Home Media Magazine - July 6-12, 2008 - (Page 3)

www.homemediamagazine.com MENU FROM THE EDITOR BY STEPHANIE PRANGE, EDITOR IN CHIEF www.homemediamagazine.com It’s Back to ‘Risky Business’ PUBLISHER & EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Thomas K. Arnold EDITOR IN CHIEF Stephanie Prange EDITORIAL Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angelique Flores Senior Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erik Gruenwedel Senior Reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Tribbey Assistant Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Latchem Associate Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Billy Gil, Kyra Kudick Contributors. . . . . . . . . John Gaudiosi, Anne Sherber, Fred Topel, Ralph Tribbey, Holly J. Wagner Interns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lana Chichakly, Carrie Widder I ART Art Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melbert Sebayan Graphic Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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It’s yet another time in this I’d like an HD packaged media disc that can serve as my ulchanging industry in which the business is getting riskier. timate copy of the films I adore and want to own. I don’t want It’s always interesting when the noise of the industry takes a to keep all of my movies on a hard drive in my home or in the pause to listen to the consumer. This is such a year. Internet cloud. I’d like to have the film on disc, one of the most After almost a decade of watching consumers buy DVDs at an ev- convenient storage devices for movies, so I can pop it into my er-increasing rate and a couple of years monitoring the back-and- Blu-ray player and watch it in the best possible resolution on my forth progress of a next-generation format war, big, flat-screen HDTV. But I’d also like to have the business is in transition — with a new format STUDIOS AND THE HOME the disc serve up a digital copy of the movie for winner. Studios and the home media business MEDIA BUSINESS ARE portability to my laptop, iPod or other devices. are looking to the consumer to tell them the LOOKING TO THE CONSUMER Honestly, I don’t want to cart around a bunch direction home entertainment will take. TO TELL THEM THE of discs in different formats (DVD, Blu-ray) Will DVD remain the dominant, yet slowly DIRECTION HOME when we go on vacation. I’d like a low-res shrinking, format for buying and renting mov- ENTERTAINMENT WILL TAKE. copy to take along that plays on my husband’s ies and TV shows for years to come? Or will laptop as well as my daughters’ iPods. the consumer move on to the next-generation packaged-media The content supplier that listens to these concerns — as well format — high-definition Blu-ray Disc — or to digital delivery? as to the concerns of the rest of the consumers out there — will Will consumers simply lose interest in buying or renting home be the winner in this transformational year. Consumers are unmovies and look to illegal downloads, games or the Internet to der more pressure to make smart purchase decisions than perhaps occupy their limited free time? Or will some hybrid of packaged they have been in several decades. The message of the home media media and digital delivery emerge? business should be, “We’re listening.” A few months ago, someone asked me to look into my crystal ball and determine the future of the home entertainment busi- Stephanie Prange’s e-mail address is sprange@questex.com MARKETING Marketing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristina Kronenberg 714/338-6743 Marketing Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlyn DeWaard IN THIS ISSUE JULY 6-12, 2008 / VOL. 30 / NO. 27 News …………………………… CALENDAR I E3 MEDIA & BUSINESS SUMMIT 2008 The annual trade show for the computer and video games industry is presented by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). The event is by invitation only. July 15-17 Los Angeles Convention Center info: www.e3expo.com DIGITAL MEDIA Online Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renee Rosado PRODUCTION Production Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bonnie Ling Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin-Nicholas Toyama 714/338-6765 Assistant Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brady Gallardo >> HIGH- DEF OFFICES 714/338-6700, 800/371-6897, FAX 714/338-6710 homemediamagazine@questex.com 201 East Sandpointe Ave., Suite 500 Santa Ana, CA 92707-8716 Lionsgate reaches a distribution agreement with Comcast Entertainment Group; Oscilloscope enters DVD production; Sony Pictures’ Vantage Point is projected as next week’s top seller and rental. TV DVD ………………………… 10 Genius Products makes room for “Jon & Kate Plus 8”; Lionsgate has mad marketing plans for “Mad Men.” Chris Tribbey, Senior Reporter 818-788-8616, FAX 818-530-2486 16130 Ventura Blvd. #570 Encino, CA 91436 News ………………………… CREDIT Credit/Collections Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron Wright Sr. The “Godfather” trilogy hits Blu-ray Disc; former HD DVD backer Onkyo goes BD, while Toshiba ponders upscaling DVD players in lieu of Blu. I SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL 2008 The San Diego Comic-Con enters its 39th year as the country’s premier comics and popular arts convention with a new slate of special guests, themes and anniversaries, and programming. July 24-27 San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, Calif. info: comic-con.org CIRCULATION For subscriptions, please go online to www.homemediamagazine.com For current single copy, back issues or CD-ROM, call 866/344-1315 or 847/763-9594 for outside the U.S. Audience Development Manager. . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Joy Obaña >> EL ECTRONIC D EL IV ERY BUSINESS QUESTEX MEDIA GROUP INC. President & CEO: Kerry C. Gumas; Executive Vice President & CFO: Tom Caridi; Executive Vice President: Robert S. Ingraham; Executive Vice President: Tony D’Avino; Executive Vice President, Corporate Development: Claudia Flowers; Executive Vice President: Jon Leibowitz; Vice President, Digital Media: Seth Nichols; Vice President, Human Resources: Diane Evans © 2008 Questex Media Group Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including by photocopy, recording or information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use, or the internal or personal use of specific clients, is granted by Questex Media Group, Inc. for libraries and other users registered with the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Dr., Danvers, MA 01923 phone: 978-750-8400 fax 978-750-4470; call for copying beyond that permitted by Sections 107 or 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law. For those not registered with the CCC, send permission request in writing to questexpermissions@reprintbuyer.com or call 800-494-9051 ext. 100. I BUILDING BLOCKS 2008 “Jon & Kate Plus 8” Reviews ………………………… 12 Should young viewers experience Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert — The 3-D Movie? Does Blu-ray Disc bring 10,000 B.C. to present day high-def glory? Does American Zombie unearth edgy satire? News ………………………… The Consumer Electronics Association and Digital Hollywood have joined to present this technology conference with the theme of transforming consumer electronics, entertainment and media, focusing on various platforms such as mobile, broadband and social media. Aug. 5-7 The Marriott, San Jose, Calif. info: www.digitalhollywood.com/BuildingBlocks.html Printed in the U.S.A. Pipeline ………………………… 16 Google and “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane partner for a Web series; indies to distribute through Amazon’s Unbox; most prefer TV on the set. I NEW MEDIA EXPO 2008 17 18 New Media Expo gathers online players such as bloggers, podcasters and online video creators for a show that aims to be a hands-on experience rather than a series of sessions. Aug. 14-16 Las Vegas Convention Center info: www.newmediaexpo.com Comedian Jamie Kennedy discusses Heckler; Cam Gigandet talks about playing the bad boy in Sum- Top 20 DVD Sellers ……………………… mit Entertainment’s Never Back Down. Top 20 Rentals and Top 10 Charts ……… Research ……………………… 17 Just Announced ……………… 19 Warner’s Stone Age fantasy epic 10,000 B.C. clawed Sony Pictures counts out 88 Minutes, doles out the its way to the top of the DVD sales and rental charts, MMA actioner Redbelt and slates the fantastical as well as the top of the Blu-ray sales charts. The Fall. July 6–12, 2008 Home Media Magazine http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://www.e3expo.com http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://comic-con.org http://www.digitalhollywood.com/BuildingBlocks.html http://www.newmediaexpo.com

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