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AUGUST 17–23, 2008 >> ELECTRO N IC DELIVERY INSIDE Comcast, MGM Make Impact Impact, a new VOD channel from Comcast with upwards of 30 MGM movies a month, makes its debut. Vongo, ClickStar Close Down Two download services shutter operations: Starz Entertainment’s Vongo and Intel Corp.’s ClickStar. Middle Class Ups Connectivity Middle class homes are becoming more likely to have fully integrated home networks. BRINGING DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT TO YOU 4 TH QUARTER UNWRAPPED PAGE 12 SIZZLE FOR SEPTEMBER The box office punch of the September slate is up significantly from last year Iron Man » Netflix Doesn’t Deliver By Erik Gruenwedel RETAIL Engineers for online DVD rental pioneer Netflix Aug. 14 frantically continued to try to determine the cause of a technical glitch that had disrupted daily disc shipments to more than 30% of its 8.4 million subscribers. The problem — discovered internally — resulted in Los Gatos, Calif.based Netflix not shipping DVDs from any of its 55 nationwide distribution centers Aug. 12, shipping only partial orders Aug. 13 and none Aug. 14. The disruption did not affect DVD returns or Netflix’s Web site, including the Instant Watch streaming service, according to spokesperson Steve Swasey. He didn’t know if the problem had originated at corporate headquarters or at a distribution center. “This is absolutely top priority for the See NETFLIX, Page 30 By Stephanie Prange period of 2006, and at least one aybe it was too much entertainment executive said it of a good thing was too much. NEWS ANALYSIS last Q4. Before last year’s holiStudios packed nearly 20% day season kicked off, Dreammore box office power into the Works Animation SKG CEO fourth-quarter disc line-up of Jeffrey Katzenberg warned of 2007 compared to the same DVD sales cannibalization in M the fourth quarter, and a year later, studios may be heeding that warning. Instead of rolling out the hits starting in October, studios are slating such blockbusters See SEPTEMBER, Page 32 I SEPTEMBER 2008 DISC RELEASE SLATE BY BOX OFFICE TITLE Iron Man Sex and the City Forgetting Sarah Marshall Baby Mama The Forbidden Kingdom Made of Honor Speed Racer Leatherheads 88 Minutes Run Fat Boy Run Source: Home Media Research I SEPTEMBER 2007 DISC RELEASE SLATE BY BOX OFFICE TITLE Knocked Up We Are Marshall Grindhouse: Death Proof Georgia Rule Next Evening Delta Farce The Condemned Bug Lucky You NIELSEN EDI B.O. GROSS * $148.73 $43.53 $25.03 $18.88 $17.99 $12.41 $8.07 $7.33 $7.01 $5.76 STREET DATE 9/25/07 9/18/07 9/18/07 9/4/07 9/25/07 9/25/07 9/4/07 9/18/07 9/25/07 9/18/07 THEATRICALTO-VIDEO WINDOW ** 116 270 165 116 151 88 116 144 123 137 VIDEO LABEL Universal Warner Genius/Weinstein Universal Paramount Universal Lionsgate Lionsgate Lionsgate Warner * In millions ** Days NIELSEN EDI B.O. GROSS * $316.59 $151.84 $62.93 $60.32 $52.08 $46.01 $43.95 $31.23 $16.93 $6.00 STREET DATE 9/30/08 9/23/08 9/30/08 9/9/08 9/9/08 9/16/08 9/16/08 9/23/08 9/16/08 9/23/08 THEATRICALTO-VIDEO WINDOW ** 151 116 165 137 144 137 130 172 151 179 VIDEO LABEL Paramount Warner Universal Universal Lionsgate Sony Pictures Warner Universal Sony Pictures Warner >> HIGH-DEF INSIDE >> Blu ‘Express’ Seth Rogen talks Pineapple Express on Blu-ray. >> JVT Nod Group gets Emmy for HD coding. PAGE 10 Home A R C H Media RESE MAR KET S HAR E 7% as of 8/10/08 I Blu-ray I DVD Indies Turning More Blu By Chris Tribbey SUPPLIER For most of Blu-ray Disc’s American life, it’s been a studio game. New and recent theatrical releases are the norm, with a few catalog titles thrown in for good measure. A few independents would take a risk with one or two scenic or na- ture titles, but that was about it. Slowly but surely, that’s changing. In 2007, through mid-August, studios accounted for more than 90% of that year’s Blu-ray releases (142), according to data from The DVD Release Report. During the See INDIE, Page 32 Consumers spent $125.81 million on DVDs for the week Blu-ray vs. DVD Sales* Consumers spent $6.89 million on Blu-ray Discs for the week Up 0.71% from the previous week. * Top 20 unit volume 93% Down 26.88% from the previous week. Source: Home Media Research NEWS Lionsgate posts a great quarter on the strength of home entertainment revenue from such titles as Rambo. RESEARCH Fox’s Nim’s Island floated to the top of the DVD sales and rental charts its first week in stores. PRODUCT Action heroes head to home video as Paramount slates Iron Man and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Page 8 Page 26 Page 30

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