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Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Fenech, Stephen
Subject: DISTRIBUTION. DVD; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; DVD, FILMS ON
Summary: An overview of the DVD in Australia and it's popularity. Mentions the popularity of special features and director's cuts of films which make the DVD a very attractive option for consumers.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- "Special features are another factor that have catapulted DVD ahead of VHS tape..."In purchase-intent research, 84 per cent of respondents indicated special features are worth spending extra money for," Grant says. "When offered a single-disc feature-only option, 61 per cent indicated that they were interested only in owning the film"

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Williams, Fiona; Hull, David
Subject: CONFERENCE AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL MOVIE CONVENTION 2005; AUDIENCE RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; BOX OFFICE; DVD, FILMS ON; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA
Summary: -- How various people involved in the film industry describe why audiences at cinemas are falling. DVD's aren't to blame they say.
Notes: accessed from: Encore Magazine. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 June 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Syvret, Paul
Subject: PORNOGRAPHIC FILMS. AUSTRALIA; RATING FOR FILMS. AUSTRALIA; CENSORSHIP. AUSTRALIA; OFFICE OF FILM AND LITERATURE CLASSIFICATION; PORNOGRAPHIC DVD. AUSTRALIA; PORNOGRAPHIC FILMS AND THE INTERNET; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; AXIS; CALVISTA AUSTRALIA; GALLERY GLOBAL NETWORKS; TRANSACT BROADBAND; NEWNHAM, HUI
Summary: An overview of the sex industry in Australia. It has a large focus on the DVD (adult video industry) and looks at government restrictions on X rated material.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- Calvista general manager Hui Newnham says it produces 10,000 DVDs a week for distribution in Australia. That's sine half a million X-rated movies a year, from just one company.; -- Groups such as Calvista estimate the bulk of the adult retail market in Australia (books, toys and films) to be worth $1.6 billion to $1.7 billion a year. But Newnham says legally compliant operators such as Calvista and Gallery make up only about 40 per cent of the wholesale market. The rest at best operate in a grey zone, or at worst, just flog pirated material that would be unlikely to pass muster with the Office of FIlm and Literature Classification.

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Jones, Megan
Subject: DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA
Summary: The challenges video rental shops are likely to face when DVD come into marketplace. Some interesting quotes from Video Ezy here. Interesting look at the state of the home ent. market before DVD.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- David Martin - State Manager Video Ezy. - With the introduction of the long-life discs, video stores will be best placed to sell them as well as hire. "Instead of being a 'rentailer' we have to become a retailer," Mr Martin said. "Video sales or sell-through is largely untapped in Australia."; -- Australians are still the world's heaviest users of videos - hiring an average of 10 per person each year, compared with two in Britain and three in the US.

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Sutherland, Claire
Subject: DISTRIBUTION. DVD
Summary: Brief stat on DVD vs B.O. revenue
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- "...theatrical box office comprises only 20 per cent of a movie's revenue. The other far more lucrative proportion is made up of DVD sales and rentals (more than 50 per cent) and sales to TV."

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Clarke, Steve
Subject: UNITED KINGDOM; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. UK
Summary: UK DVD export sales have increased significantly in 2006, mainly due to sales to the USA. In Australia UK sales went up by 12%
Notes: accessed from: Variety.com. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 May 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Bryden-Brown, Sarah
Subject: DVD; DVD, FILMS ON; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; STANOJCIC, BILJANA
Summary: Another good early DVD article, notable for Biljana Stanojcic's (Marketing Manager Columbia TriStar) explanations on why DVD became huge.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- Biljana Stanojcic- Marketing Manager Columbia TriStar - Heaps of good quotes. Interesting one was on the DVD's in rental store. - "Stanojcic explains that by removing the high fees paid by the video stores for exclusibity, the stores have been more willing to stock DVDs. "Hannibal, for example, will cost the video retailer $50 to $60 per video. They pay this premium because it means the title won't be on sale for another six months and so they get exclusivity and can make their money back with hires. To stimulate the DVD market, we wholesale to the video store at around $27. They don't get exclusivity but they can sell copies.""

