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Insights from the experts in the home entertainment industry. Get the inside scoop on entertainment news, DVD and Blu-ray releases, and the behind-the-scenes happenings at key studios and entertainment industry retailers.

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Blu-ray: A ‘Passe’ Product Renters Want

April 06, 2009
By : Stephanie Prange
From the Editors

Editor in chief Stephanie Prange is starting to get a little annoyed at the Blu-ray Disc bashers.

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Blockbuster Seeks Upbeat Theme

April 01, 2009
By : Erik Gruenwedel
From the Editors

Is Blockbuster removing all of its "sad and depressing" titles?

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Reaching the Summit

March 23, 2009
By : Erik Gruenwedel
From the Editors

You know times are good when your No. 1 DVD release impacts your No. 1 theatrical release and you still win. That’s the dilemma Summit Entertainment found itself in over the March 22 weekend as the home video release of Twilight lived up to hype, selling 3 million units in 24 hours.

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Deleted Scenes is Just the Latest Video-Inspired Band

March 13, 2009
By : Billy Gil
From the Editors

During my daily perusal of the newly redesigned music site pitchfork.com, I saw an album review by a band whose name caught my eye for obvious reasons: Deleted Scenes.

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I’ve Finally Joined the Blogosphere

March 13, 2009
By : Thomas K. Arnold
From the Editors

My brand-new blog is live at .

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I’m Seeing Red

March 11, 2009
By : Stephanie Prange
From the Editors

In all the analyst hoopla over Blockbuster possibly filing Chapter 11 and the ensuing, wrong-headed declarations of the end of packaged media, I’m seeing red — as in Redbox and Netflix.

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Consumers React to Hard Times

March 09, 2009
By : Stephanie Prange
From the Editors

Consumers are likely to cut expensive monthly bills for things that aren’t essential, including entertainment. I’m likely to cut my cable subscription bill and look for the same entertainment for free online or on DVD or Blu-ray.

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Oscars Will Hopefully Give Us a Boost

March 02, 2009
By : Thomas K. Arnold
From the Editors

If there was ever a year we could use the Oscar bump, this is it.

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Piracy Lurks Larger

February 26, 2009
By : Erik Gruenwedel
From the Editors

While the industry and market wring their hands regarding the economy and downturn in packaged media sales, piracy and illegal file sharing of Hollywood movies and network television shows proliferate.

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DVD Isn’t a Problem at Marvel and DreamWorks

February 24, 2009
By : Stephanie Prange
From the Editors

The hits are still selling well on disc. It’s the catalog business that has fallen off at the big studios — that and individual titles that don’t measure up to the hits of the previous year.

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