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Digital Distribution?CampbellzSoup wrote:DVD will always exist until Digital Distribution takes over. Blu Ray is just the optinoal upgrade if you choose.
The_Iceflash wrote: Bottom line: DVD to Blu-Ray isn't as practical of an upgrade as VHS to DVD.
Yes. That would make more sense.rs_milo_whatever wrote:I doubt "practical" is the word you were trying to use, try "obvious".
FEB. 3 | Walt Disney’s studio entertainment unit’s fiscal first-quarter earnings dropped 64% as DVD titles such as WALL-E and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian failed to keep pace with year-earlier releases such as Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Ratatouille and High School Musical 2. The company, whose sales from older DVD titles also fell, said it was looking to cut costs related to its DVD marketing, production and distribution while possibly raising prices on some of its Blu-ray titles.
Studio entertainment operating earnings for the quarter ended Dec. 27 were $187 million, down from $514 million a year earlier. The division’s sales declined 26% to $1.94 billion and accounted for 20% of the parent company’s revenue, down from 25% a year earlier, the company said in a statement today.
Disney’s DVD sales were consistent with the broader decline in home entertainment demand last year, as the U.S. economic downturn caused customers to cut discretionary spending. Last year, U.S. home entertainment spending fell 5.7% from a year earlier to $21.7 billion despite Blu-ray Disc sales tripling to about $750 million, according to data compiled by Video Business and Rentrak.
"It's clear that the economy has had an impact on DVD sales," said Disney Chief Executive Officer Robert Iger on a conference call with analysts today. "We need to be more selective on what we choose to make and what we choose to distribute."
Iger added that, with many of Disney's Blu-ray titles including features such as a standard-definition of the film and other extras, the company may be able to raise prices on such titles.
Disney last year had about 12% of the U.S. home entertainment market, trailing Warner Home Video, News Corp.’s 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and Viacom’s Paramount Home Entertainment. WALL-E was the sixth best-selling DVD last year despite a Nov. 18 release date, while the studio’s Enchanted was No. 9. Disney’s No Country for Old Men tied Lionsgate’s 3:10 to Yuma as the third most-rented DVD of last year.
Overall, Disney’s net income fell 32% to $845 million, or 45¢ a share, from $1.25 billion, or 63¢, a year earlier, as sales fell 8.2% to $9.6 billion, the company said today. Disney, whose media networks and parks and resorts units also saw earnings declines, was expected to earn 53¢ a share on $10.17 billion, the average analyst estimates in a Thomson Financial survey.
Disney shares fell more than 7% in extended trading at about 5:30 p.m. Eastern time today
That's....interesting..DarthPrime wrote:Apparently Disney is thinking about raising prices on some Blu-ray titles... Personally I think this is a terrible ideal.
FEB. 3 | Walt Disney’s studio entertainment unit’s fiscal first-quarter earnings dropped 64% as DVD titles such as WALL-E and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian failed to keep pace with year-earlier releases such as Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Ratatouille and High School Musical 2. The company, whose sales from older DVD titles also fell, said it was looking to cut costs related to its DVD marketing, production and distribution while possibly raising prices on some of its Blu-ray titles.
Studio entertainment operating earnings for the quarter ended Dec. 27 were $187 million, down from $514 million a year earlier. The division’s sales declined 26% to $1.94 billion and accounted for 20% of the parent company’s revenue, down from 25% a year earlier, the company said in a statement today.
Disney’s DVD sales were consistent with the broader decline in home entertainment demand last year, as the U.S. economic downturn caused customers to cut discretionary spending. Last year, U.S. home entertainment spending fell 5.7% from a year earlier to $21.7 billion despite Blu-ray Disc sales tripling to about $750 million, according to data compiled by Video Business and Rentrak.
"It's clear that the economy has had an impact on DVD sales," said Disney Chief Executive Officer Robert Iger on a conference call with analysts today. "We need to be more selective on what we choose to make and what we choose to distribute."
