Rising Star Puts It All on ‘The Line’

November 07, 2009

The crime drama The Line is one of the biggest DVDs to emerge from the Maya Independent Film Series so far.

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Amazon.com, Target.com Hold $10 DVD Sale

November 06, 2009

Just as Wal-Mart did earlier this week, Amazon.com and Target.com are offering pre-orders of some of their most anticipated new DVDs at $10, with free shipping on the discounted DVDs.

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Target Exclusively Releases ‘My One and Only’

November 06, 2009

Target has teamed with Herrick Entertainment to exclusively release the production company’s DVD of My One and Only, starring Renée Zellweger and distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

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Redbox Parent Posts $41.1 Million Q3 Profit

November 05, 2009

Redbox parent Coinstar Nov. 5 reported profit of $41.1 million on revenue of $296 million for the three-month period ended Sept. 30, in large part thanks to a 75% increase in the number of Redbox kiosks year over year, and a 26% jump in per-kiosk revenue, compared to the same three months in 2008.

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MPAA, Consumer Groups Battle Over FCC Waiver

November 05, 2009

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and a coalition of consumer interest groups traded barbs Nov. 4 over an MPAA request to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that, if approved, could give the movie industry power to turn off analog video outputs on consumer electronics during special VOD presentations.

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ITV Gives Beyond Home Entertainment Blu-ray Content for Australia, New Zealand

November 05, 2009

ITV Studios Home Entertainment, which claims the biggest English-language film library in the United Kingdom, has licensed its films to Beyond Home Entertainment to release them on Blu-ray Disc in Australia and New Zealand.

Scorsese: Blu-ray Is Incredible

November 03, 2009

Celebrated filmmaker Martin Scorsese has emerged as one of Blu-ray Disc’s biggest cheerleaders, praising the high-definition format for faithfully recreating the theatrical experience better than any of its predecessors, including DVD.

Studios Say Economy Accounts for Majority of Industry Trouble

November 03, 2009

The home entertainment industry’s current malaise is 80% due to the economy, and the business should be back in growth mode by 2012. So say the home entertainment presidents of four of the six majors, speaking Nov. 3 at a Blu-Con 2.0 panel discussion moderated by Merrill Lynch senior analyst Jessica Reif Cohen.

Best Buy Exec: Portability Blu-ray’s Biggest Obstacle

November 03, 2009

Mike Vitelli, EVP of Best Buy’s customer operating groups, compared consumers’ choice between DVD and Blu-ray Disc to buying a cup of coffee, but being charged a different price if you take it to go.

Giant Interactive Launches BD-Connect

November 02, 2009

Los Angeles-based Giant Interactive officially launches its BD Live software BD-Connect in the United States Nov. 2.

The Time Traveler's Wife, Warmer. Street 2/9, Prebook 1/5. DVD $28.98, BD $35.99.
9, Universal. Street 12/29, Prebook 11/10. DVD $29.98, BD $39.98.
Gamer, Lionsgate. Street 1/19, Prebook 12/23. DVD $29.95, BD $39.99.
The Hurt Locker, Summit. Street 1/12, Prebook 11/24. DVD $26.99, BD $34.99.
It Might Get Loud, Sony Pictures. Street 12/22, Prebook 11/19. DVD $27.96, BD $37.95.