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U.S. rentals business up 4.1%, reports Rentrak By Marcy Magiera - 01/04/2010 JAN. 4 | Embattled DVD rental kiosk operator Redbox spurred video rental growth in 2009. U.S. consumer spending on DVD and Blu-ray Disc rentals business rose 4.1% to $6.5 billion in 2009, according to Rentrak Corp.'s Home Video Essentials, which collects point-of-sale data. Paramount's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was the No. 1 rental of 2009.
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BLU-RAY 2010 CES SPECIAL: 3D coming to Blu-ray this year By Susanne Ault - 01/04/2010
With advanced 3D films such as Avatar becoming as common in theaters as popcorn, bringing them home is the next logical step. Blu-ray Disc is poised to become the perfect vehicle for this, and it will happen this year. The Blu-ray Disc Assn. has just released its specification for 3D Blu-ray, which requires all forthcoming 3D Blu-ray players to be backward-compatible, so consumers’ existi...
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DISC DISH Samantha Clark, Managing editor and online editor, Video Business January 5, 2010 Law Abiding Citizen DVD, Blu-ray
300's Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx are on the hunt in Overture Films' Law Abidin... More
DISC DISH Samantha Clark, Managing editor and online editor, Video Business January 4, 2010 2012 DVD, Blu-ray
Now, here's another movie that will show off Blu-ray's high-definition picture and so... More
DVDIALOG Laurence Lerman, Product Digest Editor, Video Business January 2, 2010 Jim Sturgess Takes on the IRA
We recently spoke with Jim Sturgess about his role in the Kari Skogland-directed th... More
Paranormal screening Paranormal Activity stars Micah Sloat and Katie Featherston greeted the Paranormal Activity Red Carpet Home Screening winner Jessica DiMeo at her home in Rehoboth, Mass. Paramount’s film is now available on DVD and Blu-ray.
Buddies with White While at the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship Dog Show in Long Beach, Calif., former Golden Girls star Betty White buddies up with Rosebud, star of DVD premiere Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws, available now from Disney.
Inglourious screening Inglourious Basterds director Quentin Tarantino and cast members attended a red carpet screening of the film in Los Angeles on Dec. 14 to celebrate Universal’s DVD and Blu-ray release, available now.
