-demand (MOD) has the potential to generate incremental revenue in video markets where growth has plateaued.
26-Mar-08
Adobe PDF Research Article Price of DVDs plummets in India Price of DVDs plummets in India Price of DVDs plummets in India Report locked, login or read more about how to purchase this report
Entry of disc manufacturer Moser Baer into the retail software market has cut high street DVD prices by up to 80 per cent
06-Aug-07
Adobe PDF Research Article Hi-def video battle for shelf space Hi-def video battle for shelf space Hi-def video battle for shelf space Report locked, login or read more about how to purchase this report
US customers have access to a growing range of high definition DVD titles
19-Jul-07
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