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD Research Folder
Author: Allen, Katie
Subject: DISTRIBUTION. DVD. UK
Summary: The growth of sell-through market in the UK, as well as piracy, has put the rental shop in real danger of survival.
Notes: accessed from: RMIT University. (21 May 2007). http://film.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329821026-3156,00.html>

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Thompson, Erica
Subject: DISTRIBUTION. AUSTRALIA; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; DVD, FILMS ON; LIONS GATE; MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT
Summary: Very comprehensive article on Magna Pacific and how they are trying to hold off take over by Lionsgate. Plenty of material on the DVD sales market. Mentions changes in DVD price in Australia.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- Lots of quotes but this is probably the best: Magna, run by chief executive Allan Radley, is Australia's largest independent DVD distributor, but 86 least 86 per cent of the market is controlled by big operators such as Roadshow, 20th Century Fox and Buena Vista.

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Brammall, Bruce
Subject: NEWS CORPORATION; DVD, FILMS ON; DVD, TV SHOWS ON; DISTRIBUTION. DVD
Summary: News Corp posting large profits. Rupert Murdoch talks about the growth area of DVD sales.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- "Strong DVD and home video sales of the moview DareDevil and TV shows MASH, Buffy and The Simpsons led the stronger sales for News's filmed entertainment division."; -- "Mr Murdoch...said the quarter had got off to a promising start with successful DVD and video releases of Bend it Like Beckham and 28 Days Later."; -- "DVD sales are already huge in the US, so News Corp is turning its attention to Australia, Britain, Japan, and France, where consumers are hungry for DVDs of their favourite for DVDs of their favourite films and TV shows. "The growth of penetration of DVD players both in the US and in the rest of the world is quite incredible," Mr Murdoch said yesterday. "It's got a long, long way to go.""

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Griffiths, Peter
Subject: DVD, FILMS ON; DISTRIBUTION. DVD; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; DISTRIBUTION. EUROPE; COLUMBIA TRISTAR; DVD FORUM; GARETON, MARC
Summary: The growth of DVD in Australia. How DVD releases in Australia correspond with Europe and therefore costs are shared in relation to authoring.; -- Marc Gareton (Managing Director - Warner Home Video) "In 2001 I beleive we will sell more DVD to the consumer than VHS," he concludes. "We will have created a market the size of the VHS market in three-and-a-half-years, and that speed of success has never been known to new technology."; -- Lots of stats provided by Colombia Tristar.; -- Over 100,000 DVD plauers amd 210,000 DVD-ROM players have been installed in Australian homes. The former is expected to increase to over 250,000 by Christmas 2000.; -- Almost 1000 titles are currently available on the AUstralian market. The projected number of titles by Christmas 2000 is over 2500.
Notes: accessed from: Encore Magazine. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 June 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Groves, Don
Subject: DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCE RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA
Summary: -- Suggesting that DVD sales fuel cinema attendence. Stats listed say: "DVD owners patronise cinemas more frequently - 4.5 times in six months - than the rest of the popularity."

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Marx, Anthony
Subject: MAGNA PACIFIC HOLDINGS; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA
Summary: Magna Pacific profit upgrade as DVD sales rise ever higher.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- "Magna Pacifc has secured a 6.4 per cent market share of the Australian DVD market for the year to date and plans to grow that by at least another 1 per cent by enlarging its product base"; -- "We have recently moved into the children's market and we see great potential for other add-on markets such as exercise, extreme sports, music DVDs, classic science fiction and martial arts," Mr Radley said. "We have been successful with our preliminary move into children's product through Care Bears and Croc Hunter, and we are now adding exciting titles such as Yu-Gi-Oh!, Strawberry Shortcake and the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Fenech, Stephen
Subject: DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; DVD, FILMS ON; HOME EXHIBITION. AUSTRALIA
Summary: An in-depth look at the growth of DVD popularity in Australia. Lots of useful facts here!
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Zion, Lawrie
Subject: DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; QUICKFLIX; VIDEO EZY
Summary: Saying that the DVD rental sector is still thriving in Australia, even though the DVD sell-through market is very strong. Talks about the important rental company Video Ezy and the online rental Quickflix.; There is also a couple of paragraphs on the trend of franchise movies released straight onto DVD.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- "I know I'm not the only binge purchaser with unwrapped DVDs cluttering up valuable shelf space. Perhaps renting made sense after all"; -- $1 billion on DVD purchases last year compared with $365 million on rentals.; -- Paul Uniacke - Mg Dir Video Ezy. "Selling DVDs accounts for half the revenue of a number of Video Ezy stores. "But that doesn't mean we're giving up renting, because rentals are up compared with last year."

