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Home Entertainment Rebounds, Driven by Online Subscriptions

April 29, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 4 weeks ago

Consumer spending on home entertertainment hit $4.5B in the first quarter, up 2.5% from a year ago, the Digital Entertainment Group reports. Blu-ray disc sales surged

  

Robert Towne Fiddled With 'Chinatown' While Roman Was Away (Exclusive)

April 5, 2012 By Fred Schruers 7 weeks ago

When Roman Polanski went to Europe during the filming of "Chinatown," Robert Towne, Jerry Goldsmith and Bob Evans tweaked the film's score

  

DVD and Blu-Ray Rental Market Plummets 21.3% in Q4

March 26, 2012 By Brent Lang 8 weeks ago

The kiosk market shows signs of strength with companies like Redbox enjoying a 28% in disc rentals

  

Movie and TV Employment Jumped 10% in California Last Year

February 15, 2012 By Brent Lang 14 weeks ago

Report says that the industry continues to struggle with declining movie attendance and the rise of digital platforms

  

'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1' Outpaces 'Eclipse' on Disc

February 13, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 14 weeks ago

"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1" got off to a stronger start on home entertainment than the last Twilight movie

  

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

January 11, 2012 By Kimberly Potts 19 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

  

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

December 16, 2011 By Brent Lang 23 weeks ago

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

  

'Avatar,' 'Apocalypse Now,' 'Lord of the Rings' Top Critics Blu-Ray List

September 14, 2011 By Steve Pond 36 weeks ago

"Close Encounters," "Planet of the Apes" and "The Wizard of Oz" also honored in Broadcast Film Critics Assn. vote

  

Fox's 'Rio' DVD Sales Fly High

August 8, 2011 By Brent Lang 41 weeks ago

The animated film has moved 2.5 million units in its first six days of release, a stand-out performance in the ever-softening disc market

  

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

August 5, 2011 By Brent Lang 42 weeks ago

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

  

Broadcast Film Critics to Honor Top Blu-Rays

July 22, 2011 By Steve Pond 44 weeks ago

The organization that hands out the Critics Choice Movie Awards will select the top Blu-rays -- but not everything's eligible

  

Fox Home Entertainment Lays Off 22 People

June 8, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 50 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 50 weeks ago

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

  

'Superman' Director Richard Donner Grilled on Choosing Christopher Reeve, Smashing Phones

June 7, 2011 By Jordan Riefe 50 weeks ago

"I wanted an unknown because I thought it’d be pretty tough convincing an audience to see Redford in a Superman suit flying"

  

Home Entertainment Floundering, As DVD Revenues Plunge 44%

May 12, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

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

  

LucasFilm Releases ... Druuumroll ... New 'Star Wars' Blu-ray Boxes!

May 4, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Yep, when you're talking "Star Wars," even the box art can stir up buzz -- a point LucasFilm seems to be well aware of. Three hi-def-disc compilation releases arrive in September

  

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

May 2, 2011 By Diane Garrett 1 year 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

  

From 'A.I.' to 'Taxi Driver,' the Week's New Blu-rays

April 6, 2011 By Jordan Riefe 1 year ago

A look at the week's new hi-def disc bounty, which also includes "Babe" and "Fiddler on the Roof"

  

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

February 17, 2011 By Wrap Staff 1 year ago

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

  

Warner & Fox Get Into the Mobile Movie Business

February 16, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

New tricked out versions of 'Inception' and 'Unstoppable' are coming to an iPod or Android near you

  

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

  

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

  

Fox Releasing 3-Disc Extended Edition of 'Avatar'

October 5, 2010 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Featuring eight hours of extras and deleted scenes, Blu-rays and DVDs hits stores on Nov. 16

  

Not Feelin' So Blu: 10 Notable Hi-Def Disc Omissions

August 20, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

From "Pulp Fiction" to "The Big Lebowski," 10 classics -- and pseudo classics -- that aren't yet available on Blu-ray

  

Warner Adds TV Titles to Blu-ray Exchange Program

August 17, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

For $14.95-$19.95, buyers of "Sopranos," "Smallville," "Chuck" and other TV DVD box sets can trade their conventional discs in for high-def on DVD2Blu.com

  

'Star Wars' Gets the Blu-ray Treatment ... Finally

August 14, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

All six live-action movies will be available in one package, set for release in fall 2011, more than five years after the debut of the high-definition disc format

  
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