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Non-Tech : Image Entertainment (DISK) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jim Fraser who wrote (276)	12/8/1998 11:23:00 AM
From: William T. Katz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 379

Image Entertainment mentioned in Entertainment Weekly: Page 87, Dec. 11, 1998 issue. ATTENTION CYBERSHOPPERS! For Online Video retailing, Nov. 15 began The Week That Was. Tapes and DVDs rented or purchased online account for only a fraction of a percent of the video industry's $19 billion in annual revenue, but market potential jumped to a new level in a matter of days - just in time for holiday point-and-click shopping - as Amazon.com launched a full-fledged video site and Buycomp.com recast itself as entertainment superstore Buy.com. ... Ken Crane's online business is becoming a subsidiary of Image Entertainment, a major laserdisc and DVD distributor ... [They list 6 online stores. In order presented, they are: kencranes.com reel.com dvdexpress.com bigstar.com buy.com amazon.com] [The description for kencrane is:] www.kencranes.com Launched: September '95. Titles: 10,000 DVDs and laserdiscs. Standard discount: 20 percent off; free air shipping. Test case: My Best Friend's Wedding, $23.98 DVD, $27.98 laser. [Of the 6 sites listed, kencranes was the most expensive with www.buy.com as the biggest discounter by a wide margin at $14.99! They must be selling at cost but kencranes doesn't charge shipping.]