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Zion, Lawrie
Subject: DVD, FILMS ON; WIDE-SCREEN; DISTRIBUTION. DVD; WARNER BROS.; BUENA VISTA INTERNATIONAL; COLUMBIA TRISTAR; GARRA, MICHELE; PEARL HARBOR (US, Michael Bay, 2001)
Summary: Very in depth article on DVDs in Australia and how distributors release different types of DVD in Australia compared to the USA. The author questions whether there is any value in bonus discs. A debate on whether DVD should be sent to rental in a 'vanilla' version and then sold months later with extra discs.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: Too many look at here.

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Catalano, Christian
Subject: NEWS CORPORATION; DISTRIBUTION. DVD
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: --; -- Tony Wilson, UBS Media Analyst - "Even in the USD it's only at 42-43 per cent of the market."; -- "News Corp's chief operating officer Peter Chernin said the company had spent heavily on researching DVD growth. He said penetration of DVDs was also driven by affordability, with basic DVD players retailing for $US45 ($A63) in America and under $100 in Australia.

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Schulze, Jane
Subject: DVD, FILMS ON; DVD, TV SHOWS ON; DISTRIBUTION. DVD; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; NEWS CORPORATION; VILLAGE ROADSHOW; PIRACY. AUSTRALIA; BECKER GROUP
Summary: In depth article on the growth of DVDs. All companies mentioned here recorded extra profits due to DVD sales. Plenty of info to chew over!
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- "Macquaire Equities has estimated that 36 per cent of the earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) reported by News's film division in 2002 came from DVD sales and believes "this is likely to grow dramatically in the next few years".; -- Peter Chernin - COO News Corp. "We are still around the 50 per cent penetration of US households in DVDs -- it's still a very fast growing consumer product. ANd I think we're still somewhere in the high teens/low 20 per cent penetration of DVDs internationally, so we feel confident there's still a lot of growth left in the whole category."; -- Simon Bush, Chief Exec. Australian Visual Software Distributors Association - "It took the industry a bit by suprise because the home entertainment arms of the movie houses have traditionally been the poor cousins..."; -- Brendan Lyons - Media Analyst Goldman Sachs. "The sale of TV shows on DVD has also been a major plus for Fox Film. This is especially the case for older series (The Simpsons/X-Files), which would have little cost allocation against them." But Mr Lyons also believes highly popular film DVDs will dampen future TV ratings of those films. "Consumers will only watchh a film a certain number of times, irrespective of the medium," he said."

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Bryden-Brown, Sarah
Subject: DVD; DISTRIBUTION. DVD; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; COLUMBIA TRISTAR; GARRA, MICHELE
Summary: On how the DVD has become the most popular home entertainment device in history.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- Australians have gone from owning 1.6 VHS movies per household, to 10 DVDs.; -- Michele Garra. Mg Dir Columbia triStar Home Ent Aust. - lists various reasons for DVD success - extras, technical superiority, and "The majority of titles are released for sale so quickly after the movie has finished its theatrical release."; -- "The marketing dollars pumped into theatrical releases are a great help to DVD sales, too, Garra says. While DVD sales are not at the expense of the cinema box office, cinema marketing is a great promotional tool.; -- "But research that Columbia TriStar conducts through the DVD Usergroup website (which is funded with 4 per cent of Columbia TriStar's marketing budget) draws an interesting portrait of the average DVD user. Most people who whave bought the 5700 titles now available did not see the movie during its cinema release. And few buy them as gifts. And in contrast to video rentals, which are often group decisions, the DVD purchase is a solo affair."

