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| Updated January 29, 2006 DVD
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Fantastic Four (Widescreen) FoxVideo
A recent report by In-Stat found the following: - By 2009, In-Stat forecasts a worldwide retail value of US$50 Billion for annual sales of Hollywood video content sold at retail. - By 2009, 41% of US TV Households will be watching movies on HDTV displays. - DVD players that support HDMI deliver High Definition quality today, so next-generation High Definition optical products will need to provide "something more". - Over 40% of Japanese households will have wide-screen HDTV sets by 2009, and Europe and other Asian markets are already seeing robust sales of HDTV displays. - The bulk of the Hollywood movie and TV show DVD market value comes from just six countries: Japan, the United States, Canada, the UK, France and Germany. Dec. 23 - Shanghai Daily: DVD Pirates Target Holiday Films Cinemas and filmmakers expect huge revenues from a series of strong holiday releases, but they're also worried video pirates will eat into their profits. A distributor complained that the occasional crackdowns on unlicensed DVD distributors have proven to be only a minor inconvenience to the pirates and their customers. "We are cooperating with cinemas and inspection authorities to thwart the makers and sellers of pirated DVDs," said a producer.
As the quest for new and novel DVD extras grows, disc producers are creating new extras. They include alternate beginnings and endings that in the old days wound up on the cutting-room floor but now are looking increasingly attractive as bonus material. The goal: to give consumers a greater incentive to buy a movie they've already seen in theaters, particularly now that they've become accustomed to such standbys as commentaries, deleted scenes and "making of" documentaries. A producer surveyed consumers and found alternate endings are customers' favorite bonus features.
German media news agency Blickpunkt:Film reports that the number of DVD releases in Germany this past year increased significantly, from 5,600 in 2004 to more than 6,700 in 2005. The average price fell by more than €1 ($1.20) in 2005, to about €13 ($15.50) per disc. end
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