Home Media Magazine - September 7-13, 2008 - (Page 3) www.homemediamagazine.com MENU FROM THE EDITOR BY THOMAS K. ARNOLD, PUBLISHER www.homemediamagazine.com A Bummer, But Not a Hummer 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 ART Art Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melbert Sebayan Graphic Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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The Olym- overpriced snacks, you’re going to be out quite a bit of cash. pics suck up TV viewers like a ramped-up Hoover, and that So what’s Hollywood doing? A flurry of activity to lift home enmeans fewer eyeballs are buying, renting and watching DVDs. tertainment sales as we move into the critical fourth quarter. You These past Olympics put Hollywood in an even bigger pickle can see it in the rash of ultra-ultra-ultra special editions coming than usual because of the circumstances surrounding our in- to market, such as Warner’s recent How the West Was Won packdustry — and the economy. Three recent studio financial reports age. You can see it in the stampede to release high-profile titles fingered DVD as saving the day. And yet DVD on Blu-ray Disc, such as Paramount’s “Godfasales are flat, at best, while Blu-ray Disc is tak- STUDIO EXECUTIVES CAN’T SIT ther” trilogy and Disney’s animated classics. ing off a little slower than many had hoped. IDLY BY AND PLAY THE WAIT- And you can see it in stepped-up marketing So the mood in Hollywood in these final days ING GAME. KEEP IN MIND efforts such as Sony Pictures’ Emmy tie-in for of summer is to ride out the storm as long as HOLLYWOOD’S DEPENDENCE TV DVD collections and a studio-wide Blu-ray it lasts, with the expectation that better times ON HOME ENTERTAINMENT AS Disc awareness campaign that’s scheduled to are ahead. Ultimately, the whole world will go ITS NO. 1 REVENUE SOURCE. start in late October or early November, just in Blu, and that will give packaged media another time for the holiday rush. five- to 10-year ride. If history is any indication, we as an industry will ride out this But in the meantime, studio executives can’t sit idly by and play storm with only a few bumps and minor bruises, and then once the waiting game. Keep in mind Hollywood’s dependence on home again enjoy sunny days ahead — at least for awhile. But that’s just entertainment as its No. 1 revenue source — and, as recent financial the way this business is. And if you start to feel sorry for yourself, just reports indicate, its savior in rocky economic times. Study after study think how much better off you are than, say, the folks at GM, who has shown that home entertainment is remarkably resilient when are trying to figure out what do with all those Hummers! the economy crashes; buying a DVD for $15, or renting one for $3, is a cheap date in comparison to other entertainment activities Thomas K. Arnold’s e-mail address is tarnold@questex.com MARKETING Marketing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristina Kronenberg 714/338-6743 Marketing Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlyn DeWaard IN THIS ISSUE SEPT. 7-13, 2008 / VOL. 30 / NO. 36 News …………………………… CALENDAR I STREAMING MEDIA WEST DIGITAL MEDIA Online Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Comcast puts limitations on monthly broadband data use; both mobile social networking and Web movie sales see big sales projections. Top 20 DVD Sellers ……………………… 20 Director Jennifer Venditti discusses her acclaimed Top 20 Rentals and Top 10 Charts ……… 22 documentary Billy the Kid, coming to DVD from Zeitgeist. Pipeline ………………………… 18 I INDIEEXPO ‘08 CRUISE The third annual iDEA Group indieEXPO brings together national members of the Independent Dealers of Entertainment Association. This year’s event takes place on a four-night cruise. Oct. 10 there will be a special event at Fox Studios following the ship’s return. Oct. 6-10 Carnival Cruise Paradise, departing from Long Beach, Calif. info: www.idealink.org/eman/ShowEvent.phx?eid=eman.407 Just Announced ……………… 26 Sony Pictures delivers This Christmas; Fox monkeys around with Space Chimps and invites viewers to Disney’s The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning Meet Dave. Research ……………………… 20 Camp Rock “Drake & Josh” Printed in the U.S.A. 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