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Royall, Ian
Subject: DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; HOME VIDEO MARKETING; AUSTRALIAN VISUAL SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION; BUSH, SIMON
Summary: The slashing of DVD prices fuels high sales of the product. The article looks at the shortening of cinema to DVD sales release and why DVD is a popular format. Good article!
Notes: -- accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- "Big chains such as Big W, Kmart and Target are driving prices on DVDs and CDs down to bare margins to lure customers. Full retail price for a new movie is usually more than $40, but the chains are marking them down to about $27, while the same titles sell in specialist retailers for $36 to $40."; -- ""Studios are making decisions now as to whether to fund movies, based on follow-through sales to DVD and video" Mr Bush said."; -- "Distributors also have shortened the time between cinema release and DVD release. Initially it was to beat piracy, but the extra incentive is to get the movie out while it's still fresh in the public's mind. A few years ago, the gap between cinema and DVD release was as much as 18 months. Now, it can be as brief as three months, depending on the studio and the type of movie."

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
CorpAuthor: IBISWorld Pty Ltd
Source: AT
Publisher: IBISWorld Pty Ltd
PubDate: 2007, 2006
PhysDes: 57 leaves
Subject: DISTRIBUTION. AUSTRALIA; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA
Summary: Report of film and video distribution in Australia with information on the industry over the last 15 years.
Notes: PDF report printed

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Tilbury, Alex
Subject: VILLAGE ROADSHOW; DISTRIBUTION; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA
Summary: Significant profit growth for Village Roadshow in 2003-04, with blockbuster films such as Lord of the Rings: Return of the King being a big part of it. Goes through the different divisions of Roadshow mentioning how each section went.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- "Film distribution reported a 56 per cent leap in profit before tax and significant items to $14.5 million."; -- Graham Burke - Mg Dir Roadshow Entertainment "DVD sales were up 76 per cent compared to the same period last year. Roadshow is currently the number one distributor in the DVD arena with a 15.8 per cent share of the value of the industry."

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Boland, Michaela
Subject: DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; DISTRIBUTION. AUSTRALIA
Summary: Short article on independent film distribution in Australia. There is mention of the DVD rental situation in Australia and how downloads are not used by the Australian public to watch films and tv shows due to slow internet speed.
Notes: accessed from: Variety.com. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 May 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Frew, Wendy
Subject: DVD, FILMS ON; DISTRIBUTION. DVD; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; POLLAK, ALEX
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- "But the real money these blockbusters generate is not at the box office but in DVD sales"; -- "So far, most sales are of new release movies. That has created an extra revenue stram for film studios and one with huge potential as more people buy DVD players and as other material such as television shows, children's shows and music become popular in DVD format."; -- ""DVD is a significant new revenue window and I don't think the market has worked that out yet," Macquarie Equities analyst Alex Pollak said. "It is a new way of consuming movies...in five years' time there will be more DVDs on American bookshelves than books.""; -- "...for every $US8.6 million taken in opening box office receipts, a studio will sell 1 million DVDs."

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Woodhead, Ben
Subject: SONY CORPORATION; DISTRIBUTION. DVD
Summary: Sony plans to develop their global data warehouse project which will allow them to "track DVD (and other formats like Blu-ray and Playstation Portable UMD disks) sales in minute detail across its 61,000 titles." Goes into the ways this data will be useful for Sony in terms of marketing and costs.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (put date - 14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- David Cortese - Sony Picutres home entertainment CIO "We can now see revenue and returns on all the variants associated with a title"

