Posted by Invid Fan on 01/15/24 11:44

In article <2mnf32pu30si5ik6epet2b1top28r708ir@4ax.com>, Kimba W. Lion
<kimbawlion@aol.com> wrote:

> Allan <Spamsuckhard@finallykantica22admitstobebrianlamb.org> wrote:
>
> >http://www.animationmagazine.net/article.php?article_id=5258
> >
> >home video sales
> >fell the first quarter of 2006 4.3% and video rentals sagged 4.4%,
> >
> >In addition to softening demand (and perhaps because of it) the
> >numbers of DVD releases in the first quarter of 2006 were down 14%
>
> Wait a minute... What is the cause and what is the effect?
> With 14% less new product, sales were only down 4.3%?
> Doesn't sound like a softening market to me. Sounds like the producers are
> getting lazy.

It means that they're not releasing titles they don't think will sell,
or at least delaying them. The 14% they didn't put out, assuming the
choices were based on previous sales of similar films, probably
wouldn't have made enough to cover costs.

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'Invid Fan' Not a help, you'll admit, to agreement between us."
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