Nearly three out of four movies or TV programs watched on demand is free, with VOD usage up 11% in 2010, according to a new Rentrak report.More>>

Home entertainment revenue for Paramount Pictures rose 38% to $410 million during the studio’s second fiscal quarter of 2011 (ended March 31), helping parent Viacom Inc. post sharply higher financial results.More>>

The move by studios to tweak movie release windows, including entering titles into retail channels weeks early, could negatively affect sales, according to a Google research report.More>>

More than 77% of consumers watched a movie on DVD or Blu-ray Disc during the past 90 days, compared with 21% who watched via transactional video-on-demand, according to new data from The NPD Group.More>>

Spurred by growth in Latin America, China and Eastern Europe, global sales of connected televisions are projected to reach 123 million units by 2014, according to a new report.More>>

Combined spending on 3D Blu-ray Disc will reach nearly $214 million worldwide this year, a rise of more than 530% over 2010, according to a forecast from IHS Screen Digest.More>>

Better marketing, attractive promotions, lower prices and more available content all have combined to push 3DTV shipments to an estimated 23.4 million units in 2011, according to a forecast by IHS iSuppli.More>>

By 2016 a total of more than 3 billion Internet-connected devices will have been shipped worldwide, with HDTVs and Blu-ray Disc players leading the way, according to a report from ABI Research.More>>

In February households with broadband connections topped 65%, up nearly 25% from the first quarter in 2007, according to a new report.More>>

Ad sales contributed to online television revenue topping $1.6 billion in 2010, up 33% from $1.2 billion in revenue in 2009, according to a new report.More>>