Global Industry Overview: Video Tape Rental and Retail
The global video industry includes outlets that rent and sell video tapes, DVDs (digital video discs), and related items to the general public. See also Motion Picture Production and Distribution.
Industry Snapshot
The global video rental industry looked as if its best performance days were behind it by 2005. Although revenue figures for home video entertainment were on the rise and sales of DVDs had been growing far more rapidly than the declines in VHS sales, rental revenues were continuing to fall. Piracy issues, competition from video-on-demand, and the trend...