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Home Ent News: Sales of DVD, Blu-ray discs fall 9% -- PARIS -- Revenues from video-on-demand transactions in France rose more than 50% last year to an estimated $302 million, while sales of DVD and Blu-ray discs fell 9% to an estimated $1.65 billion.
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Home Ent News: German j.v. looks to boost DVD/Blu-ray sales -- BERLIN -- Germany's Studio Hamburg and ZDF Enterprises have teamed to create a licensing and distribution joint venture.
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Home Ent News: CES Daily Spotlight: UltraViolet -- Will consumers accept a virtual video library?
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Home Ent News: SVOD service preps for Netflix arrival in U.K. -- LONDON -- European online film and TV subscription service Lovefilm is ramping up its TV deals in the U.K., striking streaming deals with Brit pubcaster BBC and commercial broadcaster ITV.
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Home Ent News: Unifrance Paris Rendez-Vous 2012 -- At 2008's Unifrance Paris Rendez-Vous, foreign distributors laughed their heads off watching Pathe's "Welcome to the Sticks." But nobody thought of buying it.
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Home Ent News: Pic to stream from date of DVD release -- U.K. entertainment retailer HMV is partnering with VOD provider FilmFlex Movies to launch a new on-demand movie service dubbed hmvon-demand.
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Home Ent News: Streaming pact includes 'Hunger Games,' 'Dirty Dancing' -- Netflix has formally announced its exclusive multi-year streaming deal with Lionsgate U.K. in Blighty and Ireland.
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Home Ent News: Service to integrate social media tools -- Blockbuster plans to make 8,000 to 10,000 films it rents available on its Facebook page through a new video-on-demand service that will integrate social media tools like comments and emoticons.
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Home Ent News: Service bows in C. America, Caribbean next week -- Netflix is rolling out its online video streaming service across 43 Latin American and Caribbean countries sooner than anticipated.
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Home Ent News: VOD sales climb 23% in first quarter -- Spending on DVD and Blu-ray discs in France dropped 9% to Euros 564 million ($804 million) in the first half of the year.
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Home Ent News: Exec underscores need for high-quality theatrical experience, top-notch 3D -- National Amusements prexy Shari Redstone joined the chorus of exhibitors decrying premium VOD on Friday at Variety's Venture Capital & New Media Summit.
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Home Ent News: Blu-ray sole bright spot -- An increasing number of consumers are making the switch from DVD to Blu-ray, but higher Blu-ray prices can't offset an overall 9% drop in physical disc sales in the last year.
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Home Ent News: Digital projection, VOD advances changing industry -- The film biz is at a digital tipping point.
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Home Ent News: Filmin deal includes 80 pics new to Spain -- Spanish arthouse Internet site Filmin has secured exclusive local online rights to more than 100 films distributed by Scandinavia's TrustNordisk.
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Home Ent News: Martin offers possible remedy for DVD decline -- A top Time Warner exec on Wednesday teased investors about a possible remedy to the slump in home entertainment that has plagued Hollywood in recent years.
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Home Ent News: Duo pact for home entertainment distrib in Russia -- Universal Pictures Intl. and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment have reached a three-year deal under which Fox will distribute the entire UPIE home entertainment product slate in Russia.
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Home Ent News: Studios held off on big releases till Q2 -- With Easter falling later this year, studios held off on releasing their bigger homevideo titles until the second quarter, causing DVD sales to take a hit during the first three months of 2011.
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Home Ent News: Says streaming serves broadband, content makers -- Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos on Thursday fired back at critics who say his company pushes down the value of content, arguing that it pays market value for movies and TV shows and benefits broadband providers and cable content companies.
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Home Ent News: Total sales of DVD and Blu-ray discs fall for sixth year -- Tokyo -- Shipments of DVD and Blu-ray discs in Japan fell 2.7% in 2010 to $3.2 billion, according to figures compiled by the Japan Video Software Assn., the sixth year of decline.
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Home Ent News: Studios say vidtailer owes nearly $40 mil -- Blockbuster may be up for sale, but any interested buyers will face a growing bill that starts with nearly $40 million that three studios say needs to be paid.