The top news and charts for week ending March 9, 2009.

Warner, others look to expand digital distribution MARCH 6 | TV Everywhere to offer content on PCs, mobile phones Click for the full story Fox differentiates sales, rental DVDs by added-value MARCH 5 | Slumdog Millionaire, Marley & Me first titles under new strategy Click for the full story Redbox opposes Universal’s lawsuit-dismissal request MARCH 5 | Kiosk operator alleges studio boycott through distributors, retailers Click for the full story Click for more news

Pinocchio at 70 (From l. to r.) Every Picture Has a Story bookstore owners Lee Cohen and Lois Sarkisian, animation artist Toby Bluth and Bluth’s manager, Barr Potter, celebrate the DVD and Blu-ray release of Pinocchio: 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition at the Every Picture Tells a Story bookstore in Los Angeles on March 4. The film streets March 10. Click for more industry photos

BODY OF LIES leads Top DVD Renters Chart Full Top DVD Renters Chart HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR leads Top DVD Sellers Chart Full Top DVD Sellers Chart BODY OF LIES leads Top Blu-ray Sellers Chart Full Top Blu-ray Sellers Chart Click for more market data	High School Musical 3: Senior Year stayed atop the sellers chart in its second week.
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	SWEETING: Rental ruin? Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda Faced with dramatically slowing DVD sales and shrinking budgets, the studios have declared war on…the video rental market? Click for full column
	BETWEEN THE LINES: The new pragmatism? Adding nuance to the day's home entertainment news, with editor-in-chief Marcy Magiera. Recent studio efforts to limit rental retailers’ access to some product seem legally unenforceable, and most retailers focus on getting around the policies rather than fighting them. Click for the full blog
	BLU STATE: Confusing Blu-ray Bond promotion Dissecting the battle to bring consumers to Blu-ray. A closer peek at Amazon.com's James Bond Blu-ray Movies promotion. Click for the full blog
	DISC DISH: The Reader DVD, Blu-ray Notable new releases coming to the DVD front lines, with Samantha Clark. The Reader on DVD hits April 14 and on Blu-ray April 28. Click for the full blog
	DVDIALOG: Does Streisand go Yentl into that good night? Chatting up the creative element, with Laurence Lerman. A few words about the new, two-disc “Director’s Extended Edition” of Yentl. Click for the full blog
	THE DOWN LOW: Showtime takes Emmy campaign to mobiles The latest buzz on technology, downloads and viral videos, with Samantha Clark. Showtime is launching an iPhone Web application for Emmy voters. Click for the full blog

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Movie Gallery CEO steps down
MARCH 5 | Gabriel departs after less than a year, Mityas takes over
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Redbox opposes Universal's lawsuit-dismissal request
MARCH 5 | Kiosk operator alleges studio boycott through distributors, retailers
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Trans World to focus more on videogames
MARCH 5 | Retailer had red ink for fiscal Q4 and 2008
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Netflix to stream South Park exclusively
MARCH 5 | Customers will get access to first nine seasons of Comedy Central cartoon
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Blockbuster's Q4 same-store sales rise 4.4%
MARCH 5 |Videogames, consumer electronics drive increase
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Circuit City stores to shut this Sunday
MARCH 5 | FROM TWICE: Closure two weeks earlier than planned
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Redbox installs first Manhattan kiosks
MARCH 4 | Walgreens at Times Square, Empire State Building get machines
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Media mixed as stock continues slide
MARCH 4 | FROM VARIETY: Blockbuster Video hit hard by financial crisis
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Blockbuster hires counsel for debt
MARCH 3 | Movie rental chain denies report that it might file for bankruptcy
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NBC Universal, Rentrak sign Web usage deal
MARCH 3 | Agreement expands partnership started in January
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Game Crazy gives away Sanatorium trips with Evil
MARCH 3 | Five buyers will get free trips to Kentucky's haunted Waverly Hills
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Cinram Q4 sales fall on fewer DVD orders
MARCH 3 | Replicator's loss narrows on year-earlier charge
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Virgin to close by summer
MARCH 3 | New York stores to shutter in April, rest later
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Amazon goes live with Roku box
MARCH 3 | Set-top player streams from 40,000-title inventory to TV
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Bell Canada to buy Circuit City's Canadian business
MARCH 3 | FROM TWICE: Deal involves 750 stores in country
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Twilight midnight parties scheduled for March 20
MARCH 2 | Blockbuster, Wal-Mart among retailers to celebrate
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Disney spruces up Pinocchio Blu-ray
MARCH 6 | Studio adds decorative framing, dubbed 'Disney View'
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Warner, others look to expand digital distribution
MARCH 6 | TV Everywhere to offer content on PCs, mobile phones
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Venevision nabs rights to Spanish trio
MARCH 6 | FROM VARIETY: Deal covers U.S. DVD, VOD, pay TV
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Redbox opposes Universal's lawsuit-dismissal request
MARCH 5 | Kiosk operator alleges studio boycott through distributors, retailers
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Image receives part of required Nyx payment
MARCH 5 | Merger still on if full funds are paid by Friday
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Fox differentiates sales, rental DVDs by added-value
MARCH 5 | Slumdog Millionaire, Marley & Me first titles under new strategy
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Disney chief considers online subscription
MARCH 4 | Falling DVD sales, increasing piracy concerns Iger
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Image threatens to nix Nyx merger
MARCH 4 | Says it will terminate if required $500,000 not delivered by 5p.m. today
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Hit Entertainment gets into movie biz
MARCH 4 | FROM VARIETY: Kidvidder's first film will be Thomas adaptation
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Invincible Pictures starts self-distribution
MARCH 3 | Plans at least three new releases per month
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NBC Universal, Rentrak sign Web usage deal
MARCH 3 | Agreement expands partnership started in January
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Cinram Q4 sales fall on fewer DVD orders
MARCH 3 | Replicator's loss narrows on year-earlier charge
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Genius to pay Weinstein Co. $63 million in new deal
MARCH 3 | Distributor to handle TWC titles through 2010
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Image says Nyx under breach of contract again
MARCH 3 | Nyx missed $500,000 payment deadline
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Time Warner to offer programs on Web, phones
MARCH 3 | TV Everywhere imitative available only to subscribers
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Warner's Bewkes bullish on Blu-ray, VOD
MARCH 3 | Studio sees better profit margins in emerging technologies
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Viacom's Dauman downplays long-term DVD decline
MARCH 2 | Households adjust by renting more, buying less, exec says
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Twilight midnight parties scheduled for March 20
MARCH 2 | Blockbuster, Wal-Mart among retailers to celebrate
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Madea holds on to box office crown
MARCH 2 | VARIETY BOX-OFFICE REPORT: Jonas Brothers can't steal spotlight from Perry pic
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Legally Blondes streets April 8
MARCH 2 | TEEN & TWEEN: DVD premiere third in franchise
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Degrassi season seven arrives in March
MARCH 2 | TEEN & TWEEN: DVD offers behind-the-scenes Webisodes
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Disney spruces up Pinocchio Blu-ray
MARCH 6 | Studio adds decorative framing, dubbed 'Disney View'
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Sony to launch wireless Blu-ray players
MARCH 3 | First two models to arrive in May
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Warner's Bewkes bullish on Blu-ray, VOD
MARCH 3 | Studio sees better profit margins in emerging technologies
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Videogames News

