Home Media Magazine - February 17-23, 2008 - (Page 12)

ELECTRONIC DELIVERY BRIEFS I DISNEYLAND TO HAVE ‘DREAM HOME’ The Disneyland Resort has entered into a ﬁve-year alliance with Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Lifeware and home builder Taylor Morrison to create “Innoventions Dream Home,” an attraction at Disneyland showcasing integrated digital technologies for the home. The attraction is set to open at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., in May. – Billy Gil TOP 10 RANK TITLE ELECTRONIC SELLTHROUGH Week ended February 9, 2008 RELEASE DATE VIDEO LABEL Report: Online Video Views Surged During Writers Strike By Erik Gruenwedel RESEARCH A dearth of new TV shows during the writers strike likely resulted in a record 10 billion online video views in December — a 34% increase from the same period last month, according to a new media report. ComScore Inc. said about 141 million Americans (76.7% of all U.S. Internet users) watched videos online in December. Google Inc., with sites (including YouTube.com) that generated 79 million unique viewers and 43% market share, was the top frequented online video property, followed by Fox Interactive Media (MySpace.com) with 43.9 million viewers and 23.9% market share. Other sites included Yahoo with 38.2 million viewers (20.8% market share), Time Warner with 27.1 million viewers (14.8%), Viacom (24.5 million, 13.3%), Microsoft (Xbox Live) with 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The Assassination of Jesse James… Elizabeth: The Golden Age The Brave One Across the Universe Good Luck Chuck 3:10 to Yuma Stardust The Comebacks The Bourne Ultimatum The Prince and the Pauper 2/5/08 2/5/08 2/5/08 2/5/08 1/15/08 1/8/08 12/18/07 1/29/08 12/11/07 2/5/08 Warner Universal Warner Sony Pictures Lionsgate Lionsgate Paramount Fox Universal Sony Pictures Source: Movielink I REPORT: HD DRIVING SATELLITE PAY-TV High-def programming offered by subscription-based direct-to-home (DTH) satellite services will help the global market increase 7.6% annually through 2011, according to a research report from In-Stat. The study said the global DTH subscriber base will top 129 million by 2011, with revenue exceeding $96 billion. – Erik Gruenwedel million viewers (10.9%), Walt Disney (12.2 million, 6.7%), ESPN (10 million, 5.4%), Apple (iTunes) with 9.4 million viewers (5.1%) and Amazon (Unbox) with 7.7 million views and 4.2% market share. “With the writers strike keeping new TV episodes from reaching the airwaves, viewers have been seeking alternatives for fresh content,” said Erin Hunter, EVP of media and entertainment with ComScore. “It appears that online video is stepping up to help fill that void.” The report found that 77.6 million viewers watched 3.2 billion videos on YouTube and 40.5 million watched 334 million videos on MySpace. Overall online video viewing averaged 3.4 hours per viewer in December. The average Web video was 2.8 minutes, and the average viewer watched 72 videos. TOP 10 RANK TITLE RE NT A L D OW NL OA D S Week ended February 9, 2008 RELEASE DATE VIDEO LABEL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The Brave One 3:10 to Yuma The Kingdom The Assassination of Jesse James … The Heartbreak Kid The Invasion Shoot ‘Em Up The Bourne Ultimatum Flywheel Stardust 2/5/08 2/6/08 2/5/08 2/5/08 2/8/08 1/29/08 1/1/08 1/24/08 1/11/07 2/1/08 Warner Lionsgate Universal Warner Para./DreamWorks Warner New Line Universal Sony Pictures Paramount Source: Movielink TOP 10 RANK TITLE ELECTRONIC SELLTHROUGH Week ended February 10, 2008 RELEASE DATE VIDEO LABEL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The Brave One The Assassination of Jesse James … Across the Universe Resident Evil: Extinction 3:10 to Yuma The Invasion Family Guy: Season Six — Episode Six War Rush Hour 3 First Blood 2/5/08 2/5/08 2/5/08 1/1/08 2/6/08 1/29/08 11/9/07 1/30/08 12/23/07 6/1/06 Warner Warner Sony Pictures Sony Pictures Lionsgate Warner Fox Lionsgate New Line Lionsgate Source: CinemaNow TOP 10 RANK TITLE RE NT A L D OW NL OA D S Week ended February 10, 2008 RELEASE DATE VIDEO LABEL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The Brave One The Assassination of Jesse James … 3:10 to Yuma The Heartbreak Kid Sunshine The Bourne Ultimatum The Invasion The Game Plan Stardust The Kingdom 2/5/08 2/5/08 2/6/08 2/8/08 2/8/08 1/24/08 1/29/08 2/6/08 2/1/08 2/5/08 Warner Warner Lionsgate Para./DreamWorks Fox Universal Warner Disney Paramount Universal Source: CinemaNow 12 Home Media Magazine February 17–23, 2008 http://YouTube.com http://MySpace.com

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