Netflix CEO Reed Hastings: 'We Expect DVD Subscribers to Decline Forever'

January 25, 2012 By Brent Lang 2 weeks ago

Home-entertainment giant abandons plan to rent video games, but will offer 3D streaming

  

'Bond 50' Blu-ray Extravaganza: All 22 James Bond Movies

January 11, 2012 By Kimberly Potts 4 weeks ago

To be released next fall, the collection begins with "Dr. No" and ends with "Quantum of Solace" and includes more than 130 hours of bonus features

  

What Ails Hollywood? Six Movie Experts Weigh In On a Cure

January 2, 2012 By Wrap Staff 5 weeks ago

Producer Mike Medavoy, critic Joe Morgenstern, "Warrior" director Gavin O'Connor and others on how movies can survive after a brutal box office year

  

New iTunes Edition of 'Avatar' Pulls Back the Curtain on Green-Screen Magic

December 16, 2011 By Brent Lang 7 weeks ago

Special digital versions has six hours of extras that show Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana in their performance capture finest

  

Review: Adele Bares It All in Candor-Filled 'Live at Albert Hall'

November 29, 2011 By Chris Willman 10 weeks ago

The hottest diva of 2011 bares her sheer musicality on a live CD... and plenty of amusingly profane confessions on the longer DVD that comes with it

  

Review: Beyonce's 'Live at Roseland' DVD is Almost Worth the Self-Worship

November 29, 2011 By Chris Willman 10 weeks ago

The singer turns in some typically strong performances on her concert DVD, if you can get past all the self-serving patter

  

'Law & Order': A 104-Disc DVD Set & 10 Top 'Ripped From the Headlines' Eps

November 7, 2011 By Kimberly Potts 13 weeks ago

You'll need a wad of cash and serious space on your DVD shelf for this mammoth box set, which collects all 20 "L&O" seasons on 104 discs

  

Warner Bros. Pulling All Harry Potter Discs From Stores Dec. 29

October 24, 2011 By Brent Lang 15 weeks ago

The strategy -- used by Disney on big hits -- should send disc sales for "Deathly Hallows: Part 2" through the roof

  

Netflix's Qwikster Announcement Leaves Subscribers Angry and Analysts Cold

September 19, 2011 By Brent Lang 20 weeks ago

The stock plunges on news that the subscription company is splintering off its DVD by mail business

  

'Rio' Holds Onto Top Perch on DVD Sales Charts

September 1, 2011 By Brent Lang 23 weeks ago

Box office also-run "Priest" is the week's most rented disc

  

Where Have You Gone 'Avatar'? Disc Sales Crater in First Half of 2011

August 5, 2011 By Brent Lang 26 weeks ago

Rental market rose 11 percent to $4.2 billion according to DEG report

  

Netflix to Wall Street: We Expected More Fallout From Our Big Rate Hike (Updated)

July 25, 2011 By Brent Lang 28 weeks ago

Revenues climb 52 percent and profits jump 55 percent during the second quarter, but failed to meet Wall Street expectations

  

How Hollywood Cheapened Its Product

June 14, 2011 By Edward Jay Epstein 34 weeks ago

Through their mindless willingness to sell DVDs to Redbox and Netflix, the studios have cheapened their entire food chain

  

Warner Lays Off 50 in Home Entertainment, Consumer Products

June 10, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 34 weeks ago

Job cuts amount to about 7% of the studio's domestic work force; decline in DVD sales is blamed

  

Fox Home Entertainment Lays Off 22 People

June 8, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 35 weeks ago

The staffers worked in analytics and in information technology

  

Blu-ray Won't Replace DVD, But It's Growing, NPD Study Reports

June 8, 2011 By Brent Lang 35 weeks ago

Year-to-year sales of the set-top players are up 16 percent, but the overall home entertainment market continues to shrink

  

Home Entertainment Floundering, As DVD Revenues Plunge 44%

May 12, 2011 By Brent Lang 39 weeks ago

"Avatar" top selling DVD according to SNL Kagan while Fox leads the market for disc sales

  

Another Tough Quarter: Say Goodbye to the Traditional Home Entertainment Biz

May 2, 2011 By Diane Garrett 40 weeks ago

The disc sales business is circling the drain faster than ever, as more consumers opt to rent/stream movies through Netflix or Redbox rather than purchase them

  

Echo Bridge to Distribute 251 Miramax Titles on DVD, Blu-ray

February 17, 2011 By Wrap Staff 51 weeks ago

Included are the "From Dusk Till Dawn” trilogy, “Music of the Heart,” “Marvin’s Room,” “Tsotsi” and “Becoming Jane”

  

'King's Speech' Out on DVD and Blu-ray April 19

February 1, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Release of Oscar frontrunner is first under Weinstein Company's 25% ownership of Starz Media and multi-year distribution deal

  

Mel Gibson's Copy of 'The Beaver' Stolen

January 28, 2011 By the Hollywood Reporter 1 year ago

Police are treating the incident as a petty theft

  

New to DVD: Movies & TV Shows to Custom Order on Demand (Slideshow)

January 18, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

From "Hart to Hart" to "Tea and Sympathy," studios are making more of their libraries available to fans

  

'Inception' Dreams Up Top Spot on DVD Rental Charts

December 16, 2010 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Leo and his crew are no match for 'Twilight' crew on the sales end

  

Leslie Nielsen's Last Film Gets DVD Release Date

December 9, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Screen Media plans to release low-budget comedy "Stonerville" on Jan. 11

  

Anchor Bay to Release AMC's 'Walking Dead' on DVD and Blu-ray

November 30, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Distributor to handle disc version of cable network's breakout-hit zombie series

  

'Grown Ups' Holds Off 'Airbender' On DVD Rental Charts

November 26, 2010 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

A year after its release, 'Christmas Carol' is the week's top-selling disc

  

DVD Box Set on 'a Singular and Astonishing Time in Movie History'

November 22, 2010 By David Konow 1 year ago

From the Monkees to "Five Easy Pieces" and beyond, the collected history of BBS Productions becomes available on DVD Tuesday

  

Fox to Wait 28-Days to Rent New Releases Through Blockbuster Express Kiosks

November 16, 2010 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

New pact will apply to 7,000 machines owned and operated by NCR Corporation

  

'Toy Story 3' Tops DVD Charts

November 11, 2010 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Woody and Buzz best "How to Train Your Dragon" and "Predators"

  

Swank's 'The Resident' Acquired by Image Entertainment

November 9, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Chatsworth-based DVD distributor plans theatrical release in 2011

  

Fox Announces 400 MGM Titles for 'Manufacturing on Demand' Program

November 2, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Cost-effective, cook-to-order scheme makes movies available that were previously unreleased on disc

  

28-Day Windows a Light at the End of the Tunnel for DVD, Blu-ray?

November 2, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Convening for Blu-con Tuesday, a panel of home-entertainment presidents claim things are looking up -- and real growth could return as soon as 2012