David Lieberman at USATODAY.com did his homework and put together an awesome article on the Video industry. It has more statistics and information than the last 10 articles I've read, and covers everything from VOD to movie downloading.
Here are a couple interesting bits:
Studios make more from videos than they do from theater box offices. Last year, people paid $8.2 billion to rent videos and $16 billion to buy them, compared with $9.5 billion to see movies at the theater.
Equally impressive, studios in the first half of 2004 licensed 20 movies to VOD in 30 days or less. That's up from 14 in all of 2003 and three in 2002. This year's fast-to-VOD films include X2: X-Men United, American Wedding, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Mystic River.
That's why he [Blockbuster CEO John Antioco] doesn't think studios will continue to shorten the period retailers have in which to offer hit movies before they appear on cable, satellite and the Internet. If they did, retailers and consumers would buy fewer DVDs. Because studios make about $2 on each VOD showing, they'd need about eight rentals to make up for just one $15 DVD sale lost.
If you want a good overview of what's happening, read Blockbuster jabs back at its rivals
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