ABSTRACT
Overseeing global revenue from all home entertainment revenue streams is the purview of Ronald J. Sanders, former President Warner Bros. Worldwide Home Entertainment Distribution. This chapter covers some history (Sony’s Betamax vs. JVC’s VHS), Universal vs. Sony, the 1984 Betamax case; early pricing; DVD development; Blu-ray research; pay-per-view (PPV); video on demand (VOD); iTunes; download-to-own (DTO); iPhone; Internet delivery; iOS vs. Android; ultra VOD; Digital HD/DTO; DVD/Blu-ray; packaged goods; transactional VOD; pay TV; subscription VOD; free TV; ad-supported VOD; electronic sell-through (EST); retail price; wholesale price; profit; UltraViolet DTO service; Amazon; Comcast; Technicolor, Cinram; glass master; sell or return; shrink; inventory replenishment; liquidation; 42, The Interview; MGM library; Ted Turner; Turner Classic Movies (TCM); Friends; Walmart;
Also departments including sales, finance, business affairs/legal, operations; offices in Bentonville, AK for Walmart; Minneapolis, MN for Target; Seattle for Amazon; Toronto, Canada and Mexico City, Mexico; home office in Burbank; London, England; Paris, France; Hamburg, Germany; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Madrid, Spain; Rome and Milan, Italy; Stockholm, Sweden; Tokyo, Japan; Hong Kong (covering China); Sydney, Australia; street date; dubbed version; subtitled version; MPA movie ratings system; British Board of Film Classification (BBFC); distribution of WB games from WB Interactive Entertainment such as The Lego Movie Videogame, Lego Marvel Super Heroes, Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham and the Batman: Arkham series; currency conversion; currency exchange; 4K; HDR.
