DVD Forum Presentations

NEW Modest growth for DVD retail in Q1 2008

published: 09-May-08
territories: UK
categories: Market data/forecast revision
Marie Bloomfield

NEW Genre splits and Top 10 charts updated

published: 09-May-08
territories: Australia
categories: New market data/forecast
David Scott

Universal and Paramount unveil Blu-ray slates

published: 08-May-08
categories: General market development

published: 08-May-08
categories: General market development
Richard Cooper

Movie Gallery closes stores to survive bankruptcy

published: 08-May-08
categories: General market development
Richard Cooper

published: 08-May-08
categories: General market development

published: 06-May-08
categories: General market development
Marie Bloomfield

published: 06-May-08
categories: New product/service, Strategy change, Technology deal, General market development
Marie Bloomfield

published: 01-May-08
territories: Russian Federation
categories: Regulatory/legal development
Marie Bloomfield

Apple offers digital retail movies from most major Stud...

published: 01-May-08
territories: USA
categories: Content deal, General market development

published: 01-May-08
territories: USA
categories: General market development
Helen Davis Jayalath

Spending on DVD retail stable in 2007

published: 11-Apr-08
territories: Belgium
categories: Market data/forecast revision
Marie Bloomfield

TVDVD box sets sustain DVD retail spending in 2007

published: 10-Apr-08
territories: Italy
categories: Market data/forecast revision
Marie Bloomfield

Rental market depressed in 2007

published: 10-Apr-08
territories: France
categories: Market data/forecast revision
Marie Bloomfield

DVD rental window re-opens

published: 10-Apr-08
territories: Spain
categories: Market data/forecast revision, Strategy change, General market development
Marie Bloomfield

High-Definition Set-top Boxes and Chipsets: The Europea...

This report analyses the impact of the roll-out of high-definition TV services across Europe on the set-top box and chipsets business to 2010. The report includes latest forecasts for HD uptake in 17 key European territories; market size and forecasts for set-top boxes for all TV platforms, for other hi-def devices including games consoles and disc players; and market size and forecasts for the MPEG-4 decoding chipsets used in these devices. It includes an appraisal of the HD and MPEG-4 strategies of all the main suppliers of set-top boxes and MPEG-4 chipsets.
published: 11-Apr-07
Robert Ambrose Vincent Létang

Next Generation Consoles: Games publishing, hardware an...

The Screen Digest report Next Generation Consoles: Games publishing, hardware analysis and forecasts to 2010 examines the prospects for next generation platforms and the implications for the console manufacturers and third party publishers alike. In addition the report forecasts next generation hardware and software markets to 2010.
published: 06-Feb-07
Ed Barton

Cinema and Home Entertainment in China

This report is a joint venture between Screen Digest and Nielsen NRG and provides a detailed market analysis of the cinema and home entertainment sectors in China. The report also includes the findings from a consumer survey that was conducted online by Nielsen NRG and AC Nielsen in China.
published: 30-Jan-07
David Hancock David Scott

Marketing the hi-def experience in Europe

This report outlines the state of play within the emerging hi-def video market in Europe in the run up to Christmas 2006, presenting the balance of power between the two next generation hi-def video formats, HD DVD and Blu-ray. The report focuses on the launch strategies implemented by the backers of the two hi-def formats in Europe by consumer electronics manufacturers, game console developers and studios and assesses the immediate impact of these on retailers and consumers at the beginning of the hi-def video market.
published: 21-Dec-06
Helen Davis Jayalath Richard Cooper

Video by numbers: The digital retail revolution

This report examines Internet-delivered major Hollywood movies available to consumers in Europe on an ownership model otherwise known as "digital retail" or "download-to-own". The report analyses Western European online movie service providers and their business strategies regarding digital retail, whilst also employing data on broadband penetration and digital retail movie revenues throughout territories on the continent.
published: 14-Dec-06
Ben Keen James Garlick

DVD manufacturing-on-demand

DVD replication is suited to the on-demand model. Burn times have been reduced and the cost of components has fallen, so it is now a relatively quick and affordable procedure. The development of selfcontained replication units has made it possible for DVDs to be manufactured on-demand, and on-site, in retail stores and warehouses.
published: 23-Apr-08
territories: Italy, France, Germany, UK, Spain, USA
Marie Bloomfield

Video responds to greener agenda

Companies are exploring eco-options for discs and packaging but real change is some way off
published: 23-Apr-08
Tony Gunnarsson

Japanese DVD prices yo-yo

Retail DVD prices are rising as rental prices are falling, in a market that retains strength in rental
published: 23-Apr-08
territories: Japan - World
David Scott

Video rental fades into history

Most consumers now prefer to own video rather than rent, as our 15-year analysis shows
published: 23-Apr-08
territories: USA, Japan - Europe
Helen Davis Jayalath

Campaign changes views on piracy

A change of approach in the UK in the way to persuade consumers against pirated video has had a measurable effect
published: 26-Mar-08
territories: UK
Marie Bloomfield Tony Gunnarsson

DVD down under soars up and over

Australian retail sales top other mature markets, with TVDVDs in particular driving 30 per cent growth
published: 22-Feb-08
territories: Australia
David Scott

US cinema-to-DVD window stabilises

The rate of reduction in the average time between theatrical and DVD release has slowed
published: 22-Feb-08
territories: USA
Marie Bloomfield

United under the Blu-ray banner

Emergence of a single format changes the next stage in the development of the hi-def video market
published: 26-Jan-08
Richard Cooper

Hi-def hardware dictates buy-rates

Software tie rates vary between platforms, HD DVD being ahead in standalone players but dwarfed by Blu-ray Disc when games consoles are included
published: 23-Jan-08

Warner changes hi-def landscape

Warner's intention to switch to 'exclusive' support is a coup for Blu-ray Disc and a blow for HD DVD, and might signal the end of the format war
published: 23-Jan-08
territories: USA - World