Home Media Magazine - October 21-27, 2007 - (Page 11)

www.homemediamagazine.com ELECTRONIC DELIVERY On-Demand Making Inroads By Erik Gruenwedel ox Communications and Time Warner Cable are among several cable operators that have begun offering free on-demand episodes of ABC and NBC network prime-time television shows. Showcased under a new MyPrimetime category, the programming includes new episodes of ABC shows “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Ugly Betty” and “Desperate Housewives,” as well as NBC shows “30 Rock,” “Friday Night Lights” and the first-year series “Life.” All episodes are available following their TV network airing. The cable operators Oct. 16 also will offer horror/thrillers The Reaping and Return to House on Haunted Hill for on-demand viewing ($3.95 each) the same day as the Warner Home Video titles’ DVD releases. Warner has led the charge among the major studios seeking to circumvent traditional DVD rental by making new release movies available on cable video-on-demand (VOD) the same day as the DVD release. Access to the on-demand TV programming requires a monthly subscription. Tom Adams with Adams Media Research in Carmel, Calif., said most cable VOD business thus far has occurred with subscriptionbased services and not $4 pay-per- C view movies. “The numbers are just staggering as to how many sessions the cable operators are serving up of on-demand content,” Adams said. “And the studios aren’t seeing much benefit from it yet.” He said the digital video recorder and VOD have made TV viewing a much better user experience than in the early 1980s, when the video store became the preferred way to avoid TV commercials and get the programming the consumers wanted when they wanted it. “Those were the three things video rental had to itself for a long time,” Adams said. “The networks [and cable operators] have had 25 years to match the freedom of selection of the video store.” “30 Rock” is among the shows available on cable on demand. first major film role outside the Harry Potter series. “A Terrific Feel-Good Movie.” – Pat Collins, WWOR-TV/NEW YORK December Boys marks Daniel Radcliffe’s “A Wonderful Dreamlike Story.” – Jeffrey Lyons, “REEL TALK”/NBC-TV B R IE F S I MYSPACE AND SONY BMG INK MUSIC VIDEO DEAL MySpace has signed a licensing agreement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment to allow its 70 million active U.S. users to stream music video, audio and other content from Sony BMG’s roster of talent. The deal makes MySpace and Sony BMG partners in sponsorship and advertising revenue. The content will appear on Sony BMG artists’ MySpace pages. “MySpace has always served as a powerful promotional platform for music, and we’re pleased to work with Sony BMG to take it to the next level,” said Chris DeWolfe, CEO and co-founder of MySpace. “We look forward to working with Sony BMG and the rest of the music industry to enable people to share their love of music with one another through the next-generation of MySpace music services.” – Billy Gil $ Widescreen DVD [16x9 2.4:1]: #1000027397 129 7 $ DVD 95 SR P MAP DVD SPECIAL FEATURES • Additional Scenes 95 • Languages: English & Español • Subtitles: English, Français & Español (Main Feature. Bonus Material/Trailer May Not Be Subtitled). 2007 Theatrical Release Street Date: December 11 AND THE WARNER INDEPENDENT PICTURES AND FILM FINANCE CORPORATION AUSTRALIA AND VILLAGE ROADSHOW PICTURES IN ASSOCIATION WITH BECKER FILMS SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FILM CORPORATION PRESENT A RICHARD BECKER PRODUCTIOPRODUCTIMOBYN ROD HARDY DANIECTORLOFRADCLIFFE LEE CORMIE CHRISTIAN BYERS JAMES FRASER AND JACK THOMPSON N A FIL E LI DANY LESLI DIR PRODUCED BARBARA “DECEMBER BOYS” MUSIBYC CARLO GIACCO EDITORBASED ON THE COOPER, ASE DESIGNERFROM STORYE BINNS PHOTOGRAPHY DAVID CONNELL, ACS PRODUCERNEWRITTEN GIBBS CO-PRODUCERDIJAY SANDERS RECTED EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS HAL GABA JONATHAN SHTEINMAN NOVEL BY MICHAEL NOONAN WORK BY RONALD KINNOCH BY RICHARD BECKER BY MARC ROSENBERG BY ROD HARDY Produced with the assistance of ©2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Order Due Date: November 6 Pre-Sell Date: November 13 Sexual Content, Nudity, Underage Drinking and Smoking Bonus Material/Trailer Not Rated. Bonus Material/Trailer May Not Be SDH. SDH ENGLISH HARRY POTTER TM & © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Harry Potter Publishing Rights © JKR. December Boys © 2006 Film Finance Corporation Australia Limited, the South Australian Film Corporation, Becker Group Limited T/A Becker Entertainment, Becker Films (No. 7) Pty. Ltd. All rights reserved. @ decemberboys.com warnervideo.com ENGLISH: Dolby Surround 5.1 ESPAÑOL: Dolby Surround 5.1 [ Color/105 Mins. 11 http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://whvdirect.com http://decemberboys.com http://warnervideo.com

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