Le Marche du support physique video est en hausse pour la premiere fois depuis plus de deux ans, et ce en grande partie grace au Blu Ray.
Les locations baissent, avec l'impact evident de la VOD. Et tant pis pour les septiques de la HD sur disque
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Consumer spending on DVDs and Blu-ray Discs in the first three months of this year was up about 1% from the first three months of 2007, coming in at $5.51 billion compared with $5.46 billion in the first quarter of last year, according to Home Media Magazine market research estimates based on studio and retail data.
Sales were up 2.3%, to $3.47 billion from $3.39 billion, while rental spending slipped 1.6% to $2.04 billion from $2.07 billion.
The cheery sales picture also saw unit sales to consumers rise 2.6%, to 231,928 units from 225,999 units in the first quarter of 2007.
The nascent Blu-ray Disc saved the day for the sellthrough business, per Nielsen VideoScan sales data, with DVD unit sales in the first quarter down 1.2% from the first quarter of 2007 but Blu-ray Disc sales up a whopping 351%.
That translates to a net gain of 1.1%. Nielsen numbers are based on point-of-sale data from most big retail chains, with the notable exception of Wal-Mart.