Home Media Magazine - March 2-8, 2009 - (Page 6) HIGH-DEF www.homemediamagazine.com Report: Consumers to Buy More Than 100M Blu-ray Discs in 2009 By Thomas K. Arnold RESEARCH Consumers are on target to buy more than 100 million Blu-ray Discs this year, nearly three times the total purchased in 2008, according to new projections. Futuresource Consulting cites strong sales of HD-capable TV sets and the continuing slide in BD player prices as factors behind the expected uptick, CITIES MORE READY FOR DIGITAL SWITCH By Chris Tribbey which includes sales from the United States, Western Europe and Japan. Mai Hong, Futuresource senior market analyst, said the bulk of those sales will occur in the United States, where Blu-ray already has moved beyond the early adopter stage and is in the “early majority” phase. “Last year in the United States alone, BD video retail sales increased SHARE OF SELLTHROUGH RETAIL SALES DVD VS. BLU-RAY % share of sell-through retail sales (units) 100% 75% 50% 25% 0% 5% 8% 35% 50% 95% 92% 65% 50% Western Europe 2009 USA Western Europe 2012 USA I DVD I Blu-ray Source: Futuresource Consulting by a whopping 320% to 24 million units, and we’re going to see momentum continuing in 2009, with [more than] 80 million disc sales forecast,” Hong said. In Western Europe consumers last year bought 9 million Blu-rays, and further growth is expected in 2009, particularly in the United Kingdom. The total number of Blu-rays sold in 2008 is estimated at 36 million, Futuresource reported. Meanwhile more than 200 million discs were manufactured, according to senior consultant Michael Boreham. He said that while a portion of the remaining discs can be accounted for by multidisc titles and promotional campaigns, the majority is “‘pipeline fill,’ where product is placed into the supply chain in readiness for the growth in hardware sales, and to enable the retailers to build their in-store displays. “There were concerns over how well the manufacturers would cope transition delayed until summer, with the demands placed on them research firm Centris has updatlast year, but as a result of good ed its figures on the number of people who planning and excellent cooperation, will be affected by the analog shut-off. there were no problems in the busy Of the more than 14.5 million U.S. fourth quarter,” Boreham said. households getting their TV primarily via Jim Bottoms, Futuresource manover-the-air analog, about 6 million are aging director, said the Blu-ray Disc prepared for the transition, either by buysoftware market is driven by new ing a digital converter box or subscribing releases, particularly action advento a pay TV service. ture titles that appeal strongly to the However, the remaining households are young male demographic, “which located in rural areas where a digital conalso closely matches the PS3 owner verter box may not work “where using profile.” existing antennas will result in trouble with Noting that there are already more signal reception,” Centris reported. than 1,100 Blu-ray Disc titles in Centris also found markets vary: In New the marketplace, Bottoms predicts, York only 5% are affected, while in Portland, “the rise of Blu-ray will offset rapOre., it’s nearly 20%. Of all the analog-only idly declining sales of standard DVD homes, almost 40% are renters. product.” “By 2012 around 50% of U.S. and 35% of Western European video disc I DEG JAPAN GIVES ‘DARK retail sale volumes will be Blu-ray,” KNIGHT’ TOP BLU-RAY AWARD he said. Warner Home Video’s The Dark Knight took top honors from DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group in Japan as the No. 1 Blu-ray Disc in that country in 2008. The title won top honors from the DEG in North America in January. “Outstanding image quality that justifies its acclaim as the 2008 Blu-ray title of the year,” was one note from the judges about the film. The judges’ panel was made up of DEG members from Japanese hardware manufacturers and