Mary Ann Farley

Articles by Mary Ann Farley

FIRST-QUARTER SALES INDICATE SPEEDY GROWTH FOR DVD

LOS ANGELES -- DVD-video player sales picked up freight-train momentum during the first quarter, according to the DVD Entertainment Group here, and grocery

SUPERMARKETS HELP RENTRAK HIT FISCAL MARK

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Supermarkets represented nearly 25% of the 1,916 new accounts signed by Rentrak Corp. during its fiscal year 2,000, ended March 31,

RETAILERS WARY OF TWO-TIER DVD PRICING

It hasn't taken supermarket retailers long to catch on. Rentals and sales of DVDs are extremely lucrative, as their low wholesale price allows for a quick

WARNER EDITS RENTAL PLAN, WILL EMPLOY ONLY INGRAM

BURBANK, Calif. -- In a move that may signal more radical changes in the video-distribution business, Warner Home Video will no longer use traditional

WILL BEST PICTURE BLOOM ON RENTAL SHELVES?

LOS ANGELES -- Last week's big Academy Award movie winner here, DreamWorks' "American Beauty," with five Oscars, including Best Picture, doesn't guarantee

SHUTTERED DISTRIBUTORS LEAVE SOME TO FILL VOID

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Two video wholesalers bid a final farewell to distribution within four days of each other earlier this month, leaving competitors and

SPRING FORWARD

Despite some studios' efforts to make their buying programs for video rental product more palatable, distributors and video buyers alike are still grumbling