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Studios Unveil DVD Copying Schemes; Aim To Provide Piracy Alternative - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 21 Nov 2007 06:20 AM PST

The good news: Movie studios recognize that strict DRM on DVDs helps make piracy and illegal downloading an attractive route for consumers so various schemes are now being rolled out…

Macrovision Buys Blu-ray DVD Security Tools Cryptography Research For Up To $60 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 19 Nov 2007 08:39 AM PST

Updated: The price of acquisition is $45 million in cash and Macrovision (NSDQ: MVSN) may issue up to $15 million in stock based on performance, according to an SEC filing.…

Earnings: Blockbuster Q3 Net Loss Widens 41.7 Percent; Revs Fall 5.7 Percent - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 01 Nov 2007 05:16 AM PST

Pinning its poor Q3 performance primarily on costs related to closure and sell off of over 500 retail stores, video rental service Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) posted an expanded net loss…

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Earnings: Netflix Q3 Profits Climb 22.7 Percent; Revs Up 15 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 22 Oct 2007 01:41 PM PST

Despite the bitter competition with rival video rental service Blockbuster, Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) doesn’t seem to have suffered much over the past year. The Los Gatos, CA-based company posted a…

No Winners, And No End In Sight, In The Battle Of DVD Formats - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 15 Oct 2007 06:35 PM PST

Nearly two years after their introduction to the marketplace, the respective movie studio backers and hardware makers of competing home video technologies HD DVD and Blu-ray continue to fight over…

Hollywood Strikes Over Digital, DVD Rights Inch Closer - 0 Comments
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Fri 12 Oct 2007 06:55 AM PST

The Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have been in negotiations for a new digital media pay structure and better DVD pay. But…

Sonic Solutions Officially Launches Qflix; On-Demand DVD Burning Inching Closer To Reality - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 27 Sep 2007 06:48 PM PST

The long slog towards on-demand DVD burning is slowly nearing its end. The studios have given their blessing to a system that addresses their worries about piracy, and now it’s…

Earnings: Netflix Profits, Revs Gain In Q2; Subs Drop Slightly From Q107 - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 23 Jul 2007 01:12 PM PST

As it continues to battle against rival video renter Blockbuster for subscribers, Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) reported that Q2 GAAP income rose 50 percent to $25.6 million from $17 million last…

Ad Industry Roundup: Chivas; Taco Bell; Mercedes-Benz; New York - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 11 Jul 2007 08:38 AM PST

-- Chivas Launches Video Channel: The Pernod Ricard Scotch whisky brand and MSN recently announced the launch of “This Is The Life,” an online channel dedicated to extending the spirits…

European Netflix Clone Glowria Secures $8.3 Million Financing - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 09 Jul 2007 02:20 PM PST

Glowria, a European Netflix clone, has raised $8.3 million, NetEco reports (in French). (via Alarm Clock Euro.) The company received the investment from existing investors Seventure (Groupe Natixis), Crédit Agricole…

Industry Moves: Blockbuster Taps Former 7-Eleven Exec Keyes As Chairman and CEO - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 02 Jul 2007 06:16 AM PST

As it continues to struggle with rival video renter Netflix, Blockbuster has chosen James Keyes, who spent most of the past two decades at convenience chain 7-Eleven, to be its…

Apple To Launch Online Movie Rental Service; For Fall; $2.99 Rental: Report - 10 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 10 Jun 2007 02:59 PM PST

Updated below: This is bound to happen sooner than later, as Apple consider pushing more content through its AppleTV conduit to the TV: FT reports that the company is in…

Netflix Shares Up On Amazon.com Buyout Possibility Rumor - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 06 Jun 2007 11:02 AM PST

An interesting rumor, which makes logical sense if you think about it: Jackson Securities analyst Brian Bolan said in a note today that he has heard buyout speculation of Amazon.com…

VOD Day & Date with DVD Results: Sell-through, VOD Up; Rentals Fall - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 05 Jun 2007 09:28 PM PST

Some interesting results from the test releasing movies on video-on-demand and DVD on the same day (that is, doing away with PPV window): it boosts sales of both significantly but…

Theater Owners Not Happy With Comcast’s Debut Day Movie Release Plans - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 15 May 2007 04:18 PM PST

Last week Comcast COO Stephen Burke spoke at the Cable Show in Vegas, and said his company had held talks with studios to show movies on cable on the same…

DVD Burning Licensing Delayed Over Copy Protections Specs - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 13 May 2007 08:12 PM PST

Some technical approvals are delaying the launch services related to on-demand burning of DVDs, reports VideoBusiness. Earlier this year Hollywood studios approved the CSS lock on DVDs burned on a…

Earnings: Blockbuster 1Q Net Losses Grow, Revenues Rise, Both Attributed To Its Total Access Program - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 02 May 2007 05:51 AM PST

Citing costs associated with its Total Access subscription rental program, Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) experienced a growing 1Q net loss of $46.4 million as compared with the $1.9 million net loss…

Earnings: Time Warner 1Q Profit Drops 20 Percent; AOL Ad Revenue Grows 40 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 02 May 2007 04:52 AM PST

Despite a continued momentum from AOL ad sales, Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) reported 1Q earnings fell 20 percent to $1.2 billion, or 31 cents per share, from $1.5 billion, or…

VOD Day & Date with DVD A Mistake For Studios - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 23 Apr 2007 07:15 PM PST

So says a new note by Pali Research analysts Rich Greenfield and Mark Smaldon ..they say that even though Comcast and Time Warner Cable are currently trialling the release of…

Earnings: Netflix 1Q Income Rises 125 Percent Over 1Q06, Yet Sees Decreases From Last Quarter ‘06 - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 18 Apr 2007 05:12 AM PST

Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) reported that 1Q income came in at $9.9 million up up from $4.4 million in 1Q06, a rise of 125 percent. Though its earnings decreased 33.6 percent…

NBCU Signs Download-To-Own Deal With Germany’s T-Com - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 11 Apr 2007 08:47 AM PST

A deal with NBCU’s Universal Pictures International Entertainment and NBCU International Television Distribution gives Deutsche Telekom’s T-com “first” status when it comes to digital download-to-own major films in Germany. As…

Europe Embraces HD-DVD Over Blu-Ray, Sony ‘Late’ To Woo Indies - 3 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 09 Apr 2007 03:11 AM PST

One of the two competing hi-def DVD standards is finding more favor with European movie distributors than the other, FT reports. Some 35 titles are available in Toshiba’s HD-DVD format…

Industry Moves: Blockbuster CEO Agrees To Exit By Year’s End - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 20 Mar 2007 06:33 AM PST

John Antioco, Blockbuster’s chairman and CEO for the past decade, has agreed to leave the movie rental company by the end of this year, the company said. Release. Blockbuster has…

Movie Gallery To Offer Online Rentals; Plans Further Digital Investments - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 19 Mar 2007 03:40 PM PST

Hoping to stanch further revenue slides, video rental chain Movie Gallery plans to start an online DVD rental service later this year after a long stretch of customer defections to…

Interview: Dan Fawcett, President, Fox Digital Media - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 07 Mar 2007 05:08 PM PST

Dan Fawcett starts his new job as president of Fox Digital Media Thursday, nearly four months after predecessor Pete Levinsohn moved to Fox Interactive Media. Fawcett would have made the…