RIP Disney Movie Club / Sony Taking Over Disney's Physical Media Production
02-20-24, 11:22 AM
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RIP Disney Movie Club / Sony Taking Over Disney's Physical Media Production
Given the exclusives they had, I figured it’d be more appropriate to post this news here rather than the Store forum.
02-20-24, 11:49 AM
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Oh wow, I'm glad I was able to get one last big order in with the recent Cameron special editions for dirt cheap. For a movie collector, I loved their selection of club exclusives, lots of great movies from my childhood (e.g. Black Hole) and even my kid's childhood (Goofy Movie!) only available in the club.
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02-20-24, 01:00 PM
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re: RIP Disney Movie Club / Sony Taking Over Disney's Physical Media Production
Sony is going to take over Disney's physical media production. https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/m...ts/022024-1000
02-20-24, 01:02 PM
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re: RIP Disney Movie Club / Sony Taking Over Disney's Physical Media Production
The Digital Bits, FWIW, reports that this is related to a larger deal between Disney and Sony, which involves Sony basically taking over Disney's home video business soup to nuts, from authoring discs to distribution. One small upside among many potential downsides is that this could mean more (any?) BD-100s and Dolby Vision for UHD releases.
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02-20-24, 02:38 PM
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02-20-24, 03:00 PM
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Ok, now give me a massive clearance sale!
I have been a DMC member for a few years, but I very rarely buy anything so I won't really miss it.
I have been a DMC member for a few years, but I very rarely buy anything so I won't really miss it.
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02-20-24, 03:51 PM
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Mandalorian, Loki, and WandaVision sets are now eligible for VIP discounts, even though it says on the item pages that they're not. I just ordered
02-20-24, 03:53 PM
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02-20-24, 03:55 PM
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Damn I was just gonna sign up too to get some exclusives. Off to eBay i guess.
02-20-24, 05:35 PM
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Makes me wonder how Sony will handle the Disney Movie Club exclusives going forward. Will those releases simply disappear or receive wider distribution?
Not a huge fan of Sony's general pricing structure and how they handle deeper catalog product. I would have liked seeing WB taking things over instead of Sony.
I suspect Sony is mostly doing this for the Marvel releases. We'll see how much interest they have in Disney's remaining movie inventory.
Not a huge fan of Sony's general pricing structure and how they handle deeper catalog product. I would have liked seeing WB taking things over instead of Sony.
I suspect Sony is mostly doing this for the Marvel releases. We'll see how much interest they have in Disney's remaining movie inventory.
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02-20-24, 05:52 PM
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Regarding the Disney/Sony physical media news that we broke this morning on The Digital Bits (link here), we’ve learned the following additional information from our industry sources:
- Once again, we’ve confirmed that Disney is indeed in the process of transitioning to a licensed physical media distribution model via an agreement with Sony Entertainment.
- As part of this deal, Sony will market, sell, and distribute new Disney releases plus catalog titles on physical media (4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD, etc.) to consumers through retailers and distributors in the U.S. and Canada.
- This shift is consistent with other strategies that Disney is working to implement company-wide, as exemplified by the company’s recent transitions in other markets.
- Per usual, Disney regularly evaluates their approach to the physical media market as the home entertainment business and industry at large continue to rapidly evolve alongside consumer behavior.
- This agreement will allow Disney to continue offering its films and TV shows via physical media retailers and distributors, and most importantly to disc consumers more efficiently.
- The transition for Disney handing over its physical media operations to Sony has recently commenced and will probably take several month to complete.
- The first Disney title that will be managed by Sony on physical media will be The First Omen (20th Century Studios), which releases theatrically on 4/5/24 (digital and physical street dates are TBD will be announced in the coming months).
02-20-24, 06:42 PM
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02-20-24, 10:48 PM
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No, pretty much all exclusives are $10 if you buy more than two. There is no required regular price.
02-21-24, 09:55 AM
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Interesting - I just signed up again a couple months ago to get a few exclusives and I still have 3 left to buy but one will be taken care of with the Cameron releases. I guess I’m getting out of paying for the last two!
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02-21-24, 05:25 PM
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FWIW, I had added a bunch of titles to my cart yesterday. When I just logged in, there were four titles now unavailable. People must be making some purchases.
02-21-24, 05:27 PM
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I had planned to join this year to get some of the exclusives. Here's to hoping the ones we would have wanted will become available via the new distribution system from Sony.
02-21-24, 05:41 PM
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That’s a pretty good deal. If anyone feels up to placing an order for a bunch of titles, let me know. I added em all up. Lots i missed out on.
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02-28-24, 10:46 PM
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Digital Bits is reporting Disney was sitting on 40+ 4K transfers of Fox properties, which they haven't been using since 2019. Hopefully Sony puts a few out.