[opendtv] CES: Electronic Sell-Through, Streaming Soar in Mixed 2014 Showing for Home Entertainment | Broadcasting & Cable
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 21:29:54 -0500
Some interesting data from CES. Things get a bit confusing when different
industries or publications use different names for the same thing. This story
talks about the EST - electronic sell through window - the period of time when
a consumer can buy a new movie from an OTT store, before the content is
released on DVD/Blu-Ray and for Internet VOD rentals. Fox is calling this
Digital HD or DHD.
EST grew to $1.6 billion in 2014. SVOD (e.g. Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc.) came
in at $4 billion. Shiny disc sales dropped 11% to $6.9 billion.
Regards
Craig
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/technology/ces-electronic-sell-through-streaming-soar-mixed-2014-showing-home-entertainment/136776
CES: Electronic Sell-Through, Streaming Soar in Mixed 2014 Showing for Home
Entertainment
The rapidly transforming home entertainment market showed pockets of growth in
2014, notably in the electronic sell-through window, according to the latest
annual survey by industry consortium the Digital Entertainment Group released
Tuesday at CES.
Overall spending on home entertainment slipped nearly 2% to finish at $17.8
billion, the DEG said, cautioning that Tuesday's estimates would be followed by
firm numbers by the end of January.
Electronic sell-through, or EST (the window when consumers can buy digital
copies of TV or film titles from iTunes, Amazon, MVPDs or other distributors),
gained a remarkable 30% on the year to reach almost $1.6 billion. Many
distributors offer key titles for sale in this window several weeks before the
physical discs hit stores or rental options are available on VOD or digital
platforms.
Another bright spot was streaming video. Total spending on streaming SVOD
services such as Netflix rose 26% over 2013 levels, adding up to $4 billion.
One caveat on those streaming numbers is that the DEG tracks subscriptions that
are not bundled with other services, an increasingly common setup in the
current smart-TV era.
The total revenue numbers were dragged down by the continuing collapse of
physical disc sales, and even the once-surging kiosk sales posted by Redbox and
other vendors. Physical disc sales slumped 11% to $6.9 billion.
Regards
Craig
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