Movie Industry Experiments With Timing Of Releases Online And In Theatres

“Digital sales, including video on demand and sales of downloads, increased 51% in 2011 from the prior year, to $3.4 billion, according Digital Entertainment Group, a trade organization. At the same time total U.S. home entertainment spending, including sales and rentals of DVDs and Blu-ray discs, dropped 2% to $18 billion.”