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Nintendo's FY Upgraded In Line with GMI Forecasts - 01 Sep 08

Nintendo has increased its forecasts for hardware sales in the current financial year, bringing them...

Shift in Negotiating Power as Sports Hits the Net - 22 Aug 08

The intense focus on the success of the 2008 Olympics-and how much of a ratings and advertising bona...

Sony's FY PS3 forecasts could be bettered by 50% - 19 Aug 08

Year-on-year Q2 2008 global volumes for games hardware sell-through were up 9.4 per cent, a meaningf...

Can the Industry Afford a Big Blu-ray Success? - 15 Aug 08

GMI expects consumer demand for Blu-ray (movies, TV and games) to increase to 225m discs this year; ...

BSkyB Will Weather the UK's Economic Downturn - 07 Aug 08

The threat of the widely-expected recession to the outlook of pay-TV company British Sky Broadcastin...

Could News Corp's Goal Be Deeper Move Into Pay TV? - 01 Aug 08

The collapse of the deal between Leo Kirch's Sirius Group and the German football league (DFL) for T...

Nintendo Leads The Race, But Rivals Are Catching Up - 22 Jul 08

Nintendo has achieved a commanding lead in the console market thanks to the Wii, which had a worldwi...

Worldwide Film Revenues to Grow at 4.4% CAGR to 2011 - 18 Jul 08

Projections of worldwide markets suggest that major US studio revenue from feature film exploitation...

Financing the Movie Industry in a Slow-growth Era - 07 Jul 08

Feature film revenue for the major studios totaled $34.9bn in 2007, but growth is slowing as the DVD...

Broadcast TV: Alive and Thriving in East Europe - 27 Jun 08

Two Nasdaq-listed companies, Central European Media Enterprises (CME) and CTC Media, offer a direct ...

DVD Burning Could Light a Fire under Retail Market - 13 Jun 08

Manufacturing on Demand (MOD), a process enabling retaliers to burn DVDs on demand, could shift the ...

Rousing the Giant: Chinese Cable TV Industry Explodes - 05 Jun 08

China will be the world's largest digital cable market in 2009 and the largest IPTV market in 2010. ...

Analyst Briefs

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Indian, Russian home video growing strongly - 02 Sep 08

• Indian home entertainment retail market forecast to grow to $214m this year

• Low priced video CDs (VCDs) still dominate Indian market

• Russia starts to realize potential as sales climb to $413m in 2007

• US studios have adapted distribution strategy to establish legitimate market

Investors back mobile TV in Asia - 02 Sep 08

• China and India offer good prespects for mobile TV

• Non-deployment of 3G means consumers could leapfrog generation

RTL Group sees gains in Germany - 02 Sep 08

• Leading European broadcaster RTL Group sees 1H improvement in Germany despite sluggish ad market

• Gains offset poor performance for UK arm and effects of strong Euro exchange rate

NBA members to stream live matches in-market - 02 Sep 08

• NBA permits teams to stream live coverage in local markets

• Move is ambitious attempt by league to develop online market for live coverage

Blockbuster to deploy DVD rental vending machines in US - 13 Aug 08

• DVD vending machines could offer digital downloads in future

• Kiosks have tiny share of market but are growing rapidly

• Blockbuster will compete with market-leader Redbox

Online music and movie subscription services continue t... - 13 Aug 08

• Closure of Vongo as consumer service underlines low uptake of online movie subscription services

• Flat or declining subs to music services Napster and Real confirms limited appeal of services limited to PC

• Subs bundled in with DVD rentail or mobile telephone show more promise

European TV groups dragged down by declining ad market - 13 Aug 08

• TV advertising markets in major European territories declined in first half

• Outlook for second half and 2009 is poor

• Diversification businesses (digital channels and programming) are not immune to effects of ad downturn

Bleak outlook for Microsoft mobile OS - 06 Aug 08

• Sales of Windows Mobile OS fall short of fiscal year target

• GMI expects rivals RIM and Apple to catch up on Microsoft

• Availability of open source software forcing change of strategy

NEC's chip brings low-cost BD player a step closer - 06 Aug 08

• Players with compact circuit chip to start production in 4Q 2008

• NEC edges ahead of rivals and targets 40% global chip market share

• GMI forecasts 40m BD player sales in 2008-2010

BSkyB high def sales expected to accelerate - 06 Aug 08

• BSkyB cuts price of HD receiver to $300

• GMI expects it to focus on HD in coming quarters

• We think BSky may scrap non-HD DVR altogether

Sony buys outs out Bertelsmann's share of music label - 06 Aug 08

• Sony's buyout not linked to disappointing Q2 sales

• Future of music labels remains uncertain as they look to compensate for declining physical sales

LG Blu-ray player with Netflix movie streaming to launc... - 06 Aug 08

• LG's BD player will offer access to Netflix movie streaming

• Part of rentailer's strategy to bring online movies to TV screen

• Service likely to complement not cannibalize physical BD sales

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