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check out this very insightful article. it points to good things to come...

Video Business.com: Home Entertainment Down at the Half

a couple of excerpts worth noting:

“The Universal slate in the first half was weaker than it has been in a decade,” said president Craig Kornblau. “Come the back half of the year when the big titles come in, that will change.”

While catalog sales were off 5% industrywide by most estimates, Paramount, Sony, Fox and Lionsgate all reported gains.

what, exactly, are Universal's big titles?

Sliding DVD sales are putting more pressure on studios to develop the high-def market in the fourth quarter.

“What is likely to happen as the business starts to flatten or trend downward, is it becomes less exciting for retail and they dedicate less space to it,” SPHE worldwide president David Bishop said. The best way to create new excitement is with Blu-ray, he added