Trans World to focus more on videogames
MARCH 5 | Retailer had red ink for fiscal Q4 and 2008
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Multi-player gamers to double in four years
MARCH 5 | Report: Casual games will bring in $1 billion by 2013
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Blockbuster's Q4 same-store sales rise 4.4%
MARCH 5 |Videogames, consumer electronics drive increase
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MTV's Beatles videogame gets name, release date
MARCH 5 | FROM B&C: Beatles: Rock Band to hit store shelves 9/9/09
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Game Crazy gives away Sanatorium trips with Evil
MARCH 3 | Five buyers will get free trips to Kentucky's haunted Waverly Hills
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Consoles offer new ways to get movies
MARCH 2 | FROM VARIETY: Home video turns to downloads via gaming
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Electronic games top tween wish lists
MARCH 2 | TEEN & TWEEN: Music, movies popular among older boys, girls
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VOD News

Warner, others look to expand digital distribution
MARCH 6 | TV Everywhere to offer content on PCs, mobile phones
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Venevision nabs rights to Spanish trio
MARCH 6 | FROM VARIETY: Deal covers U.S. DVD, VOD, pay TV
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VOD will drive Web-to-TV adoption
MARCH 5 | News aggregation also will boost connectivity, report says
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Netflix to stream South Park exclusively
MARCH 5 | Customers will get access to first nine seasons of Comedy Central cartoon
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Disney chief considers online subscription
MARCH 4 | Falling DVD sales, increasing piracy concerns Iger
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ZillionTV to offer free content directly to TVs
 MARCH 4 | Broadband video-on-demand service will offer films in pay per view window
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NBC Universal, Rentrak sign Web usage deal
MARCH 3 | Agreement expands partnership started in January
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Amazon goes live with Roku box
MARCH 3 | Set-top player streams from 40,000-title inventory to TV
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Time Warner to offer programs on Web, phones
MARCH 3 | TV Everywhere iniative available only to subscribers
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Warner's Bewkes bullish on Blu-ray, VOD
MARCH 3 | Studio sees better profit margins in emerging technologies
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TiVo cuts Q4 loss by 44%
MARCH 2 | DVR leader has first-ever profitable year
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VOD goes super-size
MARCH 2 | FROM MULTICHANNEL NEWS: Startup funded by Comcast, Arris rolls network video switch
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Consoles offer new ways to get movies
MARCH 2 | FROM VARIETY: Home video turns to downloads via gaming
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Technology News

Warner, others look to expand digital distribution
MARCH 6 | TV Everywhere to offer content on PCs, mobile phones
Click for the full story

ZillionTV to offer free content directly to TVs
 MARCH 4 | Broadband video-on-demand service will offer films in pay per view window
Click for the full story

Amazon goes live with Roku box
MARCH 3 | Set-top player streams from 40,000-title inventory to TV
Click for the full story

Time Warner to offer programs on Web, phones
MARCH 3 | TV Everywhere iniative available only to subscribers
Click for the full story

TiVo cuts Q4 loss by 44%
MARCH 2 | DVR leader has first-ever profitable year
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