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Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Staff writers
Subject: AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
Summary: "ABC Enterprises has signed a distribution deal with Opera Australia that will see it represent a catalogue of opera programs in the global marketplace."
Notes: accessed from: Encore Magazine. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 June 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Staff writers
Subject: PIRACY. AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION AGAINST COPYRIGHT THEFT
Summary: -- On how a Melbourne man (Edwin Slade) was gaoled for pirated DVD's and for a quantity of marijuana.; -- "AFACT investigation revealed that Slade had been selling the pirated discs for $15 per disc at Caribbean Gardens Markets and other markets in the suburbs of Melbourne."
Notes: accessed from: Encore Magazine. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 June 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Staff writers
Subject: BECKER GROUP; MAGNA PACIFIC HOLDINGS
Summary: Becker Group profits are largely due to its stake in DVD distributor Magna Pacific.
Notes: accessed from: Encore Magazine. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 June 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Staff writers
Subject: PIRACY. AUSTRALIA
Summary: 2 Australians sentenced to pay fines for manufacturing and selling pirated DVDs.; -- Stat - The illegal distribution of unauthorized copies of movies rose from 4 per cent in 2000 to around 10 percent of the legitimate market in 2004.
Notes: accessed from: Encore Magazine. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 June 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Staff writers
Subject: EXHIBITION. SOUTH AFRICA; TAXES. SOUTH AFRICA
Notes: accessed from: Encore Magazine. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 June 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Staff writers
Subject: HOPSCOTCH ENTERTAINMENT; MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Summary: -- "MGM Home Entertainment Australia has been chosen as the local sell-through distributor for Hopscoth Entertainment, the home entertainment arm of independent distributor Hopscotch."; -- Titles that were a part of the NewVision library will also be distibuted by MGM tho the NewVision titles already licensed to other distributors will not form part of the deal.
Notes: accessed from: Encore Magazine. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 June 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Staff writers
Subject: IFM WORLD RELEASING; UMBRELLA ENTERTAINMENT
Summary: "IFM World Releasing has secured exclusive worldwide distribution rights to classic Australian feature film from the 1970s and 1980s, for TV and DVD."
Notes: accessed from: Encore Magazine. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 June 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Staff writers
Subject: MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT; AV CHANNEL; FUNTASTIC LIMITED
Summary: Madman has consolidated The AV Channel into its operations.
Notes: accessed from: Encore Magazine. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 June 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Staff writers
Subject: MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Summary: MGM Home Entertainment to set up Australian headquarters due to the country's explosive DVD growth.
Notes: accessed from: Encore Magazine. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 June 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Staff writers
Subject: URBAN CINEFILE; CINECLIX DISTRIBUTION
Summary: -- "In association with Canada's CineClix Distribution, Australian movie website Urban Cinefile has launched a broadband initiative that will enable selected Australian films to be distributed on the internet."; -- Cost to download - $8.60 per feature or $2.75 per short. To buy DVD off website cost is 35.80.
Notes: accessed from: Encore Magazine. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 June 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Staff writers
Subject: PIRACY. AUSTRALIA
Summary: Successful raid on DVD pirates in Australia. 30,000 pirated DVD-Rs seized.
Notes: accessed from: Encore Magazine. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 June 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Staff writers
Subject: DVD. AUSTRALIA
Summary: PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates of growth in the entertainment industy. Very positive growth signs for DVD sell-through with the market worth 1.3 billion by 2007.
Notes: accessed from: Encore Magazine. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 June 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Staff writers
Subject: QUICKFLIX; YAHOO!
Summary: Quickflix is collaborating with internet company Yahoo! Australia and New Zealand to provide a DVD rental service as well as a site for film and DVD news reviews and trailers
Notes: accessed from: Encore Magazine. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 June 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Staff writers
Subject: VILLAGE ROADSHOW; REEL CORPORATION
Summary: "Roadshow Entertainment and REEL Corporation have formed a new company to market and sell new-to-DVD titles at competitive prices in Australia and New Zealand."
Notes: accessed from: Encore Magazine. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 June 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Staff writers
Subject: MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT; SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE
Summary: "SBS has appointed Madman to manage marketing marketing, sales and distribution for its re-launched SBS Video Business."
Notes: accessed from: Encore Magazine. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 June 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Staff writers
Subject: PIRACY. AUSTRALIA
Summary: "AFACT has advised that two defendants were fined in excess of $50,000 for copyright offences at Sydneys Waverly Court on January 25."
Notes: accessed from: Encore Magazine. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 June 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Staff writers
Subject: DVD; LIEBERFARB, WARREN
Summary: "LAS VEGAS - Major discrepancies in video sales figures have prompted calls for a more standardized tracking system, with claims that the current figures are inflated by as much as $15 billion (US $8 billion).
Notes: accessed from: Encore Magazine. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 June 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Staff writers
Subject: WARNER BROS.; ICON PRODUCTIONS/DISTRIBUTION/ENTERTAINMENT
Summary: "Warner Home Video has signed a deal with Icon Film Distribution to distribute and market Icon product to the Australian and New Zealand video and DVD markets."
Notes: accessed from: Encore Magazine. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 June 2007).