‘Gran Torino’ Tops 2009 VOD Transactions
The Clint Eastwood movie has generated nearly six million VOD transactions worldwide and $30 million in consumer spending, according to Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Rentrak. By Home Media Magazine
View ArticleAnalyst: Redbox’s New-Release Workaround Strains Under Studio Embargo
With Redbox now unable to obtain new release DVDs from three major studios, the offering in the company’s network of 21,000 kiosks is beginning to suffer, according to Pali Research analyst Richard...
View ArticleNetflix Agrees To 28-Day Window For Warner New Releases
Warner Bros.’ new release titles on DVD and Blu-ray will now be made available to Netflix members after a 28-day window, under terms of a deal that also affords Netflix with an expanded license for...
View ArticleMore Than A Half-Dozen Bids For MGM
Suitors reportedly include Warner Bros. and Relativity Media. None of the bids have reached $2 billion, according to The Hollywood Reporter, but those in hand are considered sufficiently serious to...
View ArticleHBO Holding Up The Movie-Download Future
Exclusive output deals between HBO and three major Hollywood studios stand as major obstacles to a robust movie-dowload business, holding back a potentially lucrative distribution channel and creating...
View ArticleTechnicolor Picks Up Warner DVD Business
Following Cinram’s announcement that Warner Home Video was ending its exclusive relationship with the DVD services company, rival disc manufacturer Technicolor says that it will fulfill the studio’s...
View ArticleRedbox Relents, Signs Window Deal With Warner
Furthering its efforts to establish an exclusive sales window for DVDs, Blu-ray discs, and video-on-demand services, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has reached a two-year deal with Redbox that keeps...
View ArticleSupply Chain Shifts Prompt Warner Bros. Reorg
Warner Bros.’ Technical Operations unit is assigning new roles to several senior executives in efforts to “reorganize the management of distribution operations globally” and “leverage the logical links...
View ArticleWarner Vet Dodd To Helm Neustar’s DECE Effort
Neustar, the clearinghouse company that will manage consumer “digital rights lockers” for studios that adopt the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE) standards, has appointed Warner Bros....
View ArticleWarner: 28-Day Windows Help Boost VOD by as Much as 30 Percent
Warner Bros. Chief Executive Barry Meyer says that the studio’s 28-day delay on DVD releases via Redbox or Netflix has not only helped spur DVD sales — it has helped increase consumer video-on-demand...
View ArticleTime Warner Names New Studio Heads
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes announced yesterday the formation of an Office of the President for the Warner Bros. studio, comprised of Jeff Robinov, President, Warner Bros. Pictures Group; Bruce...
View ArticleApple TV’s Rental Model Divides Studios
Similar to the debate among studios over the effectiveness of a 28-day home entertainment window, major television producers are taking sides over the 99-cent streaming rentals of shows now being...
View ArticleStudios Reportedly Forging Ahead With Premium VOD Plans: Movie Rentals Could...
Sony Pictures, Warner Bros., and Walt Disney are still seeking to offer new theatrical releases for rental on cable systems’ video-on-demand platforms — with plans to charge a hefty premium for...
View Article‘Premium Video-on-Demand’ Slated for Second Quarter, Says Time Warner’s Bewkes
Warner Bros. could be one of the first major studios to distribute movies still in their theatrical run directly to U.S. consumers’ homes, with the company looking to offer a “premium video-on-demand”...
View ArticleTime Warner CFO: Digital Holds Potential for Higher Margins, but Market...
Time Warner will encourage home entertainment consumers to purchasing more digital media goods over physical discs because digital transactions represent “better” earnings prospects for the company “on...
View ArticleWarner Archive: For Titles from the Past, Manufacture-On-Demand is the Future
By Cindy Spielvogel A major studio has found a way to sell films at a breakeven point of 70 units, with virtually no returns. The Warner Archive manufacture-on-demand website offers titles from the...
View ArticleWarner To Share Its Digital Roadmap at ESCA Conference
At the upcoming ESCA EDGE conference in Los Angeles, two of Warner Bros.’ digital executives will share how the studio is pursing digital opportunities. Thomas Gewecke, president of Warner Bros....
View ArticleYouTube, Android Market Offer Major-Studio Movie Rentals
As anticipated, Google's YouTube announced that it is adding some 3,000 titles from Sony Pictures, Universal and Warner Bros. to its movie-rental storefront, including new releases such as "The King’s...
View ArticleWarner Bros. Cuts 50 From Home Entertainment, Consumer Products
Another major studio faults the DVD sales decline for its latest round of staff cuts, with Warner Bros. saying it has laid off 50 employees from its home entertainment and consumer products divisions....
View ArticleWarner Bros. Signs China VOD Deal
Warner Bros. plans to offer new-release and catalog films via video on demand in China this summer, in efforts to expand legitimate home entertainment options in the piracy-plagued country. The films...
View ArticleFlixster Service Will Be Key to Warner’s UltraViolet Plans
Warner Bros. plans to offer UltraViolet digital access to its movies in the fourth quarter of this year, beginning with its packaged home entertainment releases for “Green Lantern” and “Horrible...
View ArticleYoukou Streams DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Panda’ Films in China
Chinese online video site Youku.com continues to add Hollywood content to its movie streaming service, announcing a deal Monday with DreamWorks Animation for distribution of the studio’s two “Kung Fu...
View ArticleEntertainment ID Registry Gains Support
Major media and entertainment companies backing the Entertainment ID Registry (EIDR) announced on Wednesday that they have begun to integrate the media identification and tracking system into their...
View ArticleWarner Offers iTunes Movie Downloads in UltraViolet Make-Good
Boosters of UltraViolet have already faced negative reviews of the cloud-based movie platform from the tech press. But consumers are also panning studios’ first implementations of the technology as...
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