The top news and charts for week ending November 14, 2008.

HDTV owners hooked on high-def, say DEG NOV. 14 | Report finds 43% of HDTV owners dislike standard-def content Click for the full story Blu-ray sales projections trimmed due to economy NOV. 14 | Overall home entertainment spending to decline 3% to 4% Click for the full story New low on Blu-ray prices for Black Friday NOV. 14 | Titles on sale for $11; players for $180 Click for the full story Circuit City owes studios more than $56 million NOV. 11 | UPDATE: Samsung, Sony are among retailer's largest creditors Click for the full story Click for more news

TV legends for Studio One Koch Entertainment president Michael Rosenberg (far r.) and Archive of American Television director Karen Herman (far l.) celebrated the DVD release of Studio One Anthology on Nov. 7 at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in North Hollywood, Calif., with TV legends (l. to r.) Barbara Rush, Jack Klugman, Jayne Meadows, Gloria Stroock and Dick Van Patten. Click for more industry photos.

GET SMART leads Top DVD Renters Chart Full Top DVD Renters Chart GET SMART leads Top DVD Sellers Chart Full Top DVD Sellers Chart GET SMART leads Top Blu-ray Sellers Chart Top Blu-ray Sellers Chart Click for more market data	Get Smart raced to the top of sellers and renters in its debut week.
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	SWEETING: New President, new rules? Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda The changes to the media landscape an Obama administration is likely to bring go way beyond cosmetics. Click for full column
	BLU STATE: The $2,000 TV/PC/Blu-ray Frankenstein Machine Making sense of the high-def battle between the red (HD DVD) and the blue (Blu-ray), with Susanne Ault. Taking a closer look at the just-launched hybrid high-def LCD-TV, fully integrated with both PC and Blu-ray player. Click for the full blog
	DISC DISH: King Kong, French Connection, others on Blu-ray Notable new releases coming to the DVD front lines, with Samantha Clark. The French Connection, King Kong and Stranger Than Fiction among a sextet of titles slated for Blu-ray release. Click for the full blog
	DVDIALOG: Live (on disc) from Abbey Road Chatting up the creative element, with Laurence Lerman. Live from Abbey Road premieres on DVD and Blu-ray with a Best of Season 1 featuring Dave Matthews, LeAnn Rimes, Norah Jones and others. Click for the full blog
	THE DOWN LOW: AT&T's 'Crawler': Google for Web Videos? The latest buzz on technology, downloads and viral videos. AT&T's new VideoCrawler would index 'hundreds of millions of video clips from thousands of sites.' Click for the full blog

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New low on Blu-ray prices for Black Friday
NOV. 14 | Titles on sale for $11; players for $180
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Blu-ray player sales not rising with lower prices
NOV. 14 | Retailers say sour economy overshadows discounts
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Best Buy’s Dunn: Surprised by sudden slowdown
NOV. 14 | FROM TWICE: Consumer electronics chain making cuts
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Wal-Mart posts higher Q3 net sales, income
NOV. 14 | FROM TWICE: Entertainment-related products expected in Black Friday sales
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Hhgregg accepting Circuit City gift cards
NOV. 14 | FROM TWICE: Consumer electronics retailer attempts to take market share
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Cinetic Rights swings on Amazon
NOV. 14 | FROM VARIETY: Digital co. to put catalog of films on site
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Netflix's Hastings touts TV Web browsers
NOV. 13 | Remotes with pointers are key to online video explosion
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Netflix eyes more video-streaming agreements
NOV. 13 | Taps Macrovision's Greg Peters to make deals with component makers
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Family Video gives free rentals for 30th birthday
NOV. 13 | Third-largest bricks-and-mortar rentailer now at 573 stores
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Best Buy October comps fall 8%
NOV. 12 | FROM TWICE: Q4 outlook lowered
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Low-priced Blu-ray players should spur adoption
NOV. 11 | Set-tops could be priced at $150 by Black Friday
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Bankruptcy court OKs Circuit City provisions
NOV. 11 | FROM TWICE: Retailer's stock to be delisted
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Circuit City owes studios more than $56 million
NOV. 11 | UPDATE: Samsung, Sony are among retailer's largest creditors
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Panda jumps to retail a day early
NOV. 10 | Target, Wal-Mart sell title Nov. 8
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Sony offers Pineapple Express as iTunes download
NOV. 10 | Digital copy available on two-DVD, Blu-ray
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Circuit City files Chapter 11
NOV. 10 | FROM TWICE: Lays off 700 headquarter staffers
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Disney Educational Productions to release nine titles
NOV. 14 | Division develops DVDs for classroom, home schoolers
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Cast-driven movies boost Image revenue
NOV. 13 | Click for the full story

