Posts Tagged "home video"

Never-before-seen footage emerges of 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster, captured on Super 8 film from Kennedy Space Centre

Launch captured from Kennedy Space Centre, ten miles from launch site Spectators were unaware of malfunction; one commented ‘How beautiful!’ when shuttle exploded All seven astronauts on board died after the craft broke up during ascent By Beth StebnerUPDATED: 22:07 EST, 10 March 2012 As a space enthusiast fascinated by NASA, then 19-year-old Jeffery Ault was looking forward watching the…read more →

11 Mar, 2012

Universal adds second screen of features to boost video sales

with cratering DVD sales dragging down home-video revenue, Hollywood is eager to find a way to persuade consumers to buy movies instead of renting them. Ultraviolet is part of that effort, on the theory that digital sales would take off if movie files were as portable as movie discs. A more interesting gambit that's slowly emerging is to make the…read more →

22 Oct, 2011

Universal Pictures abandons ‘Tower Heist’ early VOD release

Following staunch opposition from theater owners, Universal Pictures has abandoned its controversial plan to make the movie “Tower Heist” available to consumers via video on demand just three weeks after it opens in theaters. "Universal Pictures today announced that in response to a request from theater owners, it has decided to delay its planned premium home video on demand (PVOD)…read more →

13 Oct, 2011

'Bridesmaids' Debuts at No. 1 on DVD Sales Chart

Universal Studios Home Entertainment’s Bridesmaids was the third summer tentpole to debut at no. 1 on the national home video sales charts its first week in stores, after actioners X-Men: First Class and Thor. The film, which grossed nearly $170 million in U.S. theaters, took the top spot on both the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert overall sales chart and Nielsen’s…read more →

6 Oct, 2011

‘The Dark Knight Rises’ vs. the Internet: How has a culture of leaks changed the moviegoing experience?

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial opened in theaters on June 11, 1982. It was still playing in theaters one year later. on one hand, that kind of theatrical run is unthinkable today. too many things have changed in Hollywood: The rise of home video as a cultural phenomenon and an economic necessity, the frontloaded release schedule that values opening-weekend gross over anything…read more →

20 Aug, 2011

Disney 3Q earnings seen higher on ad rebound

On Monday August 8, 2011, 11:05 am EDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — the Walt Disney co. is expected to report higher earnings for its fiscal third quarter on Tuesday, as an advertising rebound boosts networks like ESPN and ABC and its newest cruise ship, Disney Dream, operated for a full quarter without the burden of launch costs. But the closure…read more →

13 Aug, 2011