Home Media Magazine - September 30 - October 6, 2007 - (Page 5)

www.homemediamagazine.com MENU FROM THE EDITOR BY THOMAS K. ARNOLD, PUBLISHER www.homemediamagazine.com Serving Christian Consumers Right Some interesting tidbits emerged at Home Media Magazine’s Christ experience and subsequent launch of its Fox Faith line. Christian Entertainment Symposium, a one-day event we threw For starters, ‘G’-rated movies on average perform 11 times better last week at the Universal Sheraton in Universal City, Calif., to in theaters than ‘R’-rated movies. There’s a great need for familykick off our ambitious new faith-based initiative. friendly product at Christian retailers, and it doesn’t have to be BibFor those of you unfamiliar with what we are doing, we have part- lical or religious stories — films such as Secondhand Lions can find nered with Peter Marmon, president of Christa loyal audience among Christian consumers, ian Entertainment Review Inc., to help studios WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH even though there’s nothing overtly religious efficiently and effectively cater to the Christian … CHRISTIAN ENTERTAINMENT about them. On the flip side, experts cauentertainment market. Our new bimonthly REVIEW INC. TO HELP STUDIOS tioned, not everything you might think would magazine, Christian Entertainment Review, EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY work actually does. Night at the Museum unlaunched recently; it was mailed to all our subbuckled a good length of the Bible belt solely CATER TO THE CHRISTIAN scribers, polybagged with Home Media MagaENTERTAINMENT MARKET. because of its pro-evolution undertones. zine, and was also mailed on its own to more There is a fine line between content that works than 9,000 dedicated Christian retailers around the country. at Christian retailers and content that doesn’t. Studios, of course, Still to come are a Web site, a weekly e-news blast and a Faith would like to maximize this channel’s potential, but one wrong DVD Conference, tentatively set for next April. move could put them in the doghouse for a long, long time. At our introductory symposium, experts such as Scott Rolfe Fortunately for us, we’re on the right path. Teaming up with a of the Dove Foundation, Dan Lynch of Thomas Nelson and veteran Christian entertainment marketer gives the “secret handMike Snowden of Mardel tossed out all sorts of interesting facts shake” that’s necessary to succeed in this business. Our plans are and statistics about a market, it appears, all the studios are now lofty and grand, but then again, so is this market’s potential. bent on breaking into, following the successful lead of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, with its The Passion of the Thomas K. Arnold’s e-mail address is tarnold@questex.com 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Kurt Wohlman 714/338-6749 Group Administrative Coordinator . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Guerena Business Analyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joni Wu 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 IN THIS ISSUE SEPT. 30-OCT. 6, 2007 / VOL. 29 / NO. 39 News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Movie Gallery shutters 520 stores; Geneon and ADV Films call off a distribution agreement; BBC Motion Gallery titles go burn-on-demand at Amazon.com. C ALE N DAR I FORBES MEET II FORUM The second annual Forbes MEET conference, Turmoil and Transitions: Building the Next Digital Revolution, addresses how the tech and entertainment industries will go digital. Oct. 24-25 The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hill, Calif. info: www.forbesconferences.com MARKETING Marketing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristina Kronenberg 714/338-6743 Marketing Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlyn DeWaard Online Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renee Rosado >> H I G H-D E F PRODUCTION Production Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bonnie Ling Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin-Nicholas Toyama 714/338-6765 Assistant Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brady Gallardo News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 New estimates for 2009 put Wii at the head of the pack, followed by Ps3 and Xbox 360; Halo 3 dominates at retail, beating sales records. 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 Best Buy sets up a high-def hotline in light of a survey revealing consumer ignorance; a report says Blu-ray is still ahead, but isn’t guaranteed to win. Chris Tribbey, Senior Reporter 818-788-8616, FAX 818-530-2486 16130 Ventura Blvd. #570 Encino, CA 91436 Commentary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Associate editor Kyra Kudick says her father’s purchasing habits may be indicative of the way consumers generally approach high-definition. I TV DVD AWARDS Home Media Magazine presents the fourth annual TV DVD Awards Nov. 12 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City, Calif. The best TV DVD releases of the past year, as selected by a national consumer vote, will be honored in 16 categories, including best series by decade, best complete-series set and best children’s series. Nov. 12 Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles info: tvdvd.dvdconferences.com CREDIT Credit/Collections Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron Wright Sr. >> E LE C T R O N I C D E LI V E RY CCA allows burning of legally downloaded video; a study says renters want to stream to TV; consumers are spending record dollars on media. CIRCULATION For subscriptions, please go online to www.homemediamagazine.com For current single copy, back issues or CD-ROM, call 866/344-1315 or 615/377-3322 for outside the U.S. Audience Development Manager . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Joy Obaña TV DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Universal Studios Home Entertainment brings the infamous follow-up to the original “Battlestar Galactica” to DVD with Galactica 1980: The Complete Series. 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. Pipeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Anchor Bay’s fitness line has a new running partner with Amy’s Kitchen; Fox releases a Coen Brothers set; Native American actress talks Four Sheets to the Wind. I HIGH-DEF 2.0 Home Media Magazine presents High-Def 2.0, a one-day event that will serve as a preview of what’s in store for the high-definition disc market in 2008, the year the studios have targeted as breakout time for Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD. Coming just weeks before the Consumer Electronics Show, the event will provide a sneak peek of studio announcements expected to be made at CES, along with an overview of plans for the coming year, from marquee titles headed to HD disc to advances in interactivity, technology and packaging. Dec. 4 Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles info: www.homemediaconferences.com Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Warner’s heartfelt sports tribute film We Are Marshall scores a No. 1 spot on the DVD sales and rental charts. “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” Printed in the U.S.A. Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Top 20 DVD Sellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Top 20 Rentals and Top 10 Charts . . . . http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://Amazon.com http://www.forbesconferences.com http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://tvdvd.dvdconferences.com http://www.homemediaconferences.com

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Home Media Magazine - September 30 - October 6, 2007

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