Japanese home entertainment journalists. Other winners included The Nightmare Before Christmas for best animated picture quality; Ghost in the Shell for best sound; and Biohazard: Degeneration for best Blu-ray in– Chris Tribbey teractivity. W ith the complete digital television Lionsgate Activates ‘Terminator 2: Skynet Edition’ By John Latchem PRODUCT In anticipation of the May 22 theatrical release of Terminator: Salvation, Lionsgate will release an upgraded Blu-ray Disc special edition of the second film in the franchise, Terminator 2: Judgment Day May 19 (prebook April 22) at $29.99. The Blu-ray includes multiple versions of the James Cameron-direct- ed film, plus a new 6.1 lossless audio track; picture-in-picture behind-thescenes video, text commentaries and multimedia galleries; a mode that lets viewers view storyboards and read the script while watching the film; interactive quizzes and games; two audio commentaries; D-Box motion control enhancements; and BD Live access to games and bonus content. For $174.99, fans can get the Skynet Edition as part of the six-disc Limited Edition T2 Complete Collector’s Set, which also includes both the Extreme Edition DVD and the Ultimate Edition DVD. The combination offers every T2 special feature ever put on disc, plus a digital copy of T2 for iTunes or Windows Media. The collection comes packed in a 14-inch T-800 endoskull replica that plays sound effects from the film as its eyes light up. Terminator 2 was first released on Blu-ray in 2006, containing only the theatrical cut of the film and two commentaries ported from the DVDs. TOP 20 HIGH-DEF BLU-R AY D ISC Week ended February 22, 2009 LABEL INDEX* TOP 20 HIGH-DEF B D TI TL E S HA R E Percentage of Sales Per Title vs DVD* Week ended February 22, 2009 LABEL PERCENT TITLE TITLE B LU- R AY D I S C CO M I NG U P STREETING Australia Fox Street Date: 3/3 Beverly Hills Chihuahua Disney Street Date: 3/3 In the Electric Mist Image Street Date: 3/3 I’ve Loved You So Long Sony Pictures Street Date: 3/3 Stargate: The Ark of Truth Fox Street Date: 3/3 PREBOOKING Marley & Me Fox Pre: 3/4, Street: 3/31 The Day the Earth Stood Still Fox Pre: 3/11, Street: 4/7 1 Body of Lies 2 High School Musical 3: Senior Year 3 Quarantine 4 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 5 The Dark Knight 6 Changeling 7 Amadeus: Director’s Cut 8 Iron Man 9 The Departed 10 Black Hawk Down 11 Miracle at St. Anna 12 Transformers 13 Planet Earth: The Complete Series 14 Eagle Eye 15 Pineapple Express 16(tie) Nights in Rodanthe 16(tie) Zack and Miri Make a Porno 18 300 19 The Boondock Saints 20 Lakeview Terrace *Units sold compared to No. 1 title Warner 100.00 Disney 74.94 Sony Pictures 41.02 Paramount/DW 38.12 Warner 29.01 Universal 28.48 Warner 18.30 Paramount 15.78 Warner 15.20 Sony Pictures 14.26 Disney/Touchstone 13.14 Paramount/DW 12.97 BBC Video 11.52 Paramount/DW 10.38 Sony Pictures 9.74 Warner 9.33 Genius/Weinstein 9.33 Warner 9.21 Fox 8.91 Sony Pictures 8.75 Source: Nielsen VideoScan First Alert data 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 The Departed Iron Man Eagle Eye Body of Lies Miracle at St. Anna Quarantine Lakeview Terrace Pride and Glory The Midnight Meat Train Pineapple Express The Dark Knight I Am Legend Max Payne Step Brothers Wanted Zack and Miri Make a Porno High School Musical 2 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the … Saw V Wall-E *Concurrent DVD & Blu-ray releases only Warner 34.81% Paramount 30.11% Paramount/DW 23.66% Warner 20.52% Disney/Touchstone16.54% Sony Pictures 16.48% Sony Pictures 16.36% Warner 16.14% Lionsgate 15.51% Sony Pictures 14.83% Warner 14.53% Warner 13.92% Fox 13.83% Sony Pictures 13.31% Universal 13.15% Genius/Weinstein 12.49% Disney 12.41% Paramount 10.27% Lionsgate 9.61% Disney 9.33% Source: Nielsen VideoScan First Alert data 8 Home Media Magazine March 2–8, 2009 http://www.homemediamagazine.com
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