Home Media Magazine - November 2-November 8, 2008 - (Page 5) www.homemediamagazine.com MENU FROM THE EDITOR BY THOMAS K. ARNOLD, PUBLISHER www.homemediamagazine.com Flat Is the New Up in Entertainment 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 Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laleh Ghalambor I ART Art Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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He had seen press in the hallway. “Chris [Tribbey, our senior reporter] just filed a storeports that the DVD business was down about 2.5% for ry from Digital Hollywood,” she told me. “You should read it.” the year, and wanted to interview me. I did. And the line that stuck out was a quote from Peter Daley, I shuddered and thought to myself, “Here we go again. An- a VP at tech advisory firm Union Square Advisors. other ‘sky is falling’ story about how packaged media is in the With the downturn in the economy, Daley said, entertainment dumps and the whole world is going digital.” habits tend to change. “People stop going out to movies and “Sure,” I said as cheerily as I could, trying instead watch a DVD or [video-on-demand],” hard to mask my dread. WHEN CONSUMERS he said, noting that the bar for content agHis first question: “Why do you think home START TO FEEL THE PINCH gregators has gotten lower. “If you’re around entertainment is still doing so well? That’s not IN THEIR WALLETS, four or five years from now, that’s good. Flat a big drop at all, considering the economy and ENTERTAINMENT SPENDING is the new up.” how other industries are faring.” IS OFTEN Interesting assessment — and in line with I was stunned — in a good way. I proceeded THE LAST TO GET CUT. what the Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter’s perto rattle off my standard stump speech whenspective seemed to be. In prior years, any time ever I speak to the consumer press: how home entertainment the DVD business was off by 2% or 3%, we would hear ominous traditionally has been more resilient than most industries to rumblings from analysts, the consumer press, sometimes even economic downturns; how when consumers start to feel the our own circle of studio and retail executives. pinch in their wallets, entertainment spending is often the last But just in the last month, everyone, it seems, has started to get cut, since they are looking for something to take their singing a different song. Instead of the blues, they’re humming minds off their troubles; how renting or even buying a DVD is the “B-Flat Waltz.” a bargain, a far more economical way to spend an evening than a night out on the town or even a trip to the movie theater. Thomas K. Arnold’s e-mail address is tarnold@questex.com MARKETING Marketing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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I AMERICAN FILM MARKET This year’s AFM will feature 513 film screenings, 102 of which are world premieres. Nov. 5-12 Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, Santa Monica, Calif. info: www.ifta-online.org/afm/home.asp TV DVD ………………………… 13 Research ……………………… 20 Koch debuts the Studio One Anthology; Warner has Universal’s The Incredible Hulk has a colossal a replacement disc for Classic Christmas Favorites; opening week, taking the top spot on the DVD BBC bows the sci-fi show Primeval Vol. 1. sales, rental and Blu-ray Disc sales charts. I HD-3 Presented by Home Media Magazine, in cooperation with The Hollywood Reporter, the third annual conference is the first since the end of the high-definition format war. The focus of the conference will be studio plans for Blu-ray Disc in the fourth quarter of 2008, with workshops and panels including a consumer panel. InterContinental Hotel and Resorts, Los Angeles. info: homemediaconferences.com Printed in the U.S.A. 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