Home Media Magazine - March 30 - April 5, 2008 - (Page 7)

www.homemediamagazine.com MENU FROM THE EDITOR BY STEPHANIE PRANGE, EDITOR IN CHIEF www.homemediamagazine.com Theaters Battle Comforts of Home 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 Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ruby Cardenas T ART Art Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melbert Sebayan Graphic Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles Park RESEARCH Market Research Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly Burner ADVERTISING 800/338-6700, FAX 714/338-6712 Advertising Sales Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . John Boezinger 714/338-6704 Advertising Sales Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Savant 714/368-1020 Advertising Sales Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kurt Wohlman 714/338-6749 Business Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joni Wu Group Administrative Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Guerena For reprints, call 800-290-5460, ext. 100 or HomeMediaMagazine@reprintbuyer. com For direct-mail lists, call Ilene Schwartz, Kroll Direct, 216/371-1667 FAX 216/371-1669 ilene@krolldirect.com heater owners’ growing commitment to newfangled 3-D especially for kids’ films. I can’t get my kids to keep ANY glasses and to ever more elaborate (and more expensive) movie on for more than 10 minutes and, frankly, I’m not much of a theaters is a testament to the popularity of home media. fan of glasses either. Just last week a group of investors, led by Australian entertainI’m reminded of the time I showed John Water’s Polyester in ment conglomerate Village Roadshow, announced plans for an “Odorama” in college. It seemed like a neat idea, but the cards ultra-high-end theater chain, offering plush seating, upscale were cumbersome and all the different scratch-and-sniff secfood and beverages, waiters and special parking privileges for tions ended up smelling the same. the eye-popping price of an estimated $35 a While Katzenberg insists the new 3-D is no ticket. WHILE KATZENBERG INSISTS gimmick — and indeed it’s more sophistiWatch a DVD — or better yet, a Blu-ray Disc THE NEW 3-D IS NO GIMcated than mid-century ideas such as Smell— in your home theater, order out from your MICK … IT JUST EMPHASIZES O-Vision and the old 3-D — it just emphasizes favorite restaurant, and you can get all that THE FACT THAT WATCHING A the fact that watching a movie in the home is (albeit sans waiters) and perhaps not even have MOVIE IN THE HOME IS A VERY a very satisfying experience. to park the car. SATISFYING EXPERIENCE. Despite Katzenberg’s comment before the Certainly, a home theater may not completeend of the format war that the HD disc was ly compare to a movie screen, but it’s getting close. That’s why merely a niche business (HM, April 1-7, 2007), he seems detheater aficionados are looking to make the movie experience termined to trump home media with 3-D. more like home. Packaged home media has suffered attacks from video-onAnother scheme to increase the ever-dwindling theater au- demand for more than a decade, and still it keeps on drawing dience — one loudly championed by DreamWorks’ Jeffrey consumers. It will likely survive a while longer, no matter what Katzenberg — is the new 3-D. It’s touted as a step above the fancy theatrical enhancements materialize. old headache-inducing, blue-and-red-glasses technology. However, it still requires glasses, which to me is a major drawback, Stephanie Prange’s e-mail address is sprange@questex.com MARKETING Marketing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristina Kronenberg 714/338-6743 Marketing Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlyn DeWaard IN THIS ISSUE MARCH 30- APRIL 5, 2008 / VOL. 30 / NO. 13 News …………………………… CALENDAR I LATINO DVD 5 DIGITAL MEDIA Online Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renee Rosado PRODUCTION Production Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bonnie Ling Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin-Nicholas Toyama 714/338-6765 Assistant Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brady Gallardo >> HIGH- DEF Netflix stocks hit a record high the same week its Web site has a malfunction; Lionsgate to distribute content from HIT and Xenon; Netflix surveys on Xbox Live. News ………………………… OFFICES 714/338-6700, 800/371-6897, FAX 714/338-6710 homemediamagazine@questex.com 201 East Sandpointe Ave., Suite 500 Santa Ana, CA 92707-8716 News …………………………… 10 Hastings cuts costs to post an increased quarterly income; Image forms an international TV sales division; DVD trading site Peerflix.com shutters. BD player penetration will hit nearly 30 million by the end of 2008, according to a new report; Technicolor opens a DVD and BD facility in India. >> EL ECTRONIC D EL IV ERY Chris Tribbey, Senior Reporter 818-788-8616, FAX 818-530-2486 16130 Ventura Blvd. #570 Encino, CA 91436 CREDIT Credit/Collections Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron Wright Sr. Commentary …………………… 16 Senior reporter Chris Tribbey says the industry needs to find a way to woo jilted HD DVD player owners. 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 CIRCULATION For subscriptions, please go online to www.homemediamagazine.com For current single copy, back issues or CD-ROM, call 866/344-1315 or 847/763-9594 for outside the U.S. Audience Development Manager. . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Joy Obaña BUSINESS QUESTEX MEDIA GROUP INC. President & CEO: Kerry C. Gumas; Executive Vice President & CFO: Tom Caridi; Executive Vice President: Robert S. Ingraham; Executive Vice President: Tony D’Avino; Executive Vice President, Corporate Development: Claudia Flowers; Vice President & General Manager: Don Rosenberg; Vice President, Digital Media: Seth Nichols; Vice President, Human Resources: Diane Evans © 2008 Questex Media Group Inc. All rights reserved. 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Industry players from more than 20 countries attend the conference, which this year will tackle such issues as digital delivery. April 17-18 Maison Internationale, Paris info: www.peve.screendigest.com iTunes gives credits to TV subs affected by the writers strike and adds Starz and Manga content; streaming growth is projected. John Adams TV DVD ………………………… 18 HBO announces DVD plans for John Adams while the miniseries is still running on TV; Universal and Sony Pictures slate “Get Smart” releases. Reviews ………………………… 20 Enchanted I EMA’S HOME MEDIA EXPO 2008 Printed in the U.S.A. Is Walk Hard a perfect satire of rock biopics? Does Research ……………………… the Alvin and the Chipmunks DVD do justice to the Disney’s Enchanted cast a spell on buyers this week, “Chipmunks” franchise? while renters snapped up Universal’s I Am Legend. Pipeline ………………………… 26 Top 20 DVD Sellers ……………………… 30 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 Playwright David E. Talbert discusses his introduc- Top 20 Rentals and Top 10 Charts ……… 32 tion to filmmaking with First Sunday; former “Happy Days” star Don Most sits behind the director’s Just Announced ……………… chair for Allumination Filmworks’ Moola. Lionsgate opens The Eye. March 30–April 5, 2008 Home Media Magazine http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://Peerflix.com http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://www.homemediaconferences.com http://www.peve.screendigest.com http://www.chomemediaexpo.com

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