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The latest home entertainment news from high-definition formats, including HD DVD, Blu-ray Disc, technology, players, VMD, distribution deals, market share, sales updates and product releases.
- Shrek characters in HD DVD promotion
By Susanne Ault - 11/08/2007
NOV. 8 | About a week after Blu-ray Disc backers debuted a $30 million media blitz, Toshiba and DreamWorks Animation have jointly launched a campaign in support of the Nov. 13 bow of Shrek the Third on HD DVD. More
- HD DVD moves to expand capacity
By Susanne Ault - 11/21/2007
NOV. 21 | The DVD Forum Steering Committee has approved amended specifications, dubbed Version 2.0, for the 51 GB triple-layer HD DVD.
More - BD+ joins Macrovision stable
By Susanne Ault - 11/19/2007
NOV. 19 | Macrovision has agreed to acquire assets from Cryptography Research, including the new Blu-ray Disc copyright-protection technology BD+, for $45 million.
More - OPINION: High-def tortoise and the hare
By Paul Sweeting - 11/16/2007
Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda
NOV. 16 | While the two warring hardware camps lurch through another inconclusive fourth-quarter, keeping befuddled consumers on the sidelines, high-definition video is starting to find its way onto the Internet as technology providers begin to piece together the necessary infrastructure.
More - Q4 sales expectations tempered
By Ned Randolph - 11/16/2007
NOV. 16 | Halfway through the fourth quarter, some studios and retailers seem to be tempering expectations for DVD sales despite a lineup of 16 titles that made more than $100 million at the box office, including four that made more than $300 million. DreamWorks and Paramount’s Shrek the Third (pictured) and Warner’s Ocean’s Thirteen hit shelves Nov. 13 and started off with good, but not extraordinary sales, according to retailers.
More - Vudu adds high-def downloads
By Ned Randolph - 11/15/2007
NOV. 15 | Vudu said today it will add high-definition titles to its movie download service, which connects to households through a set-top box. The high-def titles will be available during the home video and pay per view windows.
More - Several retailers offer aggressive Black Friday sales
By Susanne Ault - 11/09/2007
NOV. 9 | Retailers are expanding Black Friday beyond its traditional one-day sale to offer holiday clearance discounts before and after the day after Thanksgiving and including such new product categories as high-definition players and titles.
More - Spidey 3 top Blu-ray seller for Sony
By Susanne Ault - 11/07/2007
NOV. 7 | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s Spider-Man 3 swung to the top of the studio’s Blu-ray roster, selling 130,000 high-def units in its first six days on shelves, according to the studio.
The studio shipped about 400,000 Spider-Man 3 Blu-ray units to retail for the title’s Oct. 30 bow, said Sony, making first-week sell-off about 30%. Sony said that does not include units bundled with the new $399 PlayStation 3.
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Eastern Promises DVD and HD DVD
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Musical galaDisney execs sung along with the High School Musical 2 cast at Hollywood’s El Capitan Theatre for a Nov. 19 screening of the film and gala benefiting the Teen Impact program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
'Amazing' screeningThe cast and crew of Amazing Grace attended Fox’s Nov. 8 screening of their film in Los Angeles.
A 'Mighty' eventAt Paramount’s Nov. 4 screening for A Mighty Heart, the film’s star, Angelina Jolie, participated in a Q&A; with film critic Peter Hammond. The event was held on the studio’s lot.
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| Shrek the Third landed just in time to go "green" for the holiday weekend.
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Top
DVD Sellers
| RANK | TITLE |
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| 1 |
SHREK THE THIRD |
| 2 |
RATATOUILLE |
| 3 |
OCEAN'S THIRTEEN |
Top DVD Rentals
| RANK | TITLE |
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| 1 |
SHREK THE THIRD |
| 2 |
CHUCK & LARRY |
| 3 |
OCEAN'S THIRTEEN |
Source: Rentrak Corp.; week ended 11/18/2007
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