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    Popular Titles Disappearing to Soon

    One tiny complaint besides the bad Smokey and the Bandit HDX encode is popular titles disappearing from the catalog to soon.

    For instance I was searching for The Hangover a deeply popular borderline cult classic is already missing from the catalog,also Avatar and a couple more.

    Why cant they stay permanently in the log files?
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    Re: Popular Titles Disappearing to Soon

    Different studios have different windows (showing periods) for online digital distrubution.

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      Re: Popular Titles Disappearing to Soon

      Originally posted by DanielG View Post
      Different studios have different windows (showing periods) for online digital distrubution.
      Thanks Daniel for your quick response,I had a feeling the big bad wolf was behind this.

      I hope in the near future they losen their stance regarding this area.

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        Re: Popular Titles Disappearing to Soon

        I've noticed movies disappearing also, and even when they do come back from the window, they may not come back in all resolutions. For example Julie and Julia disappeared, then came back, but only in SD. I've also noticed some older titles have disappeared.

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          Re: Popular Titles Disappearing to Soon

          Originally posted by DanielG View Post
          Different studios have different windows (showing periods) for online digital distrubution.
          I find this interesting because I mainly purchase movies, and so far none of my purchases were unavailable at anytime, I could watch any film in my library at anytime.....I am not a heavy renter...My two main films, Hurt Locker and Avatar are downloaded to my BX100 hard drive, ready to be accessed, even films stored in the cloud have not been affected, is this also due to the licensing of purchases?

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            Re: Popular Titles Disappearing to Soon

            Purchased content is always avaiable for viewing. Rental content is subject to the rules in the licensing agreements. Here is a great post describing this:

            http://forum.vudu.com/showthread.php?t=2556

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              Re: Popular Titles Disappearing to Soon

              Hey, thanks for clearing that up, Ron...Makes me feel a whole lot better about purchasing films.....also thanks for the link, I read that years ago when I first signed up with VUDU....I had to laugh at this statement, "Some studios like Disney will probably never offer their content for purchase." Disney has been the ONLY major to consistently allow purchases in HD formats on VUDU, they can be kind of pricey, but lately I've noticed a price drop, I have supported them because of that....I thought Fox was going to be another one when Avatar was available for purchase in HDX, but there has been nothing after that...There are some current films I would consider buying, but not in an SD format.

              Fast-forwarding to 2011, do you think that poster's info applies so much today, with the economy tanking and all? Do you see a sense of urgency from the studios? i. e. shortened windows, possible VOD while still in theaters for premium, etc......

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                Re: Popular Titles Disappearing to Soon

                One can hope that as the growth of video on demand keeps on increasing that more content would be released without the distribution window restrictions.

                But I do have the following though. Distributors put a lot of money into marketing at the big box stores and the big box stores depend on the distributors to bring in traffic. I don't see this relationship going away any time soon due since this synergistic relationship is a win-win for both. I think once there is a equilibrium on the VOD channel revenus that equal the big box channel we may see this change.

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                  Re: Popular Titles Disappearing to Soon

                  Originally posted by RonV View Post
                  One can hope that as the growth of video on demand keeps on increasing that more content would be released without the distribution window restrictions.

                  But I do have the following though. Distributors put a lot of money into marketing at the big box stores and the big box stores depend on the distributors to bring in traffic. I don't see this relationship going away any time soon due since this synergistic relationship is a win-win for both. I think once there is a equilibrium on the VOD channel revenus that equal the big box channel we may see this change.
                  Interesting, based on your premise, I would think traffic is brought through for sales of movies as well as other items......I still tend to think content SALES are more important to studios than rentals or subscriptions, although I could be wrong.....Do you think Electronic Sell-Through, is something the studios feel will remain viable? As you may know I am a HUGE proponent of electronic sell-through .....

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                    Re: Popular Titles Disappearing to Soon

                    Based on initial release pricing which is usually discounted bring more eyes into the big box leaving the digital sell though as a small percentage of their revenue.

                    One has to look two things. First is the trust that your VOD provider is viable for your lifetime of watching. This is a hard one to address and unless they have major backing like VUDU does with Walmart.

                    The second is any type of "right to copy". I know that the wireless word is just growing with leaps and bounds but just try to stream a HD TV show over 3G or 4G and the experience is bad. Thus the desire to have right to copy of the content to play it on multiple portable devices from local storage.

                    I am keeping an eye out for trends in this area from all sides. I still am thinking that ubiquity is the key for sell though, universal platforms, good delivery strategy, and flexible viewing will all lead to more digital sell though.

                    Originally posted by canadien37 View Post
                    Interesting, based on your premise, I would think traffic is brought through for sales of movies as well as other items......I still tend to think content SALES are more important to studios than rentals or subscriptions, although I could be wrong.....Do you think Electronic Sell-Through, is something the studios feel will remain viable? As you may know I am a HUGE proponent of electronic sell-through .....

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                      Re: Popular Titles Disappearing to Soon

                      Thanks for the response, Ron...well thought out......Well, I guess we'll see.....I don't know if you are aware of the Ultraviolet DRM initiative, proposed by a consortium of electronics companies, retailers, and studios.......It seems like a plan to make EST more palatable....

                      Interesting time we live in!!!

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