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MARCH 2–8, 2009 Home A R C H Media RESE $600 $500 In Millions TOTAL PACKAGED-MEDIA SALES REVENUE* $154.92 million Down 9.47% from the same week the previous year. $400 $300 $200 $100 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 2/8/09 2/15/09 2/22/09 I CURRENT I ONE YEAR AGO *DVD and Blu-ray Disc Source: Home Media Research DVD REVENUE: Week ended 2/22/09: $141.64 million Down 11.94% from the same week last year. BLU-RAY DISC REVENUE: Week ended 2/22/09: $13.28 million Up 29.31% from the same week last year. NEW-RELEASE BOX OFFICE POWER Week ended 2/22/09: $220.54 million. Up 14.84% from the same week last year. 10% 90% w w w.HomeMediaMaga zine.c om NEW-RELEASE BOX OFFICE POWER Week ending 3/8/09: $146.86 million. Up 118.69% from the same week last year. >> ELECTRONIC DELIVERY DELIVERY INSIDE >> ELECTRON IC BOOST DISC SALES? By Billy Gil Can YouTube Home Media Expands Its Conferences By Billy Gil n expanded Home Entertainment Summit, with participation from key retailers, and an all-new horror DVD/Blu-ray Disc awards decided by consumer voting are among the highlights of Home Media Magazine’s 2009 conference schedule. “Our studio partners have made it clear they would rather have one big event than a handful of little ones,” said Thomas K. Arnold, publisher and editorial director of Home Media Magazine and executive producer of the Home Media Conferences program. “So we have expanded the summit, cut back on everything else, and introduced a new consumer component to our calendar.” The 2009 Home Entertainment Summit, produced in partnership See CONFERENCES, Page 22 A hile some may fear YouTube and other free streaming outlets to be the kiss of death for DVD and Blu-ray Disc, others are using the Web site to air their content — and seeing their disc sales rise as a result. Independent filmmaker Hunter Weeks released his first THE BIG PICTURE film, 10 MPH, on DVD independently the summer of 2007. He quickly saw DVD sales diminish as summer changed to fall. But, as reported in Forbes magazine, Weeks in January 2008 put his film on YouTube, the first feature-length documentary to screen on the site. The doc features one of Weeks’ producing partners, Josh Caldwell, traveling from Seattle to Boston on a Segway. See YOUTUBE, Page 22 W INSIDE Photo Illustration: Charles Park PAGE 9 >> VOD Online Comcast will bow a Web VOD service. >> U2 in HD Comcast will offer U2 videos in high-def. >> Vudu VOD Vudu is offering HD VOD purchases. Blockbuster Tests In-Store, Kiosk-Type Low Pricing By Erik Gruenwedel RETAIL Blockbuster has quietly begun experimenting with in-store rental prices on new releases aimed at the burgeoning DVD kiosk market. According to sources at select store locations, pricing plans include $1.99 for a 24hour window, with subsequent days priced at a $1 per day. Customers would be billed upon the return of the title. Current in-store newrelease rental prices average about $5, and $4 for older titles with a seven-day grace period. In December, Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes See BLOCKBUSTER, Page 20 NETFLIX CFO: DVD KEY TO ‘COMPELLING’ STREAMING OFFERING By Erik Gruenwedel >> HIGH-DEF INSIDE INSIDE >> BDs to Hit 100M in 2009? New projections for Blu-ray Disc. >> Going Digital More homes are now ready for the DTV transition. PAGE 8 Sony, Philips, Panasonic Team To Reduce Licensing Costs By Chris Tribbey ony, Philips and Panasonic have banded together to create a new one-stop licensing group for Blu-ray Disc, DVD and CD products. By allowing just one stop for the rights to make Blu-ray, DVD and CD players, burners and discs, the Buoyed by strong subscriber growth attributed in part to its free Watch Instantly streaming service, Netflix CFO Barry McCarthy Feb. 25 told an investor group that by-mail DVD rentals remain key to providing a “compelling” consumer proposition. Speaking at Jeffries Internet & Media conference in New York, McCarthy said growth of the streaming business depends on numerous variables, including how See NETFLIX, Page 20 RETAIL S three companies expect to reduce the licensing costs by at least 40% compared to the current cumulative royalty rates for Blu-ray Disc, DVD and CD format licenses. “By establishing a new licensing entity that offers a single license for Blu-ray Disc products at attracSee BD, Page 22 NEWS DreamWorks Animation posts a profit drop, but DVD sales continue to be encouraging, according to CFO and president Lew Coleman. SXSW The South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin begins March 13, with panels addressing the state of independent film. RESEARCH Disney earned top marks for High School Musical 3: Senior Year, on the sales chart, while Warner’s Body of Lies topped rentals. Page 6 Page 11 Page 16 http://www.HomeMediaMagazine.com

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