Oscilloscope circles DVDs
FROM VARIETY: Distributor creates club for early releases
By Sam Thielman of Variety -- Video Business, 11/24/2009
NOV. 24 | FROM VARIETY: Indie distrib Oscilloscope Laboratories is introducing the Circle of Trust, a movies-by-mail club that will send subscribers the next 10 Oscilloscope releases on DVD. “About one a month, give or take” will be the laid-back rate of release, according to the company. The service—$150 for a 10-disc subscription—is up and running via the Oscilloscope Web site.
Adam Yauch, the Beastie Boys member who runs Oscilloscope, explained that he hopes the series will offer the same kind of boutique appeal that consumers get from the Criterion Collection. “If somebody signs up for this thing, hopefully they’re saying, ‘I like the last five films you guys put out,’” Yauch said.
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