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ELECTRONIC DELIVERY www.homemediamagazine.com iTunes Credits Subscribers For Strike-Affected Shows By John Latchem pple’s iTunes store will issue credits to users who subscribed to season passes for shows affected by the recent writers strike. The online store offers downloads of individual episodes for $1.99 each, with a discount for the purchase of an entire season. With the strike shortening episode runs for many series, season pass viewers who paid in BRIEFS I SOUTH PARK ONLINE Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of Comedy Central’s “South Park,” have created Southparkstudios.com, where full episodes and clips from all 12 seasons of the show are available. Episodes will be available for seven days after they air on Comedy Central, and will be on the site permanently 30 days after they premiere. – Chris Tribbey able in MP3 or WAV formats for a onetime fee of $21.95 for 10 seconds or less, or $39.95 for more than 10 seconds per track. Music will include TV station themes, news and commercial music, and music for animation, liveaction, home video, webisodes and video games. – Billy Gil A will credit subscribers with two free videos, a value of about $4. Subscribers to shows that have already concluded their seasons as a result of the strike will receive a refund for the remaining episodes, plus two video credits. Amazon’s Unbox avoided a similar circumstance, according to The Hollywood Reporter, advance will end up with less than because its seasonal subscribers full value for some shows. are charged a discounted rate only For shows that are returning, Apple after each episode is delivered. I STARZ, ENCORE ADDED TO CABLEVISION VOD Starz On Demand and Encore On Demand both have been added to Cablevision Systems’ on-demand network. Cablevision’s iO TV digital cable customers now will have access to more than 150 new movies from Starz and Encore. The 2.6 million iO TV subscribers pay $4.95 a month for their service, which includes more than 2,000 titles. – Chris Tribbey I NOKIA: MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT COMING FROM WEB Research and Markets has released a report that says 25% of entertainment on mobile phones will come from online communities by 2012, according to Nokia. The report, “Mobile Media 2008: The Third Screen for Entertainment,” also says that more multimedia phones — 300 million — will be sold in 2008 than TV sets. – Billy Gil iTunes Offering Starz and Manga By Chris Tribbey tarz Media and Manga Entertainment content is now available on iTunes. Episodes of Starz’ “Head Case” and “Hollywood Residential” and Manga’s “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex” and “Tactics” are among those available. “Making Starz and Manga programming available on iTunes allows us to continue to fulfill our goal of providing consumers access to our content where they want it, when they want it and how they want it,” said Marc DeBevoise, Starz Media’s SVP of digital media, business development and strategy. Streaming Biz Still Growing Chris Tribbey RESEARCH Video and music streaming will become a $70 billion industry in the United States over the next six years, according to a study by The Insight Research Corp. The study looks at video and music accessed on the Internet, Webenabled TV or mobile devices, and content that can be streamed, not stored. Current content that is streamed will grow by nearly 30% in the next six years, the study says, with advertising revenue contributing to a majority of the profits. “The outlook for streaming media has never been brighter. Questions surrounding consumers’ willingness to pay for content have S been dispelled by satellite radio and iTunes,” said Insight Research president Robert Rosenberg. “The forecasts that we present are conservative and in line with current performance. If, however, per-stream costs drop faster than anticipated, we have quicker acceptance of IPTV, or improvements in 3G delivery take place faster than expected, it could blow the doors off of our forecasts.” I NCAA ON CBS SITE The Web is proving a popular viewing ground for March Madness, with 3.3 million unique visitors accessing on-demand video of the ﬁrst two rounds (ﬁrst four days) of the NCAA Tournament on CBSSports.com. The total was 129% of the viewers for the entire tournament in 2007, the NCAA and CBSSports.com reported. – Chris Tribbey I DIC LAUNCHES ROYALTYFREE MUSIC SITE DIC Music LLC, a subsidiary of DIC Entertainment, is launching www.cuetunes. com, an online source for royalty-free music for TV and ﬁlm. Tracks will be avail- MOVIEFLIX HAS UNLIMITED STREAMING By Erik Gruenwedel M GENRE ovieFlix, the online Web site that allows users to stream and download movies to their desktop, has bowed MovieWay.com, a provider of unlimited streaming and video-on-demand for $6.95 per month. MovieFlix offers members downloadto-own access to more than 4,000 titles representing largely vintage catalog fare, documentaries and assorted domain westerns, action, foreign and adult content. Last month, the company bowed a plan of unlimited downloads for $9.95 per month and in November said it had registered 2.5 million subscribers. TOP 5 RANK TITLE E LE C T R O NI C SELLT H R OUG H Week ended March 22, 2008 RELEASE DATE VIDEO LABEL TOP 5 RANK TITLE E L E C TRO N I C S E L L THRO U GH Week ended March 23, 2008 RELEASE DATE VIDEO LABEL GENRE 1 2 3 4 5 I Am Legend The Tudors: Season 2 — Episode 1 Atonement Revolver Hitman 3/18/08 3/20/08 3/17/08 3/18/08 3/11/08 Warner Showtime Universal Sony Pictures Fox Sci-Fi Drama Drama Thriller Action Source: Movielink 1 2 3 4 5 I Am Legend Justice League: The New Frontier Appleseed: Ex Machina Enchanted No Country for Old Men 3/18/08 2/26/08 3/11/08 3/18/08 3/11/08 Warner Warner Warner Disney Disney/Miramax Sci-Fi Animated Anime Fantasy Drama Source: CinemaNow TOP 5 RANK TITLE E LE CT R O NIC D OW NLOAD S Week ended March 22, 2008 RELEASE DATE VIDEO LABEL GENRE TOP 5 RANK TITLE E L E C TRO N I C DO WN L O A DS Week ended March 23, 2008 RELEASE DATE VIDEO LABEL GENRE 1 2 3 4 5 Chaos August Rush 30 Days of Night Lust, Caution King of California 3/19/08 3/11/08 3/11/08 3/19/08 3/14/08 Lionsgate Warner Sony Pictures Universal First Look Action Drama Horror Drama Drama Source: Movielink 1 2 3 4 5 Chaos August Rush Gone Baby Gone Michael Clayton Rendition 3/19/08 3/11/08 3/13/08 2/19/08 2/19/08 Lionsgate Warner Disney/Miramax Warner New Line Action Drama Drama Drama Thriller Source: CinemaNow 14 Home Media Magazine March 30–April 5, 2008 http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://CBSSports.com http://CBSSports.com

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