After Falling for Years, Spending on Home Video Is Finally Stabilizing
Posted on January 16, 2013 at 15:10 PM EST
Somewhat lost in all the talk about over-the-top content TV Everywhere cord cutting and the health of the scatter market for advertising home video spending stabilized in 2012. After falling precipitously for several years The Digital Entertainment Group reported that spending on home video was unchanged in 2012 after a slight fall of 1.5% in the fourth quarter. With annual spending of $18 billion this is a material improvement for entertainment companies who produce the content that is sold and rented in the home video market. Two things appear to be happening. First digital revenue is growing strongly up ...