Recently added articles from Screen Digest:
Worldview.(Insight)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Problems in the financial world continue to have an impact on the media--advertising is expected to be particularly badly hit (60b2 and Focus, page 35 (pointer))--and they are likely to continue to affect developments as well as confidence until lending resumes on a useful scale. ...
Advertising succumbs to recession: global market conditions will stabilise at best in 2010.(Focus)
Feb 01, 2009 ... [Television] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Spain, the UK and the US will be hit by a high single-digit drop in 2009 * Television advertising will shrink in every market--up to 12 per cent in Spain * In line with the economy no real recovery should ...
Pay TV market in Sub-Saharan Africa: pan-regional service GTV closes under financial pressure.(Focus)
Feb 01, 2009 ... [Television] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Nigeria is the key market; others are under-developed because of high pricing * Multichoice's DsTV is still the dominant pan-sub-Saharan pay TV operator * Despite the smaller numbers of TV households, pay ...
Japanese publishers target Europe: Namco and Capcom boost European mobile games divisions.(Focus)
Feb 01, 2009 ... [Mobile media] [Games] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Operator deals are less important as new platforms open the market * Licensed local content and classic games form part of a cross-platform strategy * Growth in Europe in 2009 is set to be higher ...
French film distribution changing: back catalogue theatrical releases dominate the market.(Focus)
Feb 01, 2009 ... [Cinema] [Film] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * First-run films account for 11.5 per cent of all releases but take 90.2 per cent all admissions * After France and US, British films now account for nearly five times their share of admissions in 1992 * ...
Norway head Nordic video table: Norwegians are passionate about buying video.(Focus)
Feb 01, 2009 ... [Video] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Norway is the smallest of the four Scandinavian markets with just 2.0m TVHH * But Norwegians spend more per head on video than any of their Nordic neighbours * And unlike Danes, Swedes or Finns, Norwegians ...
Movie genres and sources assessed: sequels are most successful source, action is the top genre.(Focus)
Feb 01, 2009 ... [Film] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Action and adventure are most successful genres but comedy and drama dominate the market * Concerts and other alternative content events accounted for 0.77 per cent of gross box office in 2008 * Sequels take 20.6 ...
Movie download market fragments: digital retail and digital rental perform below expectations.(Focus)
Feb 01, 2009 ... [Wired media] [On-line] [Film] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Studios are still working out optimal strategies to balance convenience, pricing and volume * Transactional markets continue to be driven by hardware-based stores * Advertising-supported ...
Disney assault on games market: acquisitions and re-structuring underpin rapid growth.(Profile)
Feb 01, 2009; ... At the 2007 E3 games industry trade show, the head of Disney Interactive Studios (Disney's computer and video games development, publishing and licensing division), Graham Hopper, spoke about Disney's view of games as being not only a 'long-term priority' but also its fundamental belief ...
Uncertain future for mobile music: sector still finding its way as physical music market fades.(Profile)
Feb 01, 2009 ... THE TRADITIONAL OPERATOR-CENTRIC THREESOME The mobile industry is typically dominated by the network operators. With the exception of ringtones, the mobile music market has followed this trend, with music being offered to the consumer through the network operator. As such, the ...
Blu-ray replication plant opens in China.(GENERAL)
Feb 01, 2009 ... [Video] Sony DADC, the disc replication arm of Sony, has partnered the Shanghai Media Group to open its first Blu-ray (BD) replication facility for both BD25 and BD50 in China. The facility, located outside Shanghai, is reportedly capable of making up to 500,000 discs a month. The first ...
UK theatre adds to cinema alternative content.(GENERAL)
Feb 01, 2009 ... [Cinema] [E-Cinema] After opera, pop concerts and sport, live theatre has found its way into cinemas. The UK's National Theatre has signed a deal to broadcast four plays live by satellite into 50 cinemas in the UK and abroad. Audiences will pay 10 [pounds sterling] a ticket for the event, ...
Cineworld targets major 3-D screen expansion.(GENERAL)
Feb 01, 2009 ... [Cinema] [E-cinema] Leading UK circuit Cineworld will acquire 74 digital cinema projectors from NEC Corporation for around 4m [pounds sterling] ($5.5m) in a direct bid to capitalise on 2009's high profile 3-D titles. The deal will double its current number of digital screens to around 148, ...
Disney Blu-ray strategy introduces HD exclusivity.(GENERAL)
Feb 01, 2009 ... [Video] Home entertainment division of Disney is to release the Blu-ray (BD) version of animated movie Bolt to the US market on 22 March 2009, two days prior to the film's DVD release, marking the first time a major new title has been released on BD before DVD, according to Screen Digest ...
France, Spain and UK on track to end analogue.(GENERAL)
Feb 01, 2009 ... [Television] French regulator the CSA has selected Nord-Cotentin, on the northern tip of Normandy, as the first part of the country to switch off analogue TV. The switch to digital will take place on 18 November 2009, affecting 200,000 inhabitants. Full switch-off of analogue throughout ...
Legacy video format ceases production.(GENERAL)
Feb 01, 2009 ... [Video] Consumer electronics manufacturer Pioneer is set to end officially the production of LaserDisc (LD) players in Japan at end March 2009. Pioneer's LaserDisc, the 12-inch digital video disc format, was first introduced in the US in 1980 and Japan in 1981 but failed to achieve ...
China will strengthen intellectual property laws.(REGULATION)
Feb 01, 2009 ... [Fiml] [Music] World Trade Organisation (WTO) has identified aspects of China's intellectual property rights (IPR) regime said to be inconsistent with its obligations under the WTO agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). According to a report released 26 ...
FCC allows downloadable conditional access.(REGULATION)
Feb 01, 2009 ... [Television] [Wired media] Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has extended US cable MSO Cablevision's integration ban waiver until 31 December 2010, on the basis that all STBs deployed by Cablevision from 31 December 2010 will incorporate an open downloadable conditional access system ...
Film ratings system proposed for China.(REGULATION)
Feb 01, 2009 ... [Film] [Censorship] The Film Promotion Law submitted to the Chinese cabinet in January by the governing body for broadcasting and the film industry, SARFT (State Administrator of Radio Film and Television), could lead to the introduction China's first film classification system. ...
Blockbuster broadens digital distribution.(BUSINESS)
Feb 01, 2009 ... [Video] [On-line] Blockbuster has agreed a multi-year preferred-provider deal with Sonic Solutions to broaden distribution of its digital entertainment offering. Sonic will support Blockbuster's movie download service across a range of devices, including some used by Sonic's own online ...