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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 Relax, You Chicken Littles W hile the country is going through economic turmoil, dropped from 1.6 billion in 2007 to 1.4 billion in 2008. In addition the movie business celebrated a record more than to Disney, Fox and Warner also reported a downturn at their studios. $1 billion box office month in January. On the home But much of that downturn, I think, can be attributed to factors other entertainment front, Netflix posted growth in both profit and than a lack of demand for discs. subscribers in the fourth quarter. But these bright spots haven’t Yes, the disc business is down, but so far it has held up insulated the studios from layoffs or pundits who say the sky is remarkably well in the worst recession home video has ever falling on packaged-media demand. experienced and with the headwind of a format changeover. Why the panic? The movie finance model is Consumers may be holding off buying DVDs built on studios selling DVDs to consumers. YES, THE DISC BUSINESS IS in anticipation of buying Blu-rays. If that demand flags, the movie business will DOWN, BUT SO FAR IT HAS SNL Kagan last week reported that the Blusuffer wrenching change. HELD UP REMARKABLY WELL ray Disc format will attain nearly 60% market Walt Disney Co.’s Bob Iger — usually a IN THE WORST RECESSION share in 2014 and generate $13.1 billion in revcheerleader for packaged media — sounded a HOME VIDEO HAS EVER enue — and that’s without any billions DVD somber note during last week’s fourth-quarter EXPERIENCED. might kick in. The disc may be experiencing call, sending shivers through the analyst coma slump, but the economy is in an unprecmunity. “We do believe that the cost of both producing, distribut- edented downfall, making that dip look small by comparison. ing and marketing the DVDs needs to be addressed,” he said. Here’s some advice for Iger, Chernin and Bewkes. Are the Chicken Littles right? Let’s examine the numbers. Go to Target (or some other mass merchant). I did, and I The latest numbers for home video came from the Digital En- found plenty of sold-out discs and one shopper (buying the tertainment Group during the Consumer Electronics Show. They Bourne Trilogy at more than $80) who said he wanted more showed sellthrough was indeed down from $16 billion in 2007 to classic titles on Blu-ray. Satisfy him, and profits will return. $14.5 billion for DVD with another $400 million for Blu-ray Disc in 2008, putting the year’s total at $14.9 billion. 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