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Tanking DVD Biz Pins Hopes on 'Transformers 2'
Tanking DVD Biz Pins Hopes on 'Transformers 2'
By Daniel Frankel “This time last year, we were all pretty depressed. We wouldn’t have shown up here,” quipped Sony Pictures Home Entertainment president David Bishop, expressing the mood of his industry at Tuesday’s “Blu-Con 2.0” trade event at the Beverly Hilton. Indeed, after watching the DVD market precipitously fall 10 percent since it peaked in 2004, cratering a disastrous 6 percent last year to $22.4 billion, Bishop, along with the three other home ...
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Miramax Steps Out for a Sad Little Swan Song [Trade Round-up]
Gawker — ... • There may be signs of life in that old DVD market yet. The Wrap reports that after the huge success of the Transformers 2 DVD release, analysts are optimistic about the upcoming crop of blockbuster home releases to fuel strong sales. [The Wrap] ...

Miramax Steps Out for a Sad Little Swan Song
Gawker: defamer — ... • There may be signs of life in that old DVD market yet. The Wrap reports that after the huge success of the Transformers 2 DVD release, analysts are optimistic about the upcoming crop of blockbuster home releases to fuel strong sales. [The Wrap] ...

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