The DVD Game and Sales

Just a few snippets about DVDs:

[quote]Former Time Warner Chairman Gerald Levin has predicted that the advent of the DVD will revolutionize the making of motion pictures. Speaking on the subject “The Future of Media” at a Minneapolis gathering hosted by the University of St. Thomas College of Business, Levin noted that filmmakers are now free to include scenes on DVD discs that they may have left out of theatrical releases and that viewers can decide whether they want to watch them. As reported in Wednesday’s Minneapolis Star Tribune, this ability to alter films and release new versions essentially means a film is never really finished, according to Levin. “Artistically, that’s very important,” he said. [/quote]

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[quote]Sales of DVDs during the first nine months of 2002 were 17 percent higher than DVD sales for all of 2001, the DVD Entertainment Group said Wednesday. The industry organization also noted that third-quarter sales of 153 million were almost double those for the same period a year ago. [/quote]

Good stuff, i especially liked the comment that with DVDs…the moive is never really finished. really like that one 😀

Updated: October 18, 2002 — 4:12 pm