Iger added that, with many of Disney's Blu-ray titles including features such as a standard-definition of the film and other extras, the company may be able to raise prices on such titles.
Disney last year had about 12% of the U.S. home entertainment market, trailing Warner Home Video, News Corp.’s 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and Viacom’s Paramount Home Entertainment. WALL-E was the sixth best-selling DVD last year despite a Nov. 18 release date, while the studio’s Enchanted was No. 9. Disney’s No Country for Old Men tied Lionsgate’s 3:10 to Yuma as the third most-rented DVD of last year.
Overall, Disney’s net income fell 32% to $845 million, or 45¢ a share, from $1.25 billion, or 63¢, a year earlier, as sales fell 8.2% to $9.6 billion, the company said today. Disney, whose media networks and parks and resorts units also saw earnings declines, was expected to earn 53¢ a share on $10.17 billion, the average analyst estimates in a Thomson Financial survey.
Disney shares fell more than 7% in extended trading at about 5:30 p.m. Eastern time today
http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA ... l?nid=3513
This will probably hurt the sales a bit.ZOOMBOOM0688 wrote:OMG! DISNEY is STUPID if they raise prices...They already have the most expensive movies from all the other studios...
Judging by the prices on HSM3, which I have NO interest in, but the fact it's Disney's first combo title (for a major new release like this), in the flyers already, looks like these combo titles might actually be a bit cheaper, seeing as Future Shop has it for like $29, which is actually a bit less than the average BD price (here in Canada) of $30 - 33. So, maybe it might actually bring the prices down.The_Iceflash wrote:This will probably hurt the sales a bit.ZOOMBOOM0688 wrote:OMG! DISNEY is STUPID if they raise prices...They already have the most expensive movies from all the other studios...
MrIncredible wrote:Judging by the prices on HSM3, which I have NO interest in, but the fact it's Disney's first combo title (for a major new release like this), in the flyers already, looks like these combo titles might actually be a bit cheaper, seeing as Future Shop has it for like $29, which is actually a bit less than the average BD price (here in Canada) of $30 - 33. So, maybe it might actually bring the prices down.The_Iceflash wrote: This will probably hurt the sales a bit.
But it looks like another studio is taking this same road- Fox just announced that Marley & Me, coming at the end of March, is gonna be a Blu-ray/ DVD combo, so I have a feeling more studios are gonna jump on this combo bandwagon over the next year or so, as they did with digital ipod copies last year, and within a year or two, all DVD titles will be in combo packs with Blu-ray.
My only concern now, is that the average consumer might not know about these titles being combos, as the casing and covers look very Blu-ray like (which, I prefer the smaller BD cases myself), causing a bit of confusing, so maybe if they phase DVD- only release will also end that consumer confusion.
Of course we are! Disney is not going to release *only* a BD of Snow White, because, as we all know, BlueRay isn't catching on with the general public (and with the curren economic crisis, I don't think it will anytime soon).The_Iceflash wrote:We are getting a DVD re-release of Snow White aren't we? (I noticed the trailer neglected to say so but the trailer is on the Blu-ray so that may be the reason).
Rudy Matt wrote:...because, as we all know, BlueRay isn't catching on with the general public...
Liar. Blu-Ray is ahead of where DVD was in terms of adoption rate after debut.
Heh, the funny thing is it's actually called Blu-Ray, not BlueRay....because, as we all know, BlueRay isn't catching on with the general public...
Liar. Blu-Ray is ahead of where DVD was in terms of adoption rate after debut.
Rudy Matt wrote:
Liar. Blu-Ray is ahead of where DVD was in terms of adoption rate after debut.
Again. So was PS3's sales in relation to the PS2's sales. Now the PS3 will be lucky to get a fraction of the PS2's sales in the end.Rudy Matt wrote:...because, as we all know, BlueRay isn't catching on with the general public...
Liar. Blu-Ray is ahead of where DVD was in terms of adoption rate after debut.