DEG Year-End DVD Sales Update; Industry Boosted by $21.2 Billion in Annual DVD Sales and Rentals; DVD Players in More Than 70 Million U.S. Homes.LAS VEGAS -- Consumers spent a record $21.2 billion renting and buying DVDs in 2004, announced today by DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group at the International Consumer Electronics Show. DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. retail sales grew to $15.5 billion in 2004, an increase of 33 percent over last year. In addition, consumers also spent $5.7 billion renting DVDs. When including VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. sales and rental, the dollars spent on home video was up nine percent over last year. Consumers spent $24.5 billion renting and buying DVD and VHS. In the fourth quarter 2004 alone, nearly 530 million DVDs shipped to retail according to figures compiled by Kaplan, Swicker and Simha on behalf of the DEG. This is a 39 percent increase over the same period last year. More than 1.5 billion software units shipped throughout 2004, bringing the total number of units shipped since launch to nearly four billion discs. There are currently some 29,000 DVD titles available across a wide variety of genres.
NORTH AMERICAN DVD-VIDEO SOFTWARE SHIPMENTS BY QUARTER
(in millions)
QUARTER 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
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1st Quarter N/A 3.3 11.1 29.0 69.2 120.1 231.7 332.2
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2nd Quarter N/A 4.1 13.9 33.2 81.7 152.2 195.5 316.8
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3rd Quarter 2.3 5.9 29.0 42.7 75.9 153.3 214.6 340.9
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4th Quarter 3.2 11.8 44.0 77.5 137.6 259.4 381.5 528.4
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YEARLY TOTAL 5.5 25.1 98.0 182.4 364.4 685.0 1,023.3 1,518.3
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TOTAL 3,902.0
(since launch) (a/o
30.6 128.6 311.0 675.4 1,360.4 2,383.7 12/31/04)
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Figures compiled by Kaplan, Swicker & Simha on behalf
of DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group
DVD in More Than 70 Million U.S. Homes According to figures compiled by the DEG based on data from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA CEA carcinoembryonic antigen. CEA abbr. carcinoembryonic antigen CEA (Carcinoembryonic antigen) ), retailers and manufacturers, 37 million DVD players were sold to U.S. consumers in 2004, a 10 percent increase over the previous year. More than 17 million DVD players sold in the fourth quarter alone. Since launch, more than 127 million DVD players, including set-top and portable DVD players, Home-Theater-in-a-Box systems, TV/DVD and DVD/VCR combination players, have sold to consumers, bringing the number of DVD households to 70 million (adjusting for households with more than one player). Approximately 45 percent of DVD owners now have more than one player. The DEG estimates that more than 80 percent of U.S. households will have at least one DVD player by year-end 2005.
U.S. DVD HARDWARE SALES BY QUARTER (in millions)
QUARTER 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
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1st Quarter .030 .094 .358 1.350 2.220 3.565 4.858 6.855
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2nd Quarter .079 .149 .611 1.435 2.404 3.750 5.506 6.057
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3rd Quarter .077 .244 .880 1.550 2.537 4.740 6.470 6.593
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4th Quarter .119 .459 1.701 5.542 9.501 13.058 16.900 17.621
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YEARLY TOTAL .305 .946 3.550 9.877 16.662 25.113 33.734 37.125
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TOTAL 127.313
(since launch) (a/o
12/31/04)
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Includes set-top and portable DVD players, Home-Theater-in-a-Box
systems, TV/DVD and DVD/VCR combination players
DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group
When accounting for computers with DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc. A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc. drives and DVD-enabled video game consoles This is a list of video game consoles by the era they appeared in. Eras are named based on the dominant console type of the era (even though not all consoles of those eras are of the same type). Some eras are referred to based on how many bits a major console could process. , an estimated 79 million households currently have the capability to play DVD, approaching three-fourths of all U.S. TV households (CENTRIS). DEG: the Digital Entertainment Group (formerly the DVD Entertainment Group) is a Los Angeles-based, industry-funded nonprofit corporation that advocates and promotes the many benefits associated with DVD while providing updated information regarding the format to both the media and the retail trade. The DEG offers a forum for member companies to engage in ongoing discussions concerning various issues and opportunities, which relate to other new digital technologies that may emerge in the future. Regular members of the DEG are Anchor Bay Entertainment, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, DreamWorks Home Entertainment, D&M Holdings, DTS (1) (Digital Theatre Sound) A digital audio encoding system used in movie and home theaters. Popularized by the movie Jurassic Park, the six-channel (5. Entertainment, EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) An electrical disturbance in a system due to natural phenomena, low-frequency waves from electromechanical devices or high-frequency waves (RFI) from chips and other electronic devices. Allowable limits are governed by the FCC. Recorded Music, GoodTimes Entertainment, Hewlett Packard, Hitachi, Image Entertainment, JVC JVC Victor Company of Japan (or Japan's Victor Company) JVC Jewelers Vigilance Committee JVC Jesuit Volunteer Corps JVC Jet Vane Control (directs VLS-launched missiles) JVC Jonker-Volgenant-Castanon Company of America, Lions Gate Entertainment
in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. Home Entertainment, New Line Home Entertainment, Panasonic Consumer Electronics, Paramount Home Entertainment Paramount Home Entertainment (formerly Paramount Home Video) and (Paramount Video) is a home video company founded in 1976. It is a division of Paramount Pictures, which in turn is owned by Viacom. , Philips Consumer Electronics Philips Consumer Electronics is a part of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (usually known as Philips); and is one of the largest electronics companies in the world. In 2005, its sales were € 30.4 billion (US$38. , Pioneer Electronics (USA), Sony Electronics, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is the home video distribution arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation. It was established in 1978 as Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment. , Thomson, Toshiba America Consumer Products, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Universal Studios Home Entertainment Universal Studios Home Entertainment (formerly Universal Studios Home Video or MCA/Universal Home Video) is a home video company founded in 1979. It is a division of Universal Studios. It was originally known as MCA Videocassette, Inc. and Warner Home Video Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (for Warner Communications, Inc.). It was re-named Warner Home Video in 1980. . Associate members are Alta Resources, Blink Digital, Broadcast Text, Deluxe Media Services, InterActual Technologies, Macrovision, Sonopress, Sony DADC DADC Denver Automotive & Diesel College DADC Digital Audio Disc Corporation DADC Digital Air Data Computer DADC destination area distribution center (US Postal Service; fee for bulk mail) , Technicolor and Universal Operations Group. Interested consumers can reach the DEG at 310-967-2940, via e-mail at getinfo@digitalentertainmentinfo.com or through its web site at www.digitalentertainmentinfo.com. |
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