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NYC Indie Film Temple Kim’s Video Is Reanimated By Alamo Drafthouse In Basement Floor Of Lower Manhattan Multiplex
After succumbing to the demise of physical home entertainment and then being housed in a mountain village in Sicily, the eclectic holdings of New York City mainstay Kim’s Video have returned home.
Alamo Drafthouse has launched Kim’s Video Underground, a new outpost of the downtown indie film temple, which closed for…
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Jay Douglas, Cult Film King Of Anchor Bay Entertainment, Dead At 65
Jay Douglas, the former SVP Acquisitions at Anchor Bay Entertainment and the driving force behind the company’s late 1990s rise as a “Criterion Collection for cult films,” has died. He was 65.
Douglas died of an apparent heart attack on Tuesday in Green Valley, AZ, according to former associates and social media…
Redbox Parent Gives Board Seats To A Major Critic As It Weighs Options
An activist shareholder who believes the Redbox DVD kiosk business is in “secular decline,” and should cut costs, just secured as many as three seats on the board of its parent company, Outerwall.
The arrangement is part of a “Cooperation Agreement” that Outerwall made with Engaged Capital, which owns 14.6% of the…
Did Home Entertainment Spending In Q1 Grow 0.2% – Or Fall 4.9%?
The answer depends on whether you believe it’s appropriate to include streaming services led by Netflix in the spending tally that DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group released today.
The industry organization does, saying that U.S. home entertainment spending hit nearly $4.6 billion in Q1, a 0.2% increase over the…
Can Comcast Compete With Apple And Amazon’s Movie Sales To Consumers?
Cable companies are notoriously tin-eared when it comes to dealing with consumers. But Comcast hopes to show that it can win movie-lovers’ hearts and cash by selling electronic versions of films and TV shows — a business that’s now dominated by Apple’s iTunes and Amazon. The cable giant should begin to sell a few…
Consumers Poised To Pay More For Web-Delivered Video Than For Discs: Report
Spending for DVDs and Blu-ray discs is falling so fast that 2012 likely will be first year when consumers will pay more to buy and rent movies via the Internet, according to a report today from IHS Screen Digest Video Intelligence Service. The research firm says that the average household will spend $123.50 to buy and…
Netflix Could Undermine UltraViolet As Low Cost Rentals Trash Studio Profits: Report
Moguls will need a stiff drink nearby when they read Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne’s bracing report today about the state of the home video business — and Hollywood studios. He says that film operations at Universal, Disney, Paramount, Fox, and Warner Bros are worth about $19.3B, down from $40.2B in 2007…
Fox To Promote Home Video Sales With Shopping Mall And Smartphone Initiatives
EXCLUSIVE: Shoppers at malls owned by Taubman Centers will see something unusual beginning Wednesday. As part of an exclusive one-year partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, the malls will have a wall with cover art and QR codes for many the studio’s home videos. People who want to buy the movie or…
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