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Bodey, Michael
Subject: DVD; DVD, FILMS ON; DISTRIBUTION. DVD; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; LURHMANN, BAZ; SHREK (US, Kelly Asbury & Andrew Adamson, 2001); GLADIATOR (US, Ridley Scott, 2000)
Summary: Sums up the explosive growth of DVD in the early 2000's. Mentions of how old blockbusters are very slow to be released on new DVD format. Lots of stats for films like Shrek and Gladiator.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- Ros Wilson - Gen Mgr Roadshow Home Entertainment - "The interesting thing about the Australian market is if you go 'day and date' (release for sale the same day as rental copies are released), your uptake is enormous," says Wilson. "That's what's making it work here".; -- "Wilson notes that even a film such as The Wedding Planner can expect sales of 50,000."; -- Wayne Borg - Mg Dir Universal Pictures - "But those that enter the market can excel. Universal's Borg expects Shrek top be another DVD release that outperforms its cinema box office. And this despite a mere 10 to 15 per cent penetration of DVD players in Australian households."

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Marr, Merissa
Subject: DREAMWORKS SKG; DISTRIBUTION. DVD; SHREK 2 (US, Kelly Asbury & Andrew Adamson & Conrad Vernon, 2004)
Summary: Dreamworks had to call off a a secondary stock offering due to unexpected retailer returns of their blockbuster hit Shrek 2. seems to confirm that DVD sales have hit a wall and will not shoot forever upwards
Notes: accessed from: Proquest. Proquest-CSA LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- "It has sold more than 35 million DVD and VHS copies world-wide so far"; -- Sales to consumers (of DVD's) have reached more than $15 billion annually.

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: De Lisle, Tim
Subject: DVD, FILMS ON; DISTRIBUTION; DISTRIBUTION. DVD; FOOTBALL FACTORY, THE (UK, Nick Love, 2004)
Summary: A detailed look at how DVD is becoming more and more popular with studios looking at DVD sales as becoming a more and more important stream of revenue. Looks at the distribution details of the film The Football Factory.
Notes: -- accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- "everybody's looking for a franchise".; -- ""Extras are believed to loom large in our purchasing decisions"

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: McIntyre, Paul
Subject: DISTRIBUTION. DVD
Summary: McDonalds looking to expand their retail business by installing DVD rental machines in their shops.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Bodey, Michael
Subject: DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; JACOBSON, CLAYTON; KENNY (AT, Clayton Jacobson, 2006)
Summary: The DVD success of Kenny.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- "A quarter of a million copies of the film will be shipped, and probably sold, by the new year, comfortably placing it among the top three DVDs of the year and possibly the best-selling Australian film ever."; -- "After pulling more than 7.5 million at the box office, Kenny will add more than $6 million in DVD revenue, which means the Jacobsons will actually earn some money from the film."

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Leyden, Fleur
Subject: MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT; FUNTASTIC LIMITED; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA
Summary: Interview with CEO of Funtastic Tony Oates. Mention of purchase of DVD distributor Madman Entertainment and how this purchase would allow Funtastic to enter the children's DVD market.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Subject: DVD, TV SHOWS ON; DISTRIBUTION. DVD
Summary: In depth study on TV shows on DVD. Strategies distributors are using to maximise sales with this profit and the differernces between the US and world markets.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Kalina, Paul
Subject: INDUSTRY, VIDEO. AUSTRALIA; IMPORT OF DVD; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; PARALLEL IMPORTING; DVD, TV SHOWS ON
Summary: Documents frustrations that Australian's face when they wish to view a DVD that is not produced in the Region Four coding for Australia. It is illegal (called parallel importing) to purchase (for example) a Region One DVD if the Region Four DVD has not been produced. Lists opinion of retailers and government bodies on the Parallel Importing laws and also how Australia tries to organise Region Four DVDs as soon as possible
Notes: -- accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (put date - 14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- George Papadopoulos Accent Film Entertainment - Parallel importing bad; -- Keren Wicks Network Video - Parallel importing good; -- Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft - policing ban on parallel imports.