Paramount gets Famous with Paddle, Trip sequels
NOV. 13 | UPDATE: First made-for-DVD title scheduled for January release
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Hellboy II bash highlights Blu-ray goodies
NOV. 13 | Director del Toro maps out BD features at Universal event
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Universal takes over Geneon
NOV. 13 | FROM VARIETY: Firm to merge with Universal Pictures Japan
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Orne promoted at SPHE
NOV. 12 | Overall oversees Australia, New Zealand
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Universal promotes three marketing execs
NOV. 12 | Read joins USHE as VP of HD marketing
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Circuit City owes studios more than $56 million
NOV. 11 | UPDATE: Samsung, Sony are among retailer's largest creditors
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Genius seeks SEC quarterly filing extension
NOV. 10 | Earnings expected to significantly differ from 2007 frame
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Panda jumps to retail a day early
NOV. 10 | Target, Wal-Mart sell title Nov. 8
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Sony offers Pineapple Express as iTunes download
NOV. 10 | Digital copy available on two-DVD, Blu-ray
Click for the full story

DVDs4Vets asks for donations
NOV.  10 | FROM VARIETY: Company offers DVDs to veteran hospitals
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Image nabs rights to Management
NOV. 10 | FROM VARIETY: Pic stars Aniston, Zahn and Harrelson
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MGM, YouTube pact for pics
NOV. 10 |  FROM VARIETY: Select films to be available online
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Blu-ray sales projections lowered due to economy
NOV. 14 | Overall home entertainment spending to decline 3% to 4%
Click for the full story

HDTV owners hooked on high-def, say DEG
NOV. 14 | Report finds 43% of HDTV owners dislike standard-def content
Click for the full story

New low on Blu-ray prices for Black Friday
NOV. 14 | Titles on sale for $11; players for $180
Click for the full story

Blu-ray player sales not rising with lower prices
NOV. 14 | Retailers say sour economy overshadows discounts
Click for the full story

Hellboy II bash highlights Blu-ray goodies
NOV. 13 | Director del Toro maps out BD features at Universal event
Click for the full story

Low-priced Blu-ray players should spur adoption
NOV. 11 | Set-tops could be priced at $150 by Black Friday
Click for the full story

Click for more high-def news

Videogames News

Videogame revenue up 18% in October
NOV. 14 |Click for the full story

Midway Games logs heavy losses
NOV. 11 | FROM VARIETY: Net loss more than doubled to $75.9 million
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Q3 games up in U.S., U.K., down in Japan
NOV. 10 | Research companies positive about fourth quarter business
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VOD News

Cinetic Rights swings on Amazon
NOV. 14 | FROM VARIETY: Digital co. to put catalog of films on site
Click for the full story

Netflix's Hastings touts TV Web browsers
NOV. 13 | Remotes with pointers are key to online video explosion
Click for the full story

Netflix eyes more video-streaming agreements
NOV. 13 | Taps Macrovision's Greg Peters to make deals with component makers
Click for the full story

Web-enabled components to triple in five years
NOV. 13 | 200 million TVs, consoles to have Internet capability by 2013
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Vudu adds high-def titles to online library
NOV. 10 | About 1,000 movies in HDX format
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MGM, YouTube pact for pics
NOV. 10 |  FROM VARIETY: Select films to be available online
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Technology News

Cinetic Rights swings on Amazon
NOV. 14 | FROM VARIETY: Digital co. to put catalog of films on site
Click for the full story

Netflix's Hastings touts TV Web browsers
NOV. 13 | Remotes with pointers are key to online video explosion
Click for the full story

Web-enabled components to triple in five years
NOV. 13 | 200 million TVs, consoles to have Internet capability by 2013
Click for the full story

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