New Division Targets Small Labels

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DVD distributor Image Entertainment, Inc. said on Wednesday that it has formed a division to provide a variety of exclusive distribution services for smaller independent audio and video labels with annual revenues in the $10 million to $50 million range.


Chatsworth-based Image said its Entertainment Distribution Services will provide a new revenue stream leveraging the company’s existing infrastructure while providing independent labels with sales, marketing, distribution, production and creative services necessary for them to stay competitive in the marketplace. Image is one of the only self-distributed independent labels with annual revenues in excess of $100 million.


“We’ve always understood what it means to be an independent label,” Chief Executive Martin Greenwald said in a statement. “Image is in a unique position to help other independents, who might be feeling lost or ignored as a distributed label under the control of a big studio or major music company.”


Greenwald noted that as DVD and CD sales continue to slow industrywide, independents are likely to find it increasingly difficult to get their content placed at retail outlets. “Our initiative will enable independents to use Image as their distribution partner while maintaining their own brand identity,” he said.


Image, which has approximately 3,000 exclusive DVD titles and more than 200

exclusive CD titles in domestic release and approximately 300 programs

internationally via sublicense agreements, will also look to acquire the digital rights to programming owned or controlled by these independent labels and offer them distribution opportunities through its digital media subsidiary, Egami Media, Inc.

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