Home Media Magazine - November 25-December 1, 2007 - (Page 12)

ELECTRONIC DELIVERY BRIEFS I SONY BMG, YAHOO ADD TO VOD DEAL Yahoo has signed a deal to grow its video-on-demand pact with Sony BMG Music Entertainment to add more music videos in more territories to its Yahoo Music catalog. Sony BMG music videos will be available both on the Yahoo site and through a Yahoo-branded video player. Yahoo users also will be able to use Sony BMG audio recordings in user-generated content as part of the deal. – Billy Gil www.homemediamagazine.com HIT Entertainment Content to Hit Web By Chris Tribbey pisodes of HIT Entertainment’s “Barney” and “Bob the Builder” will be popping up on the Web soon through thePlatform’s online video publishing tools. A subsidiary of Comcast, thePlatform first launched episodes of “Thomas & Friends” on the U.S. site for preschooler series in October and reported 3 million streams in two weeks. Other HIT properties in line for online streaming in the coming months include “Angelina Ballerina” and “Fire- THINKFILM TITLES AT ITUNES STORE By John Latchem E I BOB DYLAN DOC ON ITUNES BEFORE THEATRICAL RUN Bob Dylan: Don’t Look Back, the acclaimed 1967 documentary on the folk icon from director D.A. Pennebaker, hit iTunes Nov. 20 at $9.99. Don’t Look Back has been called one of the greatest rockumentaries ever made, capturing landmark performances by Dylan and intimate backstage moments. The iTunes release, from New Video, came a day before the theatrical release of I’m Not There, the Todd Haynes-directed biopic on Dylan. – Billy Gil man Sam.” “HIT is always looking for new and innovative ways to expand distribution of our award-winning content,” said Robert Weisstuch, SVP of HIT. “By utilizing thePlatform, we will implement an online publishing and management system that can handle our needs and be flexible enough to grow with our content and viewers into the future.” Currently thePlatform provides online video publishing services for BBC, CNBC, Court TV and others. T hinkFilm has made several titles from its catalog available through the iTunes store. “The online world has proven itself an integral outlet for independent film,” said Marc Hirshberg, SVP of ThinkFilm. Available movies include The Aristocrats; Farce of the Penguins; The Boys of Baraka and Glastonbury. Upcoming titles include Murderball, Down in the Valley and Born Into Brothels. The download cost ranges from $9.99 to $14.99 per film. Vudu Gets ‘Bourne’ Trilogy in High-Def By Billy Gil udu will have the first two films in the “Bourne” trilogy in high-definition for a limited time. The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy will be available on the broadband movie delivery service with the purchase of a Vudu set-top box starting Nov. 23. Beginning Dec. 11 The Bourne Ultimatum also will be available on Vudu, in high-def for $24.99. The move is part of a deal between Vudu and Universal Studios Home Entertainment to deliver high-def content. V “Vudu … is a perfect way for ‘Bourne’ fans to get the best motion pictures in superior home video quality in the timeliest manner possible,” said Craig Kornblau, president of Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Universal Pictures Digital Platforms. TOP 10 RANK TITLE E LE C T R O NI C SELLT H R OUG H Week ended November 17, 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 November 18, 2007 RELEASE DATE VIDEO LABEL GENRE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Goodnight Moon Ocean’s Thirteen I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry Urban Justice Spider-Man 3 Amazing Grace Dave Chappelle: For What It’s Worth Next Evan Almighty Knocked Up 11/13/07 11/13/07 11/6/07 11/13/07 10/30/07 11/13/07 12/21/06 9/25/07 10/9/07 10/22/07 ThinkFilm Warner Universal Sony Pictures Sony Pictures Fox Sony Pictures Paramount Universal Universal Drama Comedy Comedy Action Action Drama Comedy Thriller Comedy Comedy Source: Movielink 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Ocean’s Thirteen Spider-Man 3 Ratatouille Deck the Halls Amazing Grace Family Guy: Season 6 — Episode 4 Day Watch Family Guy: Season 6 — Episode 1 Caligula Next 11/13/07 10/30/07 11/6/07 11/6/07 11/13/07 11/5/07 10/30/07 10/1/07 10/2/07 9/25/07 Warner Sony Pictures Disney Fox Fox Fox Fox Fox Image Paramount Comedy Action Animated Comedy Drama Comedy Fantasy Comedy Drama Thriller Source: CinemaNow TOP 10 RANK TITLE RENT A L D OW NLOAD S Week ended November 17, 2007 RELEASE DATE VIDEO LABEL GENRE TOP 10 RANK TITLE RE N TA L DO WN L O A DS Week ended November 18, 2007 RELEASE DATE VIDEO LABEL GENRE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next Knocked Up The Condemned License to Wed Bug Bobby Z 28 Weeks Later Gracie Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer The Last Time 11/9/07 11/8/07 10/17/07 10/30/07 10/24/07 10/19/07 11/7/07 10/18/07 10/31/07 8/24/07 Paramount Universal Lionsgate Warner Lionsgate Sony Pictures Fox New Line Fox Sony Pictures Thriller Comedy Action Comedy Thriller Action Horror Drama Action Comedy Source: Movielink 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next Knocked Up Reign Over Me Deck the Halls License to Wed Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 28 Weeks Later The Invisible Wild Hogs Georgia Rule 11/9/07 11/8/07 11/14/07 11/13/07 10/30/07 10/31/07 11/7/07 10/31/07 9/28/07 10/18/07 Paramount Universal Sony Pictures Fox Warner Fox Fox Disney/Hollywood Disney/Touchstone Universal Thriller Comedy Drama Comedy Comedy Action Horror Thriller Comedy Drama Source: CinemaNow 12 Home Media Magazine November 25–December 1, 2007 http://www.homemediamagazine.com

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