Thursday, October 29, 2009

TODAY'S FIVE ENTERTAINMENT FACTS

-The Clint Eastwood movie Gran Torino has generated nearly six million video-on-demand transactions worldwide since its June release - the most of any film in 2009 to date, according to Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Rentrak (via Home Media Magazine).

-While U2's Oct. 25 Rose Bowl concert in Pasadena, CA broke live attendance records, topping 100,000 (including venue staff), another 893,000 to date have watched YouTube's webcast of the concert (via the Los Angeles Times).

-26% of cell phone owners would be at least somewhat interested in receiving alerts about sales at their favorite establishments on their phones (assuming they were permission-based), according to digital marketing network 1020 Placecast. Of these consumers, 43% would be interested in receiving alerts for movie/event tickets.

-Screen size matters most to consumers planning to purchase a new TV, with 77% saying size was "extremely" or "very" important to them, according to NPD.


-42% of Netflix's 11.1 million subscribers streamed at least 15 minutes of a TV show or movie during the company's third quarter, up from 22% in 2008, CEO Reed Hastings told analysts in a conference call last week.

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