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Home Ent News: Second half of 2009 saw slight growth -- Japanese video software sales fell 4.2% year-on to $3.04 billion in 2009, according to a report issued by the Japan Video Software Association (JVA) on Wednesday. This is the fifth straight year of decline for the biz since hitting its peak of $4.17 billion in 2004.
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Home Ent News: Pickup comes on heels of 'Alice' buy -- ABC Family is on a theatrical buying spree, picking up the network TV rights to the Sandra Bullock feature "The Blind Side."
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Home Ent News: Videogame unit renews deal with toymaker -- Warner Bros.' videogame division will continue to play with Legos through 2016.
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Home Ent News: Net to give CBS service 250 hours of content -- U.K. terrestrial web Five will distribute its shows on CBS's video-on-demand service, TV.com.
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Home Ent News: Judges rule in favor of MTV reality show -- A man who says he was beaten during an episode of MTV's "Jersey Shore" reality show has lost his bid to stop the release of a video depicting the incident.
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Home Ent News: Companies reach compromise on DVD window -- The Mouse House has cleared one hurdle in the U.K.: Theater circuit Cineworld announced Thursday it will carry Tim Burton's 3D tentpole "Alice in Wonderland."
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Home Ent News: VOD services steals march on Hulu -- Blighty's latest video-on-demand service, SeeSaw, bowed Wednesday -- stealing a march on U.S. VOD operator Hulu, which has long contemplated a U.K. launch.
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Home Ent News: Kiosk operator agrees to 28-day rental window with studio -- Warner Bros. has ended its legal battle against Redbox, after the operator of kiosks that rent movies for a dollar agreed not to offer the studio's films until 28 days after they bow on homevideo.
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Home Ent News: Pay channel gets distribution platform on cable operator -- Epix continues to pick up distribution momentum. The fledgling feevee service owned by Viacom, Lionsgate and MGM unveiled a carriage deal Thursday with Charter Communications that will make the channel available to another 5.5 million cable subscribers.
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Home Ent News: Will form partnership for DVDs and digital media -- Technicolor and Warner Bros. will be joining forces in a strategic partnership for DVDs and digital media.
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Home Ent News: Walmart, Target adopt purchase limit on DVD sales -- The magic number for DVDs these days is 28.
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Home Ent News: Spanish distributor specializes in Asian pics -- Barcelona-based boutique distrib Mediatres Estudio has nabbed Spanish DVD and TV rights to Japanese helmer-scribe Kiyoshi Kurosawa's supernatural horror pics "Loft" and "Seance."
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Home Ent News: About 48% of customers are streaming videos -- Netflix's fourth-quarter performance sparkled as its DVD-by-mail service surpassed 12 million subscribers, and management promised an even shinier sequel to kick off this year.
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Home Ent News: Reorg is aimed at adapting to changing distrib landscape -- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is reacting to a downturn in DVD sales and is restructuring the division.
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Home Ent News: Package includes 'Withnail,' 'Good Friday' -- London-based HandMade Films International has sold a 44-title film package to Enrique Cerezo's Video Mercury Films in Madrid.
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Home Ent News: Novelist produces DVDs for retail chain -- Jackie Collins is readying a new series of mysteries for her readers, only this time they'll appear as direct-to-DVD movies at supermarkets.
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Home Ent News: Volume rises 12%, sales value up almost 1% -- Gaul's free-falling video market appeared to bottom-out last year, registering an increase in sales volume and steady earnings compared with 2008.
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Home Ent News: Business declines for fifth consecutive year -- Shipments of video software in Japan, including DVDs, fell 5% last year, the fifth year straight that a drop has been recorded.
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Home Ent News: Studios plan slew of DVD releases -- Get ready for 3D movies for the home.
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Home Ent News: 8.6 million units sold after Dec. 15 release -- Not only was "The Hangover" a box office smash in theaters, it's a record-breaker on DVD as well.