Export Compliance Daily is a Warren News publication.

First-Half DVD Replication Plunged 30% YoY, Says Technicolor

Technicolor’s Vantiva-branded supply chain services replicated 238 million physical discs in 2022's first half, nearly 30% fewer than in January-June a year earlier, said the company Thursday. Production of music CDs remained steady at 16 million discs, but DVD replication…

Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article

Export Compliance Daily combines U.S. export control news, foreign border import regulation and policy developments into a single daily information service that reliably informs its trade professional readers about important current issues affecting their operations.

plunged 35% to 159 million discs, and Blu-ray replication fell 18% to 63 million, said Technicolor. “Solid year-on-year new release volumes” on physical media are expected “as theatrical attendance continues to normalize, but this will be more than offset by lower catalog volumes, driven by evolving customer and retailer behavior,” said CEO Richard Moat.