Home Media Magazine - February 9-15, 2009 - (Page 3) il E ter /da IB slet .com CR New zine B S ai l y a g a SU ’s D diam H M me to me ho w. ww FEBRUARY 9–15, 2009 >> HIGH-DEF INSIDE INSIDE Blu to Dominate A projection puts Blu-ray Disc at 74% market share by 2017. y Digital TV Delay Passes The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to delay the transition from analog to digital TV transmissions. Panasonic to Cut Jobs Panasonic will cut about 15,000 jobs worldwide and projects a $4 billion fiscal-year loss. w w w.HomeMediaMaga zine.c om PAGE 8 Studios Slammed DISNEY PUTS DVD IN CROSSHAIRS AS ITS PROFIT FALLS By Erik Gruenwedel SUPPLIER Packaged media’s eminent reign as studio cash cow took a hit last week when Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger fired a shot across the bow, becoming the first major studio executive to question DVD’s fiscal prowess. The move came Iger after Disney cited downward year-over-year DVD unit sales as a primary culprit for a 64% drop in first-quarter (ended See DISNEY, Page 24 Disc Is Still a Star at Hollywood Confab By Chris Tribbey tant, but apathy may be the biggest NIVERSAL CITY, Calif. problem we have to overcome.” — With the economy in Data from his firm shows about tatters outside and less than half of all Americans are still buying a full house inside, DVDs during this speakers at the Fu«WE DO FACE SOME recession, while ture of Packaged CHALLENGES, AND I THINK only 2% told Media conference SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES NPD that they nonetheless paintARE OF OUR OWN MAKING. were downloaded a positive picCONSUMERS HAVE BECOME ing content. For ture for the state INCREASINGLY APATHETIC.» games, 36% said of the industry, RUSS CRUPNICK, ANALYST, they were buying, and brought data THE NPD GROUP 5% downloading, to back it up. while for music it “We do face some challenges, and was 36% CDs to 13% downloading. I think some of those challenges For college students, the numbers are of our own making,” said Russ are closer. Eric Weil, managing partCrupnick, VP and senior entertain- ner of Student Monitor, which tracks ment industry analyst for The NPD trends among college students, said Group. “Consumers have become they account for more than $100 milincreasingly apathetic … piracy is im- lion in monthly theatrical spending, portant, digital distribution is imporSee FUTURE, Page 23 ‘DARK KNIGHT’ SOFTENS FOX STUDIO ECONOMIC BLOW TO OPERATING INCOME WARNER Q4 RESULTS PLUMMETS 73% By Erik Gruenwedel SUPPLIER The Dark Knight, the topselling DVD in 2008, continues to put in overtime buttressing Warner Bros. from the ravages of the current economic tsunami. However, DVD and Blu-ray Disc sales of the second Christopher Bewkes Nolan-helmed Batman movie, as well as Sex and the City: The Movie and 10,000 B.C., couldn’t prevent the filmedSee TIME WARNER, Page 24 By Erik Gruenwedel SUPPLIER Citing unfavorable year-over-year home video releases, News Corp.’s filmedentertainment segment reported second-quarter (ended Dec. 31, 2008) operating income of $112 million, down nearly 73% from $403 million Chernin during the prioryear period. Filmed entertainment includes 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. See FOX, Page 24 U >> ELEC TRONIC DELIVERY Home A R C H Media RESE $600.00 $500.00 In Millions TOTAL PACK AG E D -M E DIA SALE S R EVE N U E* $125.63 million Down 20.96% from the same week the previous year. ONE MILLION XBOX LIVE SUBS STREAM NETFLIX INSIDE >> Hulu Scores Hulu gets a Super Bowl push. >> 3-D ‘Chuck’ NBC.com streams “Chuck” episode in 3-D. PAGE 9 By Erik Gruenwedel M icrosoft Corp. said 1 million Xbox Live subscribers streamed 1.5 billion minutes of Netflix content since the two companies entered into a distribution agreement last November. Xbox Live subscribers, who are also Netflix members, have access to more than 12,000 movies and TV episodes streamed instantly from the online DVD rental pioneer on the Xbox Live platform for no additional fee. The Xbox Live video marketplace separately offers more than 17,000 streams of standard- and highdefinition content. From December to January, Xbox Live video marketplace downloads grew 174% year-over-year. “As these strong results on Xbox demonstrate, Xbox Live is a terrific way for Netflix members to enjoy watching movies instantly on their TVs,” Leslie Kilgore, Netflix chief marketing officer, said in a statement. Netflix also streams content to the TV via any of a number of Web-enabled devices, including select LG and Samsung Blu-ray players, TiVo and the Roku box. $400.00 $300.00 $200.00 $100.00 11/16/08 11/23/08 11/30/08 12/7/08 12/14/08 12/21/08 12/28/08 1/4/09 1/11/09 1/18/09 1/25/09 2/1/09 I CURRENT I ONE YEAR AGO *DVD and Blu-ray Disc Source: Home Media Research DVD REVENUE: Week ended 2/1/09: $115.36 million Down 24.39% from the same week last year. BD REVENUE: Week ended 2/1/09: $10.27 million Up 61.48% from the same week last year. TOTAL TOP 20 B.O. POWER LAST WEEK Week ended 2/1/09: $1,994.81 million. Up 14.19% from the same week last year. 14% 86% TOTAL B.O. POWER THIS WEEK Titles released 2/3/09: $298.34 million. Up 230.18% from the same week last year. NEWS Netflix tests weekend delivery as the U.S. Postal Service considers cutting out a weekday. RESEARCH Sony Pictures Home Entertainment takes the top three spots on the sellers chart, with Lakeview Terrace topping sellers and rentals. PRODUCT Anchor Bay Entertainment gathers actors who played Jason Voorhees for a signing of the “Friday the 13th” doc His Name Was Jason. Page 6 Page 20 Page 23 http://www.homemediamagazine.com/daily http://www.HomeMediaMagazine.com
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