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The Dark Knight www.homemediamagazine.com Jim Keyes announcing the company’s new digital-delivery box will deliver Movielink (renamed Blockbuster On Demand) titles to the TV. Dubbed MediaPoint, the box aims to complete with Netflix-backed Xbox and Roku. The $99 initial fee comes with 25 free rentals, with future rentals running $1.99 each. » Circuit City says it will close 155 stores nationwide, and cut 17% of its 46,000-person workforce. One week later, the retailer files for Chapter 11 protection, listing $2.3 billion in debt and $3.4 billion in assets. Remaining open during restructuring, Circuit City owes studios and home entertainment distributors more than $56 million, including nearly $14 million to Paramount and nearly $11 million to Warner Bros. » Netflix begins streaming about 300 high-def movies on the Xbox 360 and the Roku set-top. » Sonic Solutions agrees to buy movie-download service CinemaNow and its 6,000-title catalog for $3 million. Sonic CEO Dave Habiger says he expects to double the number of movie and TV offerings in 2009, and wants the service to compete with iTunes. » Private investment group Nyx Acquisitions agrees to a merger with Image Entertainment, in a deal worth about $100 million. Under the terms, Image investors get $2.75 a share, which close at 69 cents on the day of the announcement. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2009. » Rental kiosk operator Redbox begins offering Blu-ray rentals for $1 a day Nov. 24. » NPD Group Dec. 9 reports 147,000 standalone Blu-ray players were sold during the week after Thanksgiving, for $30.3 million in revenue. However, sales of DVD players are down nearly 25%, with 457,000 units sold for $18.5 million. Upconverters account for 20% of the DVD player units sold. » Sony Corp. says it will cut 5% of its global workforce, about 8,000 jobs. year 20 08 IN REVIEW » Best Buy says its third-quarter profit fell 77%, to $52 million, compared to the same period in 2007. As a result the retailer offers 4,000 corporate employees a voluntary separation plan. A double-digit sales increase of Blu-ray players is one bright spot in the earnings report. » Warner’s The Dark Knight shatters all-time Blu-ray and 2008 DVD records with first-week global sales — including rental — of 13.5 million units. Nearly two million copies of the movie are sold on Blu-ray, and The Dark Knight also lands the top spot on iTunes. » Navarre Corp. says it is shuttering operations of BCI Eclipse. » Macrovision says it’s selling its TV Guide Network property to Allen Shapiro and One Equity Partners for roughly $255 million. » Target sets the bar lower for Bluray players Dec. 19, announcing a limited-time $149 price for the Olevia BD-100. beca Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Tri endent Film Festival WINNER Midwest Indep ss Best Picture, Best Actre Matt Farnsworth (Sibling, Losing Grace) (Pulp Fiction, Crash) Rosanna Arquette va John Sa ge (Bones, Freeway) n (The Deer Hunter, The Thi Red Line) Michael T. Weiss Mickey Jones (Sling Blade, Tin Cup) Muse Watson mer) What You Did Last Sum (Austin Powers, I Know DECEMBER » Online sales for Cyber Monday (Dec. 1) are $846 million, up 15% compared to the same day in 2007, according to comScore. » Studio and network executives go public Dec. 1 with accusations the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) is being greedy in labor negotiations, while SAG argues the studios aren’t bargaining in good faith. The negotiations center on revamping a 20-year-old home video residual agreement, pay hikes, and greater compensation for properties distributed on the Internet and via other new media. » Viacom says it will cut 850 positions, including some at Paramount Home Entertainment. Universal Studios Home Entertainment is also hit with layoffs after NBC Universal announces it will slash 500 jobs. all town existence, Esper Hoping to escape their sm gerous world dealing and Donna plunge into a dan hooked on their product, crystal meth. After getting run from a corrupt the two lovers end up on the igging mother and their parole officer, Esper’s gold-d own consuming addiction. utes 98 • 97 min • SRP: $24. 72-3112-2 n Year: 2005 • Productio • ISBN: 1-41 9-6 16x9 pect Ratio: 41952-6593 3 • UPC: 7y Digital • As KOC-DV-659 English • Audio: Dolb a• Genre: Dram OVER 70 MINUTES of D VD EXTRAS: Bonus Documentaries “Dying for Meth” and “Poor Man’s Dope” MASSIVE MARKETING SUPPORT: National Radio and Publicity Campaign Targeted Online Ads/Social Media with MySpace, Google, YouTube, DVD Talk, Pop Matters PRE-BOOK DATE: 1/13/09 | STREET DATE: 2/10/09 13 Watch IOWA clips at www.kochclips.com • For more information visit www.kochb2b.com http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://www.kochb2b.com http://www.kochclips.com

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