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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Finally. Movie studios give up the DVD ghost, look to the Internet & faster delivery #infdist

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Ben Fritz, Los Angeles Times
September 25, 2011

Across Hollywood, a quiet revolution is brewing that's about to transform living rooms around the world.

After desperate attempts to prop up the industry's once-thriving DVD business, studio executives now believe the only hope of turning around a 40% decline in home entertainment revenue lies in rapidly accelerating the delivery of movies over the Internet.

In the next few years, the growing number of consumers with Internet-connected televisions, tablets and smartphones will face a dizzying array of options designed to make digital movie consumption a lot more convenient and to entice users to spend more money...."

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