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Brannelly, Louise
Subject: MAGNA PACIFIC HOLDINGS; BECKER GROUP; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA
Summary: Magna Pacific has struck up a deal with the Becker Group which will enable it to release all Becker movies in Australia. Lots of projects of financial figures are listed.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Brannelly, Louise
Subject: MAGNA PACIFIC HOLDINGS; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; RADLEY, ALLAN; DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS (US, Courtney Solomon, 2000)
Summary: Magna Pacific strong revenue results due to high DVD sales. Now going into film production hoping to set up vertical integration.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: Allan Radley - Mg Dir Magna - The video and DVD manufacturer and distributor has forecast a 57 per cent jump in first half revenue to $5.8 million and a 20 per cent rise in pre-abnormal operating profit to $600,000. "Much of that improvement has been due to Magna's aggressive roll-out of DVD titles," Mr radley said, adding that DVD sales were exceeding all expectations.

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Familari, Peter
Subject: DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; COLUMBIA TRISTAR; GARRA, MICHELE
Summary: Focuses on Michele Garra, the Chief Executive of Columbia TriStar Home Video. Looks at the rising star of DVD.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- "While it's clar to her that in the long run DVD will kill off VCR and videotape, she has managed to devise a strategy to balance both revenue streams. "We have a full committment from our major retailers and video rental stores to carry our video and DVD inventories," she says. "Plues we've reassured the market that we'll manage DVD with planned incremental sales."

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Collins, Simon
Subject: DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA
Summary: Mainly on CD sales which are on downturn. A couple of interesting sentences on DVD sales in Australia.
Notes: -- accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- "2004 was a bad year for the music market, with DVDs the only format with improved sales. However, heavy discounting meant that while DVD sales improved 6.5 per cent, the overall revenue dropped 8 per cent."

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Walsh, Liam
Subject: MAGNA PACIFIC HOLDINGS; DVD, FILMS ON; DVD, TV SHOWS ON; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; RADLEY, ALLAN
Summary: Magna Pacific's large growth in profit and revenue for the fiscal year of 2004.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- Magna's business includes acquiring and sitributing films and TV as well as supplying DVDs abd videos to rental and retail outlets like K-Mart.; -- A ballooning DVD market and niche sector success had driven the result, Magna managing director Allan Radley said. "Eighteen months ago we weren't in children's products at all. . . (it earned) $6 million-plus this financial year" he said.

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Fenech, Stephen
Subject: DVD, FILMS ON; DVD, TV SHOWS ON; MUSIC FOR DVD; HOME EXHIBITION. AUSTRALIA; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA
Summary: In depth article on the growth of DVD popularity in Australia. Lots of useful stats!
Notes: -- accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- a few versions of this article appear in other News Corp papers. This seems to be the definitive version.

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Subject: DVD, FILMS ON; DISTRIBUTION. DVD
Summary: Good general article at the start of the DVD boom that highllights the strenghts of the DVD in many facets (incl space in retail). Not Australian focused but useful anyways.
Notes: -- accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007). ; -- sourced from The Economist.

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Subject: DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; DVD, TV SHOWS ON
Summary: Article in 2 parts. Part one focuses on the end of year sales figures for DVDs in Australia. Part two says that the growth in DVD sales and revenue for the year was "almost entirely driven by TVDVD box sets."
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (11May 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Subject: DVD, TV SHOWS ON; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA
Summary: A roundup of 2006 DVD sales figures which shows that TV shows on DVD jumped 25 percent, which offset the stablizing of growth in other DVD sectors as well well as the cheaper price of DVDs.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (11 May 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Subject: WARNER BROS.; VILLAGE ROADSHOW; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; DISTRIBUTION. AUSTRALIA
Summary: Village Roadshow and Warner Brothers video are combining their video sales operations, calling the new company Warner Roadshow Home Entertainment.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: "Village Roadshow siad yesterday the venture would benefit the Australian DVD and video markets by sharing costs and taking advantage of efficiencies gained from a central distribution point."

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Subject: DISTRIBUTION. DVD; DVD
Summary: Comprehensive round up of DVD sales worldwide.