The new gold rush: digital delivery
Online delivery has long been touted as a massive new money-spinner for the entertainment industry. There is no doubt that the demand is there, but questions remain about the revenue. Sam Andrews reports.
Avoiding a Blu-ray nosedive
The industry needs to sort out issues involving Blu-ray and the Advanced Access Content System (AACS), insiders say, or smaller producers will disappear. Bob Auger investigates.
Onward and upward for streaming media
Bob Auger pays a visit to the Streaming Media Europe show and hears why there is no need to be afraid of the web
Blu-ray cost barriers fall
Getting a Blu-ray disc to market is no longer as complex or as dear as a year ago. Sam Andrews and Bob Auger report.
Blu-ray cost barriers fall
Getting a Blu-ray disc to market is no longer as complex or as dear as a year ago. Sam Andrews and Bob Auger report.
Lean, green, margin machine
The environment has been an agenda-setting issue for many years in politics, but it is also becoming a major concern for Hollywood and for the entertainment industry. Sam Andrews reports.
Learning to live without Golds
Three independent retailers discuss with Pete Dodd how they’re adjusting to major shifts in the supply chain landscape
Wholesalers vie for new business
The collapse of S Golds and the ongoing troubles at Entertainment UK mean that existing entertainment wholesalers and those in related industries are staking claims to new opportunities in the market, say Sam Andrews and Pete Dodd
Simpler, more efficient and cheaper
There is no doubting that those involved at the sharp end of the home entertainment business are leading a charge for greater efficiency in distribution. Here both Tesco and Asda discuss supply chain issues. Sam Andrews and Pete Dodd report.
More than just moving boxes
The operations departments of some of the Hollywood studios are moving from the backroom to centre stage as the business matures, Sam Andrews reports.
Brighter, bigger and now in 3D
Cue’s technology reporter Bob Auger went to IBC in Amsterdam to catch up on the progress of some ongoing developments in entertainment and found ultra-high definition is possible but not quite ready for the home just yet.
When shares not fair
The French broadband industry is taking innovative action against illegal filesharers, Bob Auger reports on the initiatives that are set to cross the Channel and a company that now offers automatic detection of illegal files.
Digital downloading yet to shine
Research organisation Interpret LLC, which focuses on ‘evaluating and measuring the intersections of content, advertising, technology and consumer behaviour’, has recently published a report examining consumer attitudes in the US to digital downloading. Bob Auger looks at the results.
Making movies mobile
Motorola and Paramount have announced they are to partner in offering an online film store for mobile phones. Bob Auger reports on the company that provided the platform for the service to launch.
The transition from physical to digital
In the second day of the Driving Digital Content conference, Bob Auger listened to a panel of Studio execs as they discussed the evolving home entertainment landscape.
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HMV blames World Cup for near 15% Q1 fall
Entertainment retailer HMV has blamed the distractions of the World Cup for a 10.6% decline in first quarter sales, but believes that a stronger games offering will help deliver a good Christmas for the troubled chain.