Studios Talk Windows, Amazon Talks Pricing, Everyone Talks Blu-ray ...

DVD sales are down 14% year to date, according to Ron Sanders, president of Warner Home Video and board president for DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group, which hosted the event. And the overall home entertainment business is still reeling from a rough economic climate, in which consumers have turned to rental over sellthrough in droves. But Blu-ray sales are up 86%, and high-def disc is expected to generate $2 billion in revenue this year. To help push Blu-ray, the DEG and The Film Foundation are launching a joint initiative to promote both restoration of classic films and those re-mastered films on Blu-ray in a public service announcement. The PSA, which will appear on DVDs released worldwide, features directors Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood. The presidents predicted that premium windows would open with higher rental prices closer to theatrical releases and that each studio would continue to play with windows as they examine the data from their 28-day window agreements. Sanders also hinted that the 28-day window “may be short” and the studios could revisit their agreements when they’re up for negotiations. “The reality is the consumer wants the content when they want it, on the device they want,” Sanders said.

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