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	AMERICANS EMBRACING MOVIES-ON-THE-GO Jul 20 2005
	Autobytel Inc.'s Automotive Information Center is reporting that 22 new automobile models are featuring DVD (more)
	STUDIOS TO RELEASE MOVIES FOR PLAYSTATION PORTABLE Apr 15 2005
	Sony's PlayStation Portable appears likely to become the dominant movie-watching player in the handheld market, (more)

HOME VIDEO ISN'T JUST FOR THE HOME ANYMORE
Tuesday, August 23 2005

"Home video" or "home entertainment" are quickly being obsolete terms given the proliferation of devices that now allow consumers to watch video on-the-go. According to Home Media Retailing magazine (whose title may also be heading for obsolescence just months after it was adopted to replace Video Store magazine) portable entertainment has become a major growth area. The magazine quoted Craig Kornblau, president of Universal Studios Home Entertainment as saying, "Whether it's a business traveler with a laptop or kids in the back of the family minivan, people are creating their own personal entertainment environments wherever they go." The magazine also cited figures from Autobytel's Automotive Information Center indicating that 22 car models now offer DVD players as standard features and another 20 percent offer them as options. Sales of portable DVD players, it noted, rose 50 percent in the 12-month period ended June 30 from the same period a year ago.

GAMES, DVD'S RESPONSIBLE FOR BOX-OFFICE COLLAPSE, SAY EXPERTS
Monday, August 15 2005
Observing that "ticket buyers are avoiding the box office like stale Jujubes," the Chicago Sun-Times observed Sunday that competition from home entertainment may be the primary cause of this year's slump. ("This is definitely the most pontificated summer ever," Universal Pictures vice Chairman Marc Shmuger told today's Los Angeles Times.) The Sun-Times noted that video game sales alone are now rivaling the take of many movies, pointing out that "Halo 2" took in $100 million (more)

STUDIOS INDICATE NO HIGH-DEFINITION DVD'S BY XMAS
Thursday, August 11 2005
Although Warner Bros., Paramount, and Universal all announced in January that they planned to release a slate of high-definition DVDs by Christmas time this year, two of the studios, Warner's and Paramount, now say they are likely to wait until 2006, and Universal is saying it's reconsidering its release schedule, Home Media Retailing magazine reported on its website Wednesday. The delay, they indicated, was dictated by the expectation that Toshiba and Sony, which have developed (more)