Home Media Magazine - March 23-29, 2008 - (Page 7)

www.homemediamagazine.com MENU FROM THE EDITOR BY THOMAS K. ARNOLD, PUBLISHER www.homemediamagazine.com Dumping the DVD Dump Bins PUBLISHER & EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Thomas K. Arnold EDITOR IN CHIEF Stephanie Prange EDITORIAL Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angelique Flores Senior Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erik Gruenwedel Senior Reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Tribbey Assistant Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Latchem Associate Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Billy Gil, Kyra Kudick Contributors. . . . . . . . . John Gaudiosi, Anne Sherber, Fred Topel, Ralph Tribbey, Holly J. Wagner S ART Art Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melbert Sebayan Graphic Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles Park RESEARCH Market Research Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Sure, a 5% drop in packaged-media sales in 2008, despite a the number of cheapo DVDs sold this year may be off, dragging the tripling in Blu-ray Disc sales. But if you really study the report, whole category down. But that’s a hit our industry can easily take, if you’ll find it’s not all doom and gloom ahead. in fact Wal-Mart does allocate more space to Blu-ray. For starters, one of the key drivers behind the projected sales deAnd I happen to believe this question is a moot point. Of cline is the fact that Wal-Mart is getting rid of many of its DVD dump course Wal-Mart will allocate more space to Blu-ray, as will bins, huge vats in high-traffic aisles packed to the smart retailers everywhere. For years, these brim with DVDs selling for around $5 each. [IF] WAL-MART IS DUMPING big chains have relied on DVD as their No. 1 Now, I’ve long held these dump bins are bad THE DUMP BINS TO MAKE traffic driver. They’ve discounted the newest for the business, as they devalue DVD in the ROOM FOR BIGGER BLU-RAY hits to bring people into their stores — and consumer’s mind. These dump bins are ubiq- DISC DISPLAYS THEN IT’S once these people are inside, they rarely leave uitous, stationed like big fat sentries around EASY TO PAINT THE MOVE IN without a cartload of other purchases, from the entrance to the electronics department, A ROSY LIGHT. toilet paper to underwear. home of more sensibly priced DVDs. With the DVD business maturing, the apI, for one, am not sorry to see them go. And if you make the next peal of new DVDs isn’t what it used to be — and surely the powlogical jump — that Wal-Mart is dumping the dump bins to make ers that be at Wal-Mart and other big chains realize they need to room for bigger Blu-ray Disc displays, something that’s in the cards reinvigorate the category, unless they want to risk hurting sales at most big retail chains — then it’s easy to paint the move in a rosy of other goods across the board. Now that the format war is over, light. Getting rid of the dump bins may have a negative impact on Blu-ray is clearly DVD’s designated successor — and to retailers overall DVD sales in the short term, simply because there are so everywhere, nothing short of a potential savior. many of them, in so many stores. But it certainly positions WalMart to capitalize on Blu-ray’s likely upward trajectory by giving the Thomas K. Arnold’s e-mail address is tarnold@questex.com MARKETING Marketing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristina Kronenberg 714/338-6743 Marketing Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlyn DeWaard Online Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renee Rosado IN THIS ISSUE MARCH 23-29, 2008 / VOL. 30 / NO. 12 News …………………………… 10 Genius Products reports a fourth-quarter loss; Movie Gallery posts a quarterly revenue drop; Blockbuster has a Web game for The Mist. CALENDAR I LATINO DVD 5 PRODUCTION Production Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bonnie Ling Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin-Nicholas Toyama 714/338-6765 Assistant Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Sarah Joy Obaña P2P execs discuss how to make their field profitable; TiVo links select Web content to TV; Genius puts movies on CinemaNow, Netflix and Vudu. Home Media Magazine, in cooperation with DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group, The Hollywood Reporter and the Entertainment Merchants Association, presents the fifth annual Latino DVD Conference. The event will feature a day full of informational sessions and panel discussions on the growing Latino home entertainment market. This year’s theme is Tuning in to Latino DVD, with an emphasis on music. In addition Latino DVD 5 will include the Fourth Annual Latino DVD Awards. April 8 InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Los Angeles info: www.homemediaconferences.com BUSINESS QUESTEX MEDIA GROUP INC. President & CEO: Kerry C. Gumas; Executive Vice President & CFO: Tom Caridi; Executive Vice President: Robert S. 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For those not registered with the CCC, send permission request in writing to questexpermissions@reprintbuyer.com or call 800-494-9051 ext. 100. I PEVE DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT 2008 Established in 1992, the annual PEVE conference caters to the international home entertainment business. Industry players from more than 20 countries attend the conference, which this year will tackle such issues as digital delivery. Bee Movie April 17-18 Maison Internationale, Paris info: www.peve.screendigest.com The Enchanted event at Times Square in New York. TV DVD ………………………… 16 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment preps TV movie A Raisin in the Sun for its DVD debut. Research ……………………… 24 Printed in the U.S.A. Paramount/DreamWorks’ Bee Movie buzzed to the Reviews ………………………… top of the DVD sales chart, while Disney/Miramax’s Does Frank Langella’s performance make Starting No Country for Old Men was the top renter. Out in the Evening a worthy venture? Is The Mist a welcome entry to the library of Stephen King book Top 20 DVD Sellers ……………………… 24 adaptations? Is “Day Break” worth revisiting? Top 20 Rentals and Top 10 Charts ……… 25 I EMA’S HOME MEDIA EXPO 2008 The Home Media Expo gathers players from all over the home entertainment field, such as buyers, entertainment retailers, suppliers, distributors and sellers of home entertainment content. Seminars cover everything from home video content to video games to music and user-generated content. June 24-28 The Palms Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas info: www.chomemediaexpo.com Pipeline ………………………… 22 Just Announced ……………… 27 National Lampoon prepares a number of releases, such as the two-girls-and-a-guy comedy One, Two, Many; Lionsgate gets artsy with new label The Meridian Collection. Paramount unleashes Cloverfield; Disney swims with The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning; New Line corrals Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show. 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