Consumer spending on home entertainment finished the first nine months of this year off just 3.2% from the same period last year, with declines in DVD purchases offset by gains in the rental sector and from Blu-ray Disc sales and rentals.
Panelists at Digital Hollywood Los Angeles Oct. 19 discussed the difficult process of keeping up with an audience that increasingly time-shifts content, without giving everything away for free.
The Dec. 8 Blu-ray Disc release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be the first to include a worldwide live community screening with audio, featuring actor Daniel Radcliffe and director David Yates.
Netflix’s anticipated follow-up to distributing movie streams via Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Live is expected in the near future. That move will most likely be a partnership with the Sony PlayStation 3 system.
