HD video-on-demand can push another $5 billion

April 15th, 2008 at 3:20 pm

Dr. Evil HD Billion

A study by Oliver Wyman shows how the industry can make us, the consumers, even poorer. The average consumer said to be willing to spend $7 to $9 for a high-definition VOD (video-on-demand) movie. While the current price for a downloaded standard-definition movie is about $4.

The survey also showed the problems with the current on-demand format. Digital rights management makes it hard for consumers to transfer movies between different systems and makes the downloads very limited. If people would really own the movie, they would be willing to pay $5 more for a download. This means owning a digital copy in an ‘online storage locker’ and being able to transfer the movie between different devices.

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Demi Moore goes indie (twice)

April 15th, 2008 at 12:30 pm

Demi Moore twice

Demi Moore, that’s the one with the boy toy, has signed on for two new independent projects. Starring in ‘Bunraku’ with Woody Harrelson (pictured above) and Josh Hartnett and in ‘Happy Tears’ with Parker Posey.

‘Happy Tears’, by Mitchell Lichtenstein, follows a ruthless woman dealing with her bitter sister and father. Demi Moore plays the sister, who’s fed up with her hateful dementing father.

‘Bunraku’, by Guy Moshe, is a martial arts movie about a man out for revenge. The film is compared to ‘Sin City’ and Moore plays the slave who will be forced to marry the man that captures her.

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