Home Media Magazine - March 9, 2009 - (Page 5) www.homemediamagazine.com MENU FROM THE EDITOR BY STEPHANIE PRANGE, EDITOR IN CHIEF www.homemediamagazine.com PUBLISHER & EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Thomas K. Arnold S tarnold@questex.com EDITOR IN CHIEF Stephanie Prange S sprange@questex.com EDITORIAL Managing Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angelique Flores aflores@questex.com Senior Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erik Gruenwedel egruenwedel@questex.com Senior Reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Tribbey ctribbey@questex.com Assistant Managing Editor. . . . . . . . . . . John Latchem jlatchem@questex.com Associate Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . Billy Gil, Kyra Kudick bgil@questex.com S kkudick@questex.com Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erika Carmona ART Art Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melbert Sebayan msebayan@questex.com Graphic Designer. . . . 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Jennifer Guerena jguerena@questex.com For reprints, call 800-290-5460, ext. 100 or HomeMediaMagazine@reprintbuyer.com For direct-mail lists, call Ilene Schwartz, Kroll Direct, 216/371-1667, FAX 216/371-1669, ilene@krolldirect.com Consumers React to Hard Times W hat will consumers do as the economy hits its worst source,” said Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt, as Time patch since many Americans now working have Warner reported a fourth-quarter loss of 119,000 basic-cable been alive? subscribers. “The reality is we are starting to see the beginnings For one thing, they are likely to cut expensive monthly bills of core cutting where people, typically young people, are saying, for things that aren’t essential, including entertainment. I’m ‘All I need is broadband.’” likely to cut my cable subscription bill and look for the same As more and more HDTVs are directly connected to the Web entertainment for free online or on DVD or Blu-ray, which I can or are linking through a device such as an Xbox 360 or PlayStaparse for the most valuable content. tion 3, cable companies may find that their Recently, my cable company tried to upgrade I’M LIKELY TO CUT service is obsolete. me for free, and then charged me about $200 MY CABLE SUBSCRIPTION Where does packaged media stand in this without my consent for the privilege. I can BILL AND LOOK FOR THE new reality? tell you a $200 subscription fee catches my SAME ENTERTAINMENT It’s a pretty efficient way of getting the right attention. That’s the cost of a car payment. I FOR FREE ONLINE content to people who want it. I’d rather pay canceled the extras immediately. OR ON DVD OR BLU-RAY. $4 for a rental or $20 for a movie I will watch Many other subscribers are doing the same over and over again than $10 at the theater or a thing or more — canceling cable altogether. They are looking cable charge (monthly) for a smorgasbord of shows, only a fracat every penny that goes out of the household on a monthly tion of which I will have the time or the inclination to watch. basis, especially when they can get the same service for a lower Consumers are looking to get the best content value for their price or at no charge. buck. In that environment, packaged media and free streaming are That’s why the cable industry is in an uproar, because their winners. That’s why Netflix, which combines both, is doing well. costly service is hitting stiff competition. High-priced, low-value content, offered by cable, suffers. “As cable networks put more and more content online for free, that will over time start eroding the subscription revenue Stephanie Prange’s e-mail address is sprange@questex.com IN THIS ISSUE MARCH 9-15, 2009 / VOL. 31 / NO. 10 Viacom’s Philippe Dauman says to expect fewer titles; the restructured Genius-Weinstein deal results in $63 million in new debt; the off-again, on-again Image merger is back on again. MARKETING Marketing Director. . . . . . . . . . . . Kristina Kronenberg kkronenberg@questex.com S 714/338-6743 Marketing Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlyn DeWaard kdewaard@questex.com PRODUCTION Production Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rhonda Sande Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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