Tag: DVDs
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Disney Blu-Rays and DVDs Aren’t Dead: Sony Will Take Over Production
Walt Disney is winding down its DVD and Blu-Ray business, and is handing off the responsibility for its physical media to Sony Pictures. The handover comes as Disney alerted members of its Disney Movie Club that it is shutting down, with final orders placed by May 20. The news was first reported by The Digital…
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Best Buy Is Reportedly Removing DVDs and Blu-Rays From Its Shelves
If you want to buy a DVD or Blu-ray at Best Buy, you’ll soon be out of luck. The box store chain has reportedly begun to remove physical media and displays from its store shelves, according to reports on X, formerly Twitter. The social media posts come after Best Buy’s October confirmation that it would…
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Netflix Turned Its Old DVD Rental Website Into a Memorial With a Docuseries
Netflix mailed its last red envelope in September and shut down its DVD-by-mail business. Instead of killing the DVD.com website, the streaming giant turned the site into an homage to physical media. Now when you visit DVD.com, you can watch dozens of mini-documentaries about Netflix’s history with physical media. The shorts include the business’ “final…
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Someone is Trying to Save The Mail-Order DVD Rental Business As Netflix Ends DVD Service
Netflix may be leaving the DVD delivery market later this month, but one of the world’s largest independent video rental stores is ready to take up the baton. Scarecrow Video is a Seattle-based video rental store that recently launched a national Rent by Mail service. Most of its DVD and Blu-ray titles are available for…
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The Death of DVDs & Blu-Rays? One of The Largest Distributors Will Stop Selling Them Soon
One of the largest distributors of DVDs and Blu-rays has said it plans to stop selling them soon. Ingram Entertainment told Media Play News that it will get out to the business. “Expenses are exceeding sales [so it’s] time to exit,” Ingram Chairman and CEO David Ingram said. “Every associate who fulfills their obligations and…
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Sony Just Wrote-Off $1 Billion Because of Poor DVD Sales
In just one more sign up of everything changing Sony took a staggering $1 billion loss thanks to poor sales of packaged software such as DVDs. “We knew the movie [business] isn’t in good shape, but the write-down was a total surprise,” Damian Thong, an analyst at Macquarie Securities told MarketWatch. But maybe this should…
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Only 11% of Netflix Subscribers Use the DVD-by-Mail Service
Netflix released their first quarter stock earnings letter, and we found out some fun new facts. Netflix has grown to over 60 million subscribers, and, assuming every subscriber represents at least two people in an average household, that means 120 million people pay for Netflix. However, only 5.5 million of the 60 million Netflix subscribers…
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Word is Netflix May Be Canceling DVDs
Netflix customers are reporting shockingly long waits for DVDs rentals. On everything from new releases to movies that have been out for years. The current theory for the cause of the longer wait times is that Netflix is ordering fewer DVDs in preparation of canceling the service. Many people also believe Netflix is not replacing…