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ELECTRONIC DELIVERY B RI E FS I EAGLE ROCK CONTENT IN DTS PC PROMO Eagle Rock Entertainment will have its videos and music featured as part of an ongoing DTS and Cyberlink joint PC promotion. DTS PC software users, specifically PowerDVD 7 Standard and PowerDVD 7 Max owners, receive e-mail links from the two companies pointing them to a Web site where they can test new DTS and Cyberlink software using Eagle Rock Entertainment’s content. Users can download a free, 30-day trial offer of the software or purchase it directly. – Chris Tribbey www.homemediamagazine.com Report: Cable Revenue to Top $121B by 2017 By Erik Gruenwedel ew forms of entertainment distribution are expected to help the cable industry increase revenue 77% to $121 billion by 2017, from $68.6 billion in 2006, according to a new report. SNL Kagan, a New York-based research company, said in its 10-year forecast that monthly revenue per subscriber is expected to increase 64%, to $143, in the same period. Commercial services and assorted incremental revenue will push sales to $109 million in 2011 and $138 million in 2017. Revenue from those segments generated $72 million last year. Such services include video-on-demand, pay-per-view movies and prime-time TV programming, time-shifting content via digital video recording (DVR), high-def options and interactive menus. “The cable industry’s growth prospects are going to depend on selling CONNECTED CONSOLES TO TOP 37M UNITS By Erik Gruenwedel he installed base of connected game consoles — including Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii — will top 37 million units in North America in 2008, a new report projects. The research, presented by IDC and IDG Entertainment, said online video gaming, including subscription services such as Xbox Live, represented the fastest growing segment of the market. Online console sales this year will triple to $583 million from 2006, the report found. Downloadable content revenue will increase more than 1,000% from 2006 to 2007, and subscription sales, 158%. The report noted that traditional video game software sales still dominate, with $9.5 billion in sales projected this year. Still, online content represents the most exciting growth in the industry, the report found. “Consumers are increasingly purchasing games by non-traditional means such as downloads or subscriptions,” said Billy Pidgeon, program manager for games research with IDC. N more services to existing customers rather than signiﬁcantly adding to basic subscriptions,” said Ian Olgeirson, senior analyst with SNL. Separately, Rentrak Corp. released a mid-year 2007 report card. The number of cable on-demand orders tracked grew to 1.44 billion, up 44% from the same time last year. Rentrak reported comparable mid-year on-demand programming orders increased 103% in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. The company said it is on pace to double the 2.6 million on-demand orders it tracked last year. T XBOX LIVE ADDS CARTOONS By Chris Tribbey icrosoft has added another 100 shows for customers of its Xbox 360 Live download store. More than 50 “Looney Tunes” episodes, including many in high-definition, are available for download to own, and one episode is available for free. Ten of the episodes will be available in Spanish as well. “We are particularly proud to offer programming in Spanish as well as high-definition, both of which help enhance the appeal of these great shows for Xbox 360 owners,” I MOVIELINK OFFERS ‘SOPRANOS’ GRATIS Four episodes of “The Sopranos,” including the first three episodes of season one and one episode from season six, are now available for free on Movielink. Through Nov. 16, fans can download the episodes and also receive a $10 coupon for purchase of any “Sopranos” season at Blockbuster stores. Blockbuster recently acquired Movielink. – Chris Tribbey M said Michele Edelman, VP of marketing for Warner Bros. Digital Distribution. The service also added several Nickelodeon shows. “To truly entertain our audience, we know we have to seed our content on every platform they are using, and the Xbox 360 is a great entertainment console for our target demographic,” said Steve Youngwood, EVP of digital media for Nickelodeon-MTVN Kids and Family Group. “We’ve seen tremendous response to the Nickelodeon content already available on Xbox Live.” TOP 10 RANK TITLE E LE C TR ONIC SEL LT H ROUGH Week ended October 22, 2007 RELEASE DATE VIDEO LABEL GENRE TOP 10 RANK TITLE ELECTRONIC SELLTHROUGH Week ended October 21, 2007 RELEASE DATE VIDEO LABEL GENRE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Evan Almighty 28 Weeks Later Knocked Up Next The Reaping A Mighty Heart Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Surf’s Up Kings of South Beach Dave Chappelle: For What It’s Worth 10/9/07 10/9/07 9/25/07 9/25/07 10/16/07 10/16/07 10/2/07 10/9/07 10/16/07 12/21/06 Universal Fox Universal Paramount Warner Paramount Fox Sony Pictures Sony Pictures Sony Pictures Comedy Horror Comedy Thriller Horror Drama Action Animated Drama Comedy Source: Movielink 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The Invisible 28 Weeks Later A Mighty Heart Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Next The Hoax Surf’s Up Reign Over Me 300 Wild Hogs 10/16/07 10/9/07 10/16/07 10/2/07 9/25/07 10/16/07 10/9/07 10/9/07 7/31/07 8/14/07 Disney/Hollywood Fox Paramount Fox Paramount Disney/Miramax Sony Pictures Sony Pictures Warner Disney/Touchstone Thriller Horror Drama Action Thriller Drama Animated Drama Action Comedy Source: CinemaNow TOP 10 RANK TITLE REN TAL DOWN LOAD S Week ended October 22, 2007 RELEASE DATE VIDEO LABEL GENRE TOP 10 RANK TITLE RENTA L DOW N L O A D S Week ended October 21, 2007 RELEASE DATE VIDEO LABEL GENRE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The Reaping Perfect Stranger Hot Fuzz Blades of Glory Georgia Rule Wild Hogs Are We Done Yet? The Condemned Bobby Z Renaissance 10/16/07 8/21/07 7/31/07 8/28/07 9/4/07 8/14/07 8/7/07 9/18/07 9/4/07 7/24/07 Warner Sony Pictures Universal Para./DreamWorks Universal Disney/Touchstone Sony Pictures Lionsgate Sony Pictures Disney/Miramax Horror Thriller Comedy Comedy Drama Comedy Comedy Action Action Sci-Fi Source: Movielink 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Blades of Glory Georgia Rule The Lives of Others Perfect Stranger The Reaping Wild Hogs Fantastic Four The Condemned Vacancy 300 8/28/07 9/4/07 8/21/07 8/21/07 8/14/07 12/6/05 9/18/07 8/14/07 7/31/07 Para./DreamWorks Universal Sony Pictures Sony Pictures Disney/Touchstone Fox Lionsgate Sony Pictures Warner Comedy Drama Drama Thriller Horror Comedy Action Action Horror Action Source: CinemaNow 10/16/07 Warner 14 BLACK YELLOW MAGENTA CYAN Home Media Magazine October 28–November 3, 2007 hom102807_014r1.pgs 10.24.2007 22:10 ccoffey http://www.homemediamagazine.com

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