- FREE-FOR-ALL IN ITALIAN VIDEO INDUSTRY

Italian video distributors are setting their own release windows following breakdown of agreement between Anica (Italian Motion Picture Association), Agis (Italian Entertainment Association), broadcasters and ......
- Why studios don't care about rental: former key revenue stream...

* Rental revenues have declined in every key market over the past 10 years * Downward trend follows almost identical pattern in US and total ......
- Disney dominates French video market.

Combined turnover of video distributors in France amounted to Ffr 3,800m ($665m) in 1995, up 14 per cent over 1994 (see 1996/234a1), according to Centre ......
- Canada says no tax on video distribution.

Canada's heritage minister has reassured the country's video industry that a mooted 3.5 per cent tax on video distribution will not be introduced, despite proposals ......
- First signs of German DVD rental window?(Brief Article)

German film and video distributor Concorde Home Entertainment to release territory's first rental DVD, simulaneously with rental VHS and at a premium trade price, reflecting ......
- FRENCH AND GERMAN VIDEO REVENUE CRASH

French video industry is suffering sharp revenue downturn, according to first quarter results from 26 distributors represented by Chambre Syndicale de L'Edition Audiovisuelle (24 rue ......
- French regulator confirms upward video trend.

Total turnover of French video distributors amounted to Ffr 3,920m ($641.5m) in 1996, Centre National du Cinema (CNC) belatedly reports, representing three per cent growth ......
- Three-year prison sentence for DVD pirate in UK.(Regulation)(Trademark...

A former legitimate video distributor found guilty of DVD piracy has been sentenced to three years in prison in the UK. The jail term, for ......
- German DVD market to open rental window?(Brief Article)

Video Signs are that Germany's independent video distributors are moving towards a rental window for DVD--without waiting for majors. Kinowelt Home Entertainment (KHE) has followed ......
- German video gets extra marketing support.

German video publishers' association Bundesverband Video (BVV) is establishing dedicated marketing agency to formulate and execute ongoing consumer marketing strategy for local video industry. Association ......