Home Media Magazine - November 4-10, 2007 - (Page 12)

ELECTRONIC DELIVERY B RI E FS I FILM DEBUTS ON ITUNES Filmmaker-actor Edward Burns will make his latest film, Purple Violets, exclusively available at Apple’s iTunes Nov. 20, The New York Times reported. Purple Violets marks the first time a feature film will have its first run on iTunes. The film will be available to download for $14.99. Apple will retain exclusive rights for a month, after which it will be available on DVD. – Billy Gil www.homemediamagazine.com Shout! Factory Launches Digital Media Unit By Thomas K. Arnold ndependent DVD supplier Shout! Factory, known for its eclectic music, TV and cult movie offerings, is launching a new digital media division, GetBack Media. The venture aims to become the ultimate pop culture destination for online users 30 years old and up. Original digital content and the launch of a Web community site are in the cards for next year. “For years we’ve been discussing and planning how to take our pop culture passion and sensibility and transfer it to the Internet,” said Shout! Factory co-founder Richard Foos. “GetBack Media is a natural extension of what we’ve done with physical goods in celebrating great entertainment and turning on collectors as well as casual fans to great music, TV and movies.” Chris Dominguez, a former MTV Networks Entertainment Group executive, has been named president of the new division. Other executive appointments include media consultant FitzJohn I J. Flynn, VP of business development; former Shout! Factory VP of A&R Shawn Amos, VP of content; and another MTV veteran, Sean Endler, VP of product. Dominguez comes to the new venture with a rich background in digital media. He was SVP of business development at MTV Networks Entertainment Group, specializing in digital video initiatives for Iﬁlm. He also was a member of the senior management team at Iﬁlm Corp., which completed the $49 million acquisition by MTV parent Viacom Inc. in October 2005. “Our investors and founders have been instrumental in surfacing amazing, but forgotten, media assets for physical distribution, initially through Rhino Records, which they built, grew and eventually sold to the Warner Music Group and now at Shout! Factory,” Dominguez said. “GetBack Media was created to reincarnate the same sensibility for today’s more ﬂuid digital world, while furthering the relationship with our pop-culture fans. “GetBack Media is creating an immersive and personal retro media experience by combining deep catalog media assets with the power of online social networking.” I IMEEM, EMI INK DEAL Social networking site Imeem and EMI Music have partnered to allow Imeem to stream music and video content from EMI’s roster of artists. – Billy Gil HULU.COM DEBUTS WITH CONTENT DEALS, FINANCING SUPPORT By Erik Gruenwedel BC Universal and News Corp. launched a private beta edition of video distribution site Hulu.com. The site also is available as a customized video player at distribution partners AOL, Comcast’s Fancast.com, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo. Hulu was announced last spring as an online conduit for new and archived adsupported TV programming, films and clips from Universal Studios and 20th Century Fox. It also features 40 TV shows from I VONGO UPS PORTABILITY Vongo has increased to seven the number of its compatible portable media devices. Vongo 2.0 lets subscribers transport downloads to devices from Archos, Creative Zen and Toshiba, among others. New extenders for Windows Media Center and Xbox 360 lets users stream content wirelessly to any enabled device in the home. – Erik Gruenwedel N Sony Pictures Television, and films and TV programs from MGM Studios Inc. Programming includes episodes of “24,” “30 Rock,” “Arrested Development,” “Bionic Woman,” “Bones,” “House,” “Heroes,” “The Office” and “The Simpsons,” and movies The Blues Brothers, The Jerk, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and others. The site received $100 million in funding from Providence Equity Partners, which specializes in entertainment ventures. Some have suggested the site has been earmarked as competition to YouTube. “It’s up in the air how much [user-generated content] we’ll have,” Jon Cody, acting GM for the venture, said at the Digital Hollywood Conference in Santa Monica, Calif. “But we look at it as a genre, a class of content that can live side-by-side with our professionally produced content.” In their announcement, NBC Universal and News Corp. said users “can embed videos throughout the Web, including their own” to expand Hulu’s distribution capabilities. Chris Tribbey contributed to this report. TOP 10 RANK TITLE E LE C T R O NI C SELLT H R OUG H Week ended October 29, 2007 RELEASE DATE VIDEO LABEL GENRE TOP 10 RANK TITLE E L E C TRO N I C S E L L THRO U GH Week ended October 28, 2007 RELEASE DATE VIDEO LABEL GENRE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Hostel: Part II Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Evan Almighty Dave Chappelle: For What It’s Worth Knocked Up: Unrated Knocked Up Next 28 Weeks Later The Reaping 300 10/23/07 10/2/07 10/9/07 12/21/06 10/22/07 9/25/07 9/25/07 10/9/07 10/16/07 7/31/07 Sony Pictures Fox Universal Sony Pictures Universal Universal Paramount Fox Warner Warner Horror Action Comedy Comedy Comedy Comedy Action Horror Horror Action Source: Movielink 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Hostel: Part II Meet the Robinsons The Invisible Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 28 Weeks Later Next Surf’s Up 300 The Reaping Reign Over Me 10/23/07 10/23/07 10/16/07 10/2/07 10/9/07 9/25/07 10/9/07 7/31/07 10/16/07 10/9/07 Sony Pictures Disney Disney/Hollywood Fox Fox Paramount Sony Pictures Warner Warner Sony Pictures Horror Animated Thriller Action Horror Action Animated Action Horror Drama Source: CinemaNow TOP 10 RANK TITLE R E NT A L D OW NLOAD S Week ended October 29, 2007 RELEASE DATE VIDEO LABEL GENRE TOP 10 RANK TITLE RE N TA L DO WN L O A DS Week ended October 28, 2007 RELEASE DATE VIDEO LABEL GENRE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Wild Hogs The Reaping We Are Marshall Vacancy Georgia Rule Blades of Glory Delta Farce Bug The Condemned Bobby Z 9/28/07 10/16/07 9/18/07 9/28/07 10/19/07 10/12/07 10/3/07 10/24/07 10/17/07 10/19/07 Disney/Touchstone Warner Warner Sony Pictures Universal Lionsgate Lionsgate Lionsgate Sony Pictures Comedy Horror Drama Horror Comedy Comedy Thriller Action Action Source: Movielink 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The Reaping The Lives of Others Bug Georgia Rule Blades of Glory Return to House on Haunted Hill The Condemned Wild Hogs Perfect Stranger Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 10/16/07 10/20/07 10/24/07 10/18/07 10/12/07 10/16/07 10/20/07 9/28/07 10/5/07 9/25/07 Warner Sony Pictures Lionsgate Universal Warner Lionsgate Disney/Touchstone Sony Pictures Fox Horror Drama Thriller Comedy Horror Action Comedy Thriller Action Source: CinemaNow Paramount/DreamWorks Comedy Paramount/DreamWorks Comedy 12 Home Media Magazine November 4–10, 2007 http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://Hulu.com http://Hulu.com

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