Image Gets Deadline Extension On Payment
Image Entertainment has been granted a month or more to make a required $4 million payment on a senior convertible note originally due Nov. 15. The DVD supplier has until Dec. 11 to make the $4 million...
View ArticleDisney Studio Drama Might Alter The Industry
In its review of Rich Ross’ first 50 days as head of Walt Disney Studios, the Los Angeles Times speculates on how the marketing and distribution shake-up at the studio could lead to industry-wide...
View ArticleWarner Music Merges ADA Sales Staff Into WEA
While the Warner Music Group is folding the sales staff of the Alternative Distribution Alliance inside that of WEA, the two distribution staffs will be kept separate in their dealings with account and...
View ArticleWarner Home Video Ends Cinram DVD Supply Deal
Cinram’s long-running, exclusive deal with Warner Home Video (WHV) for DVD manufacturing and distribution services is coming to an abrupt end this summer. The Toronto-based disc replicator announced...
View ArticleTechnicolor Picks Up Warner DVD Business
Following Cinram’s announcement that Warner Home Video was ending its exclusive relationship with the DVD services company, rival disc manufacturer Technicolor says that it will fulfill the studio’s...
View ArticleSony In Weinstein DVD Distribution Deal
Continuing its restructuring effort, The Weinstein Co. has finalized a new DVD marketing and distribution deal with Sony’s Worldwide Acquisitions division, according to Deadline Hollywood. TWC and...
View ArticleBlockbuster Mulls Bankruptcy, Looks To Outsource Main Distribution Center
For the second time in a year, Blockbuster is warning that it may have to file for bankruptcy protection under mounting debt and ever-increasing market pressure from competitors. The Wall Street...
View ArticleTrans World Closing California Distribution Center
The entertainment retailer says it will close its Los Angeles-area distribution center in Carson, CA, as part of its program to streamline operations. The facility will be phased out of operations over...
View ArticleCinram Reports Q2 Earnings
Second-quarter revenue from DVD and Blu-ray replication and distribution, which represents 80% of Cinram’s business, was down 8% to $203.8 million from $222.6 million in 2009, the company reported...
View ArticleImage In Manufacturing, Distribution Deal With Sony
Continuing its restructuring of operations, Image Entertainment enters a multi-year manufacturing and distribution agreement with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, encompassing both Blu-ray and DVD...
View ArticleDistributor TuneCore Sings Digital Music’s Praises
“Unit sales are up, not down — that means people are buying more music, not less,” says Jeff Page, chief executive of digital music distributor TuneCore, in an interview with the Los Angeles Times....
View ArticleFox Renews With Cinram for Replication, Distribution
Cinram has signed a new multi-year contract with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment to continue serving as the studio’s primary supplier for DVD and Blu-ray replication and distribution services,...
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