Home Media Magazine - February 3-9, 2008 - (Page 10)

ELECTRONIC DELIVERY www.homemediamagazine.com Cablevision Offering DVD and VOD By Erik Gruenwedel ablevision Systems Corp. and Popcorn Home Entertainment Feb. 4 is slated to unveil a first-of-a-kind service that lets cable subscribers watch newrelease movies on demand (VOD) with the purchase of the DVD. Once considered strange bedfellows, DVDs released simultaneously with a digital edition allow studios to prolong the lucrative packagedmedia cash cow, say industry experts (see HM Jan. 27-Feb.2). Using the remote control, New Yorkbased Cablevision’s 3 million subscribers can order the movie on DVD from a screen menu, which includes immediate 24-hour VOD access. The discs are shipped directly to the subscriber. New releases cost $19.95 plus shipping, and library titles range from $9.95 to $15.95 plus shipping. Popcorn Feb. 19 ships Universal Pictures’ Oscar-nominated Ameri- WEB-ENABLED CE DEVICES TOP 60M UNITS By Erik Gruenwedel L C can Gangster with Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, day-and-date with VOD access. Other Universal titles include Eastern Promises, The Kingdom, The Bourne Ultimatum and Sydney White. Also on tap are select Warner Bros. titles, according to Popcorn CEO Steve Brenner. “We are selling DVD over a VOD platform,” Brenner said. He described the ongoing studio cable VOD-DVD tests as an alternative rental model, different from Popcorn’s business plan to distribute packaged media. “We are selling DVDs where the studio gets substantially more revenue than renting a movie,” he said. Brenner said cable VOD has historically sputtered due in large part to the divergent interests of cable operators and the studios. “Their economic interests are not united on this,” he said. “The studio’s interest is in selling the DVD.” He declined to discuss the revenue split between the companies. availability, trailers and search function by title, director or genre. “[The site] provides access to every category, including free on-demand, high-definition shows, foreign-language, music videos and exclusive content,” said Lauren LoFrisco, SVP of marketing communications. Time Warner Cable and Warner Bros. are major proponents of bowing movies on cable VOD the same day as DVD. ed by video game consoles, shipments of Internet-connected consumer electronics devices reached 64 million units in 2007, according to a report from MultiMedia Intelligence. The firm said the tally represented a 73% increase from 2006. Web-based CE devices include next-generation high- definition disc players, set-top boxes and digital video recorders Still, MultiMedia said evolution of Internet-enabled CE devices has had its challenges. “The IP-enabled consumer electronics market has not reached a true inflection point beyond game consoles for hyper growth,” said Mark Kirstein, president of MultiMedia. BRIEFS I BBC COMES TO MYSPACE BBC Worldwide has joined forces with News Corp.’s MySpace to bring BBC content to the social networking site. MySpace users will be able to post clips of BBC shows on their proﬁle and subscribe to a BBC MySpace TV channel. – Chris Tribbey I NIELSEN TRACKS VOD The Nielsen Co. is launching a new service that will track video-on-demand usage using transactions over set-top boxes. – Chris Tribbey TIME WARNER BOWS ON-DEMAND LIST SITE By Erik Gruenwedel I AMAZON JOINS WITH VIZ Anime provider Viz Media has partnered with Amazon Unbox, the digital download service, to make three of Viz’s more popular series available as downloads. Episodes of “Naruto Uncut,” “Death Note” and “Bleach” are available at www. amazon.com/unbox for the next week at $1.99 each. – Chris Tribbey I MUPPETS GO DIGITAL Two series produced by the Jim Henson Co. are now available for download through the iTunes store. Fans can buy episodes from the ﬁrst seasons of “Farscape” and “Fraggle Rock” at $1.99 each. The entire series are coming soon. – John Latchem T ime Warner Cable Jan. 28 launched a Web site that allows customers to browse the cable service’s videoon-demand offerings. Twondemand.com offers users lists of all movie titles, cable programming, regional TOP 10 RANK TITLE E LE C T R O NI C SELLT H R OUG H Week ended January 26, 2008 RELEASE DATE VIDEO LABEL GENRE TOP 10 RANK TITLE E L E C TRO N I C S E L L THRO U GH Week ended January 27, 2008 RELEASE DATE VIDEO LABEL GENRE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Good Luck Chuck Saw IV Dragon Wars Resident Evil: Extinction 3:10 to Yuma White Noise 2 Blade Runner: The Final Cut Sydney White Dave Chappelle: For What It’s Worth The Bourne Ultimatum 1/15/08 1/22/08 1/8/08 1/2/08 1/8/08 1/8/08 1/17/08 1/22/08 12/21/06 12/11/07 Lionsgate Lionsgate Sony Pictures Sony Pictures Lionsgate Universal Warner Universal Sony Pictures Universal Comedy Horror Fantasy Action Western Horror Sci-Fi Comedy Comedy Action Source: Movielink 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The Game Plan Saw IV 3:10 to Yuma Good Luck Chuck Mr. Woodcock Blade Runner: The Final Cut Resident Evil: Extinction Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End War Candy 1/22/08 1/22/08 1/8/08 1/15/08 1/15/08 1/17/08 1/8/08 12/4/07 1/8/08 8/15/07 Disney Lionsgate Lionsgate Lionsgate New Line Warner Sony Pictures Disney Lionsgate ThinkFilm Comedy Horror Western Comedy Comedy Sci-Fi Action Adventure Action Drama Source: CinemaNow TOP 10 RANK TITLE RENT A L D OW NLOAD S Week ended January 26, 2008 RELEASE DATE VIDEO LABEL GENRE TOP 10 RANK TITLE RE N TA L DO WN L O A DS Week ended January 27, 2008 RELEASE DATE VIDEO LABEL GENRE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The Bourne Ultimatum Eastern Promises Waitress The Namesake Superbad Mr. Woodcock Alien Autopsy Rush Hour 3 Sunshine Live Free or Die Hard 1/24/08 1/25/08 12/26/07 12/26/07 1/18/08 1/15/08 12/4/07 1/25/08 1/8/08 12/19/07 Universal Universal Fox Fox Sony Pictures New Line Warner New Line Fox Fox Action Thriller Comedy Drama Comedy Comedy Comedy Comedy Sci-Fi Action Source: Movielink 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The Bourne Ultimatum Eastern Promises Mr. Woodcock Superbad The Simpsons Movie Rush Hour 3 Blade Runner: The Final Cut Shoot ‘Em Up Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Batman Begins 1/24/08 1/25/08 1/15/08 1/18/08 1/16/08 1/25/08 1/17/08 1/1/08 1/10/08 1/15/08 Universal Universal New Line Sony Pictures Fox New Line Warner New Line Warner Warner Action Thriller Comedy Comedy Comedy Comedy Sci-Fi Action Fantasy Action Source: CinemaNow 10 Home Media Magazine February 3–9, 2008 http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://www.amazon.com/unbox http://Twondemand.com http://www.amazon.com/unbox

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