Home Media Magazine - December 28, 2008 - (Page 9) www.homemediamagazine.com Studios Home Entertainment and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment report incremental sales gains due to Blu-ray. » Netflix sees its shares reach record highs after analysts say the online DVD rental pioneer was too cautious in fiscal projections. » Hastings Entertainment increases its quarterly profit as sales and rentals of Blu-ray partially offset a slight decline in standard DVD business. » Online DVD trading site Peerflix. com ceases operations. 1% to $5.51 billion, compared to $5.46 billion during the prior-year period. » Supermarket DVD rentals increasingly become a kiosk transaction as shelf space gives way to free-standing booths. » Netflix shares nosedive after analysts punish the online DVD rental pioneer for lowering full-year earnings due to costs associated with offering free streaming to subscribers. year 20 08 IN REVIEW » Lionsgate, Paramount and MGM announce plans to bow a joint-venture video-on-demand service across multiple platforms. ing the majority of its titles on cable VOD the same day as DVD. » Apple’s iTunes begins offering electronic sellthrough of movies from most major studios on the same day as the DVD release. » Blockbuster, which ups its stake in » Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes video game rentals and sales, reportsays Warner Bros. will begin releas- edly mulls investing in a recently MAY announced VOD platform being developed by Lionsgate, MGM and Paramount. » Strong sales of the standard-DVD of Shrek the Third spur DreamWorks Animation’s first-quarter results. CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg says Bee Movie will be released in the summer on Blu-ray and DVD, marking APRIL » A majority of U.S. households know what a Blu-ray player is, and the number of households with a high-definition disc player tops the 10 million mark, according to research firm Interpret. » Movie Gallery says it will shutter an additional 160 underperforming Gallery and Hollywood Video stores — its third and final round of closures. » Best Buy reports a 3.5% decline in net income to $737 million for the quarter ended March 1. » Blockbuster continues with its high-profile marketing of Total Access with a series of TV spots during CBS telecasts of the NCAA men’s basketball championships, known as March Madness. » DVD residuals apparently won’t take a backseat in contract negotiations between the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers, slated to begin April 15. » Image Entertainment COO David Borshell replaces founder and CEO Martin Greenwald as president of the Chatsworth, Calif.-based distributor. Separately, it sues Relativity Media for breach of contract regarding a 2006 DVD distribution deal. » The U.S Bankruptcy Court in Richmond, Va., approves Movie Gallery’s amended plan for fiscal reorganization. » An Alexandria, Va.-based technology firm claims it has software that allows users to watch Blu-ray movies on an Apple iPhone or iPod. » The founder of Trans World Entertainment Corp., parent of the f.y.e. chain, extends a bid to take the parent company private with a $5-pershare offer. » Wall Street reacts negatively toward Blockbuster’s proposed $6- to $8-pershare offer to acquire Circuit City. » As part of the shuttering of New Line Cinema, Time Warner cuts 450 positions, including most of the home entertainment division. » First-quarter 2008 sales and rentals of standard DVD and Blu-ray are off to a promising start, with revenue up Hand Picked Episodes from the Award-Winning Series TALES FROM THE BROTHERS GRIMM Evil witches, enchanting princesses, a wicked stepmother and one hungry wolf! 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