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published:
14-Mar-08
territories:
USA
Effects of writers' strike will be felt for some time
After 14 weeks of strike action from November 2007 the Writers Guild of America strike finally ended in February 2008. The back-to-work order came after a deal was struck with studios doubling the home video rate for digital retail (also known as electronic sell-through or download-to-own) and establishing a gross based payment for ad-supported streaming. No changes were made to writers' royalties on DVD sales. The strike is reported to have cost the US film and TV industry around $733m and to have affected 65 TV series.
Our take...
Whist the immediate effect of the writers' strike in the US was a swathe of reality TV show and re-run broadcasts, the three month halt in production will have a longer term impact throughout the industry resulting in a period of readjustment. The strike forced cutbacks in episode orders for TV series already in production and the early cancellation of other, less successful shows which will affect the coming TVDVD release slate. Though these cancelled titles are likely to be swiftly migrated to DVD in order to capitalise on the shows' brand currency, the shorter seasons will mean slimmer box sets, and thus lower prices. Moreover, the three months of 'dead air' for scripted entertainment is also likely to result in the staggered release of box sets of major hit shows, all of which went into production hiatus, some during the mid-season break, for the duration of the strike. Much of DVD's growth of recent years has been attributed to sales of higher value box sets of US TV series. A fall in the availability and average price of such content is likely to have a detrimental effect on DVD sales both in the US and internationally.
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Analyst, market intelligence & notices
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Articles
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
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
Richard Cooper
Bundled discs to drive hi-def sales
As the market for high definition DVD settles down we expect the balance to even out with a modest advantage in favour of Blu-ray
published:
01-Dec-07
territories:
USA - Central and Eastern Europe, Nordic Region, Western Europe
Evi Choursanidi
DVD hardware overtakes the VCR
World DVD installed base outnumbers VCRs for first time
published:
01-Nov-07
territories:
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea. Rep [S], Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, UK, USA - Asia-Pacific, South and Central America, Central and Eastern Europe, Europe, International (exc.US/Canada), North America, Western Europe
David Scott
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Western Europe
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