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DVD to stay ahead of VOD


MONTEREY, Calif. – The American consumer spend on video on demand content from video distributors will still trail the packaged DVD for another decade, according to research released today. Kagan Research, in its new study, Video-On-Demand: A Strategic & Economic Analysis, forecasts that U.S. consumer spending on VOD/pay-per-view will be one-quarter the consumer spend on U.S. home video in a decade. "For years, VOD has been held out as the Next Great Thing and it is steadily fulfilling that promise, but not as fast as some expect," says the Kagan piece. The company's study attributes the measured pace to competition...