Tag archive: Bob Chapek

According to new market research from Home Media Magazine, Blu-ray discs significantly outsold titles in the rival HD DVD format during the first quarter of 2007—and Home Media Magazine says the contest wasn't even close, with some 70 percent of high-definition discs sold being in Blu-ray format. According to the figures, consumers purchased nearly 1.2 million high-definition discs in the first quarter of 2007; of those, 832,530… Read More

This represents a 21 percent increase over the same period last year, bringing the total number of units shipped since the launch of the DVD format to more than 4.3 billion discs. There are now morethan 43,000 DVD titles available to consumers across a wide variety of genres. “We are pleased to see new DVD owners so enthusiastic about their players and starting a DVD library,” said Bob Chapek, president, DEG and president, Buena… Read More

Members of DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group met with top retailers and industry leaders today at the DVD Retail Summit during the VSDA Home Entertainment 2004 to announce that DVD continues to beone of the best selling home entertainment formats with robust sales for the first half of the year. Consumer enthusiasm for DVD, whether new blockbuster hits, the growing non-theatrical categoriesor music on DVD titles, has led the industry to ship… Read More

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, a branch of The Walt Disney Co., introduced the “EZ-D” in September and now offers 35 movies in the format. Consumers have 48 hours after opening the box to watch movies on the $7 disks before an oxidation process changes their color, rendering them unusable. The disks were tested in four markets around the country, including Austin, where they are available at stores such as 7-Eleven, Walgreens… Read More