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journal article		Aussie preschool DVD solution boosts sales in Kidscreen (Nov/Dec 2006) p.27 Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD Research Folder Author: Castleman, Lana Subject: INDUSTRY, VIDEO. AUSTRALIA; DVD, TV SHOWS ON; VILLAGE ROADSHOW; CHILDREN, PROGRAMMES FOR Summary: (taken from Proquest summary) - Consumer and reatil research revealed time-poor moms (the chief purchasers) were finding it difficult to locate preschool titles.; Roadshow director of business Grahame Grassby says the brightly colored, toyetic handle boxes (for children show titles) were created to boost underwhelming preschool DVD sales More info
newspaper article		Doubling profit just the start for buoyant News in Courier-Mail (07/11/2003) p.33 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."" More info
newspaper article		DVDs make or break film trade in The Australian [Finance] (22/09/2003) p.27 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." More info
newspaper article		DVDs post blockbuster year in Australian Financial Review (16/02/2007) p.3 Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER Author: Connors, Emma Subject: DVD, FILMS ON; INDUSTRY, VIDEO. AUSTRALIA; DVD, TV SHOWS ON; BLOCKBUSTERS; AUSTRALIA 2000s Summary: Blockbuster titles push DVD sales in Australia up in 2006. Very stats based article on DVD sales increase. Notes: -- accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007). Quotations: 65.2 million titles worth 1.02 billion sold. Only 1% sales VHS DVD sales up 14 % whilst revenue up 15% on 2005 TV series made 26% of total sales Broadening of retail sales from mass retail to petrol stations Impact of rental online services suggested with sales to rentals up 22% but revenue up 5% No expectation that online channels will impact on DVD in 2007. Films Mentioned: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Pirates of the Carribean Ice Age 2 Kenny (as independent success) TV mentioned House Little Britain More info
journal article		Living on video in Television Business International (1 September, 2003) vol.15 iss.6 p.24 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). More info
newspaper article		The long wait for entertainment in The Age (16/03/2006) p.16 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. More info
newspaper article		Network fights the ad slump by flogging its old wares in The Australian (19/12/2002) Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER Author: McIntyre, Paul Subject: PUBLISHING AND BROADCASTING LTD; SEVEN NETWORK; COPYRIGHT.TV. AUSTRALIA; DVD, TV SHOWS ON; HERSOV, MARTIN; HOME AND AWAY [TV] (AT, 1988 -) Summary: PBL are looking at ways to raise revenue by repackaging old content into new formats. An example of repackaging success is Home and Away. Most media industry and analyst types are sceptical at how much revenue will be raised by it. PBL hope to get it to 30 per cent share of its total revenue. Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007). More info
newspaper article		Niche boosts Magna in Herald Sun (10/08/2004) p.29 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. More info
newspaper article		Roll on the DVD revolution : studios rake it in as home viewing is changed forever in Daily Telegraph [T] (28/07/2004) p.14 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. More info
journal article		TVDVD boosts Australian retail DVD market in Screen Digest (01/01/2007) iss.424 p.24 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). More info
journal article		TVDVD boosts Australian retail DVD market in Screen Digest (Jan. 01, 2007) iss.424 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). More info
newspaper article		We want our share in Herald Sun [TV Guide] (29/11/2006) p.10 Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER Author: Critchley, Cheryl Subject: DVD, TV SHOWS ON; DUNCAN, PAULA Summary: Old Aussie TV shows are be re-released on DVD. Actor Paula Duncan is asking about whether actors will receive any royalties from these shows as their original show contracts had no clauses for video or DVD sales. Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007). Quotations: TV shows mentioned; -- Prisoner (692 episodes on DVD for $1599.83), Number 96, Sons and Daughters, Young Doctors, Return to Eden, A Country Practice.; -- "The actors' union has secured residuals, but they must wait six months after release and the amount is expected to be minimal for those who weren't main characters" More info

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