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Key US mass merchants jump into digital delivery

09 Apr 10
In recent months, the leaders in US retail market share in consumer electronics and packaged media - Wal-Mart and Best Buy - have done deals that will result in virtually all televisions and TV-connected devices such as Blu-ray Disc (BD) players coming with a pre-loaded connection to an Internet-based transactional video service. The implications are broad for media businesses ranging from pay TV providers' VOD services, to Netflix's Watch Instantly, to Web video stores from iTunes to the Zune Marketplace. But studios have the most to gain, as their two biggest retail customers move from being digital-resisters to digital-enablers.
Section: | Reports | Insight

2009 in film: Box office grows but disc sales still shrinking

29 Jan 10
Total US film spending in 2009 was virtually flat, down a fractional 0.3% from 2008, while total consumption across all the transactional markets-theatrical, home video retail and rental, video-on-demand and electronic sell-through-was up 4%. Considering the seriousness of the recession this is good news. But the continued decline in DVD sales is not being offset by the combined growth in Blu-ray sales and rentals, increases in VOD spending, and growing Internet sales and rentals, leaving studios facing a challenging future.
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Regulators' view on Comcast/NBC Universal deal will be crucial

04 Dec 09
US cable company and channel owner Comcast and NBC-Universal owner General Electric are to create a new consolidated media company worth $37.25bn, consisting of a Comcast's channel assets and NBC Universal....
Section: | Analyst Commentary | Analyst Commentary

Packaged video retail disappointing in Q3 2009

12 Nov 09
Some economic indicators may be signaling that the recovery has begun but, as of Q3, video consumers hadn't gotten the memo. Studios cut back gross shipments dramatically in response to the low buy-rates in...
Section: | Analyst Commentary

Shift in Negotiating Power as Sports Hits the Net

22 Aug 08
The intense focus on the success of the 2008 Olympics-and how much of a ratings and advertising bonanza NBC has garnered-has obscured some much more worrisome trends that GMI sees as reducing the value of major sports events. The rare quadrennial ones like the Olympics and The World Cup constitute exceptional cases.
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Can the Industry Afford a Big Blu-ray Success?

15 Aug 08
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.
Section: | Reports | Insight

Financing the Movie Industry in a Slow-growth Era

07 Jul 08
Feature film revenue for the major studios totaled $34.9bn in 2007, but growth is slowing as the DVD boom runs out of gas. Studios rely increasingly on financial investors to share the burden of rising production costs, but can they rely on their continuing support?
Section: | Reports | Insight

Financing the Movie Industry in a Slow-growth Era

Warner's abandonment of HD DVD for Blu-ray

15 Jan 08
Warner decision to opt for Blu-ray HD format is first step towards returning packaged media market to modest growth
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Video Via Social Networks

07 Dec 07
Internet-based social networks like MySpace, Facebook, Bebo and last.fm hope to become important new distribution channels for major media companies. Where content owners are able to control in stream advertising, the early CPM prices are promising. However social networks who fail to integrate video in a way that actually facilitates social interaction risk not only their ability to grow their user base but also risk repelling the current user base and losing market share to competitors.
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