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Analysis and opinion on the hottest issues in the home entertainment industry, including technology, copy protection, high-definition DVD and digital rights management

  • OPINION: IP video is the new CE sun
    By Paul Sweeting - 04/24/2009
     Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda
    APRIL 24 | It was clear that the big story of NAB this year was not anything to do with traditional broadcasters or programmers but the competition between Adobe Systems and Microsoft for supremacy in bringing IP-delivered video directly to TVs, set-top boxes and other consumer electronics devices. More

  • OPINION: Pirates cuffed
    By Paul Sweeting - 04/17/2009
     Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda
    APRIL 17 | The music and movie companies scored a major legal victory in the battle against unauthorized file-sharing Friday when a court in Sweden convicted the four founders of The Pirate Bay, one of the world’s most widely used BitTorrent tracker sites. More
  • OPINION: French digital revolution
    By Paul Sweeting - 04/10/2009
     Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda
    APRIL 10 | When it comes to mixing high political drama and low comedy, it would be hard to beat the French Parliamentary battle over a proposed measure to punish illegal online file-trading by cutting off Internet access for repeat offenders.  More
  • OPINION: VOD or DVD
    By Paul Sweeting - 04/03/2009
     Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda
    APRIL 3 | WASHINGTON—Time was, when you went to a cable television convention, you’d hear a lot of talk about DVD, usually from cable operators complaining that they needed a better video-on-demand window, while programmers tried to change the subject. More
  • OPINION: Blockbuster weathering storms
    By Paul Sweeting - 03/27/2009
     Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda
    MARCH 27 | March certainly came in like a lion for Blockbuster. More
  • Opinion: Disc vs. Web
    By Paul Sweeting - 03/20/2009
     Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda
    MARCH 20 | How threatened, really, is the success of Blu-ray Disc by the prospect of high-definition digital downloads? More
  • OPINION: Box office boon
    By Paul Sweeting - 03/13/2009
     Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda
    MARCH 13 | The recent, unexpected surge at the theatrical box office could provide the industry an opportunity to observe a rare natural experiment. More
  • OPINION: Web wars
    By Paul Sweeting - 02/20/2009
     Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda
    FEB. 20 | There is war brewing in the emerging-market territory of online video.  More
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Retail and studio executives discussed the potential of Blu-ray Disc at Blu-Con 2.0, held in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Nov. 3. The conference featured filmmaker Martin Scorsese as the keynote speaker.
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Rentrak

Market Data


Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs was the top DVD seller.


Top DVD Sellers

RANKTITLE
1 ICE AGE 3: DINOSAURS
2 TINKER BELL: LOST TREASURE
3 TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE ... FALL

Top DVD Rentals

RANKTITLE
1 TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE ... FALL
2 ORPHAN
3 ICE AGE 3: DINOSAURS


Source: Rentrak Corp.; week ended 10/31/2009

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