Record 2.46m films on DVD sold in CzechRep in 2007
Sales of films on DVD in the Czech Republic grew by 13 percent to a record 2.464 million last year, according to data of DVD Group.cz.
Sales in the Czech Republic and Slovakia grew by 14 percent to 2.95 million DVDs last year. In addition to this, nearly 60 million DVDs were distributed with newspapers, which experts say did not affect sales of premium films on DVD.
“After a period of decline and stagnation in DVD video sales in the years 2005 and 2006, the year 2007 is characterised as a period of growth and breaking records in sales,” Pavel Borowiec of DVD Group.cz. said
The increase came thanks to the sale of films on DVD in shops which grew by 18 percent on the year. In contrast, supplies to video shops fell by 8 percent.
“In total, 2.652 million DVDs were sold to retail outlets and 298,092 to video shops,” Borowiec noted.
Digital video discs took control of the Czech and Slovak markets in 2006. Distributors sold 2,582,276 films on DVD on the Czech and Slovak markets, while only 362,796 video cassettes were sold in the year.
The situation was different still in 2003 when 1,883,137 video cassettes and 1,196,462 DVDs were sold on the Czech and Slovak markets.
At the end of 2006, VHS had only a 5 percent share on the market.
(Czech News Agency)
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