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Originally Posted by PSound 
Paramount had a great quarter based on WAY better than expected BO of "Paranormal Activity" and because of the home video release of Transformers and G.I. Joe. Those are certainly titles that tend to do well with the PS3 base, and outperform on Blu-ray compared to most releases. Indeed the sell-through rate for those two movies was higher than average and helped fuel a strong earnings quarter.
That said, the physical media market as a whole continues to contract. Kudos to Paramount for a great quarter and having a year where they were #2 in box office (and had their highest profitability in 7 years), but they certainly understand where their future lies. Epix is going to be critical for them, as is the entire Digital Distribution infrastructure.
From their earnings call:
Paramount had a great quarter based on WAY better than expected BO of "Paranormal Activity" and because of the home video release of Transformers and G.I. Joe. Those are certainly titles that tend to do well with the PS3 base, and outperform on Blu-ray compared to most releases. Indeed the sell-through rate for those two movies was higher than average and helped fuel a strong earnings quarter.
That said, the physical media market as a whole continues to contract. Kudos to Paramount for a great quarter and having a year where they were #2 in box office (and had their highest profitability in 7 years), but they certainly understand where their future lies. Epix is going to be critical for them, as is the entire Digital Distribution infrastructure.
From their earnings call:
So were Star Trek and/or Transformers 2 available for download on release day on home video? I seem to recall Paramount delaying them for download/streaming.
If streaming/downloads are so important to them would would they delay release for streaming/downloads?
