Universal Plans Blu-ray/DVD Combo Packs
Universal Studios Home Entertainment plans to re-release a slate of films in new combination Blu-ray/DVD editions on January 5. The move is similar to a Disney effort to package the two formats...
View ArticleAnalyst: Redbox’s New-Release Workaround Strains Under Studio Embargo
With Redbox now unable to obtain new release DVDs from three major studios, the offering in the company’s network of 21,000 kiosks is beginning to suffer, according to Pali Research analyst Richard...
View ArticleUniversal To Debut Blu-ray/DVD ‘Flipper’ Discs
Universal is set to roll out the first Blu-ray/DVD “flipper discs” — a single, dual-sided disc that contains Blu-ray on one side and DVD on the other. The studio plans to roll out the technology with...
View ArticleMore Redbox Kiosks Stock Warner, Uni Titles On Street
Redbox's workaround agreements to get releases from studios like Warner Home Video and Universal Studios Home Entertainment on street date may be working better than a few months ago, according to one...
View ArticleUniversal Launches Blu-ray Giveaway On Facebook
On the heels of a holiday season that saw deep discounts on Blu-ray software, Universal Studios launches a Blu-ray promotion on Facebook, under the tag line “We're giving away 2,010 Blu-rays to kick...
View ArticleHigh Marks For Universal’s Blu-ray/DVD ‘Flipper’ Discs
“The discs themselves are sturdy, well-manufactured, and offer all of the benefits of a 2-disc BD/DVD combo in a single disc,” writes Blu-ray.com. The studio’s first two Flipper releases street next...
View ArticleUniversal Slates ‘Vault Series’ For DVD-On-Demand Release
Select catalog films from Universal are making their DVD debut in a deal between the studio’s home entertainment division and CreateSpace, Amazon.com’s on-demand publishing unit. Titles from the...
View ArticleUniversal Offers ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Blu-ray Packaging Exchange
Following complaints from purchasers of "Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series" about the Blu-ray set’s bulky packaging, Universal Studios Home Entertainment is offering an exchange program for the...
View Article‘New Moon’ Disc Exclusive For Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart is getting exclusive retail rights to a two-disc “fans edition” release of “New Moon” on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. Distributed by Universal Studios Home Entertainment, the Summit Entertainment...
View ArticleFox, Universal Cut 28-Day Deals With Netflix
Netflix announced agreements with the home entertainment units of Twentieth Century Fox and Universal Studios, in which the service forgoes renting new-release movies from the studios for 28 days in...
View ArticleRedbox Settles With Fox, Universal
As anticipated, the kiosk company reaches 28-day window agreements with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Universal Studios Home Entertainment. The supply deals end Redbox’s legal dispute...
View ArticleWarner’s Sanders Remains DEG President; Disney’s Chapek Steps Down
The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) named its new board of directors for the coming fiscal year (Aug. 1 – July 31), while announcing that its chairman, Bob Chapek, was stepping down. Chapek, who was...
View ArticleUniversal Ups HD Marketing Exec
Robert Read is named SVP Worldwide HD Marketing for Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE). Read, who previously was VP at the studio, oversees...
View ArticleNCR, Universal Test ‘Premium Rentals’ in Kiosks; Netflix Confirms Sony Deal
NCR Entertainment announced yesterday that it would make new DVD and Blu-ray titles from Universal Studios Home Entertainment available 28 days after their sell-through release, echoing the windowing...
View Article‘Despicable Me’ Moves More than One Million Discs on First Day
Seems there is some life yet in the family DVD market, as Universal’s “Despicable Me” rung up $25 million in first-day DVD sales last Tuesday. The animated family comedy — available in a double DVD...
View ArticleUniversal Releases 104-Disc ‘Law & Order’ DVD Set
“Law & Order” — NBC’s acclaimed primetime television series, which completed its 20th and final season in 2010 — is probably one of the few properties that still can succeed as a...
View ArticleRedbox, Universal Keep 28-Day Window on Discs
by Terence Keegan A new Blu-ray and DVD distribution deal between Redbox and Universal Studios Home Entertainment will keep in place a 28-day window on new disc releases through August 2014. The...
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