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  • 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
  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Endgame
    By Charles Van Horn - 03/12/2008
    Charles Van Horn is the president of the Content Delivery and Storage Assn.
    MARCH 12 | Maybe I’ve been reading too much Stephen King but I think I know how this format war between HD-DVD and Blu-ray is really going to end. More
  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR: HD DVD vs. Blu-ray
    By Steve Bliss - 01/11/2008
    Steve Bliss, Microcinema DVD, Albuquerque, N.M.
    JAN. 11 | I was a little surprised by Warner’s decision to abandon HD DVD in favor of Blu-ray Disc, but there is no question about its motives. More
  • OPINION: Reviving retail in a digital media world
    By Anthony Bay - 10/03/2007
    Anthony Bay, chairman and co-founder of MOD Systems (www.modsystems.com)

    OCT. 3 |
    When online digital content originally debuted in the marketplace, many predicted the impending demise of retail. For many of us, though, those predictions bring to mind Mark Twain’s famous quote: “The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” More
  • OPINION: Holding a mirror up to high-def
    By Russ Crupnick - 09/14/2007
    Russ Crupnick is VP and senior entertainment industry analyst at The NPD Group. 

    SEPT. 14 |
    The format war does not top the list of reasons many consumers haven’t yet embraced high-def DVD—not even close. The majority of consumers, even HDTV owners, aren’t yet interested in, or don’t yet see the benefits of next-generation DVD. More
  • OPINION: Give rental its due, Mr. Parsons
    By James Loperfido - 06/08/2007
    James G. Loperfido is chair of IDEA

    JUNE 8 | The video rental experience works. It satisfies a growing population in a way that no other delivery method has come close to duplicating. More
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Rentrak

Market Data


Dance sequel, Step Up 2: The Streets electrified buyers this week.


Top DVD Sellers

RANKTITLE
1 STEP UP 2: THE STREETS
2 COLLEGE ROAD TRIP
3 THE BANK JOB

Top DVD Rentals

RANKTITLE
1 THE BANK JOB
2 COLLEGE ROAD TRIP
3 STEP UP 2: THE STREETS


Source: Rentrak Corp.; week ended 7/19/2008

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