Redbox Inks DVD Rental and UltraViolet Agreements with Warner Bros.

Redbox announced that it has signed a multi-year agreement with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment to bring Warner Bros.’ Blu-ray Disc and DVD titles to Redbox kiosks 28 days after their retail release dates.

Paramount and Warner Bros. Ink Home Media Distribution Deal

Paramount Home Media Distribution and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group announced that they have reached a distribution deal centering on more than 600 catalog titles from the Paramount film library.

US Viewers Look to Online Movies in 2012

IHS announced it reckons that Americans will pay to view more movies online in 2012 than they will on physical video formats, marking the first year that legal, Internet-delivered movie consumption will outstrip that of DVDs and Blu-ray discs combined.

iTunes Makes Online Movie Gains

IHS Screen Digest announced that iTunes’ share of U.S. consumer spending for movie Electronic Sell Through (EST) and Internet Video-On-Demand (iVOD) rose to 65.8% in the first half of 2011, up from 64.9% in 2010.

Discs Rule the Entertainment Waves

The Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) announced that it has published the 2011 edition of its annual D2 Report: Discs & Digital – The Business of Home Entertainment Retailing.