Adapted from
http://www.dvdinformation.com/pressr...NAL_1.8.13.pdf
Among the highlights for 2012:
- Blu-ray Disc spending rose nearly 10 percent for the year. Consumers have clearly adopted Blu-ray
as the standard for home entertainment viewing, with spending on Blu-ray catalog titles jumping 25
percent for the year.
- Consumers also increasingly purchased their entertainment via EST. Consumer spending on EST
climbed 35 percent compared to 2011. Total digital distribution spending, EST and VOD combined,
grew 28 percent for the same period. Total digital now accounts for nearly 30 percent of the domestic
home video market, up from 19 percent compared to 2011.
- Consumers embraced UltraViolet as a substantial number of new titles became available. To date,
more than nine million UltraViolet accounts have been created, more than double the number as of
June 2012, and 8,500+ UltraViolet-enabled titles are now available from nine major content
providers: Anchor Bay Entertainment, BBC, DreamWorks Animation, Lionsgate, Paramount Home
Media Distribution, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment,
Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
- Consumers are now making Blu-ray Disc players integral to their consumer home entertainment
experience. The number of Blu-ray homes continues to steadily grow, climbing 7 percent for the year
(including BD set-tops, PS3s and HTiBs.) Total household penetration of all Blu-ray compatible devices now stands at close to 51 million U.S. homes according to numbers compiled by the DEG
with input from retail tracking sources.
- Further, consumers enhanced their home entertainment experience by purchasing more than 39
million HDTVs in 2012. HDTV penetration is now at more than 108.4 million U.S. households
according to numbers compiled by the DEG with input from retail tracking sources.
- The top selling home entertainment titles released in 2012 at year’s end were:
1. Avengers
2. Hunger Games
3. Dark Knight Rises
4. Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
5. Brave
6. Ted
7. Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
8. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
9. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
10. Puss in Boots
