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  • OPINION: Recession speeds trends
    By Alex Evans - 04/03/2009
     Alex Evans is a VP in global strategy consulting firm L.E.K.’s Media & Entertainment practice.
    APRIL 3 | The current recession is reshaping consumer spending. In recent years, the personal savings rate reached an all time low of 0%. It is now expected to rebound back to its historical average of approximately 7% or higher as access to consumer credit tightens and consumers are no longer able to rely on capital gains for household wealth formation. More

  • OPINION: Video: Still recession-proof?
    By Michael Arrington - 02/23/2009
     FEB. 23 | Consumers worldwide have weathered tough economic times over the past year and, as cash and available credit have tightened, they have altered their spending patterns accordingly. Michael Arrington of Screen Digest’s U.S. research arm, Adams Media Research, examines whether video can still be considered a recession-proof business. More
  • OPINION: Cost of market domination
    By Marija Jaroslavskaja - 01/19/2009
     JAN. 19 | Consumers are spending more and more on buying and renting movies online. But, says Screen Digest research analyst Marija Jaroslavskaja, the sector is dominated by hardware companies prepared to sell content at a loss to add value to and promote their core businesses, making it all but impossible for stand-alone movie stores to survive. More
  • OPINION: End of the line
    By Ed Grant - 01/05/2009
     Ed Grant reviews DVDs for VB.
    JAN. 5 | I’m still taking the subway to rent DVDs and (gasp) VHS from Mondo Kim’s, a bricks-and-mortar establishment that’s going out of business this month. More
  • OPINION: 3D—a new dimension for home entertainment?
    By Marie Bloomfield, Screen Digest analyst - 12/15/2008
     Marie Bloomfield is an analyst with Screen Digest
    DEC. 15 | The early success of digital 3D in cinemas has encouraged Hollywood to ramp up 3D production, but a lack of standards for bringing 3D to the home means studios are missing out on potential revenue in the video and TV release windows. More
  • OPINION: Learning from the past
    By Samantha Clark - 07/11/2008
     Samantha Clark is managing editor of VB (smclark@reedbusiness.com).
    JULY 11 | Warner’s Blu-ray promotion is reminiscent of DVD’s early days More
  • OPINION: DEG a force for green
    By Larry Wilk - 06/23/2008
     Larry Wilk is chair of DEG Metrics Task Force and DEG Packaging Task Force and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment VP of operations, worldwide.
    JUNE 23 | It’s only within the last year that the Digital Entertainment Group revised its mission statement to embrace environmentally friendly practices of the manufacture and distribution of home entertainment products. More
  • OPINION: Piracy shows indie potential
    By Morris Ruskin - 04/21/2008
     Morris Ruskin is CEO of Shoreline Entertainment and producer of The Fifth Patient 
    APRIL 21 | I never expected the day when I would have a conversation with a director who was actually excited that his movie was being pirated. More
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Renters and buyers found retail therapy with Confessions of a Shopaholic.


Top DVD Sellers

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1 CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC
2 MADEA GOES TO JAIL
3 GRAN TORINO

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Source: Rentrak Corp.; week ended 6/27/2009

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