16 Quotes by Scott Hettrick

The prime motivator for studios to launch a next-generation high-def home-video format is to build pricing levels back up.

There is a flood of television series hitting the market,

Star Wars DVDs are never the biggest sellers of the year and never break any records,

We won't see this level of growth continue too long, but we'll stay above double-digit growth for the foreseeable future.

There's no way to know based on that release how it stacks up against anything, which is I'm sure why they put it out the way they did and refuse to break out any numbers for DVD versus videogame, or U.S. Sales versus selected international territories, ... That leaves no possible way to create an apples-to-apples comparison.

The timing is such that Universal is certain 'Ray' is going to get some nominations,

Seinfeld' still hasn't come out at all on DVD. The final M*A*S*H (the best rated television show of all time) still isn't out. They've only gotten up to season four,

The movie got great reviews, then it got six nominations. That drove DVD sales through the roof, and it landed the big award (best actor for Foxx). That was really the perfect storm for Ray .

They (people) suddenly have their interest piqued in Johnny Carson. Clearly, the first week is pretty strong. Then it drops off pretty quickly.