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April 28, 2003

Market for DVD singles expanding

NY Times: Music labels -- not the movie studios -- are pushing a new market for DVD singles.

DVD singles -- digital videodiscs that typically include two music videos along with extra features -- represent a market that is just beginning to be charted by the music business. Some record labels -- in an industry suffering a two-year sales slump -- hope that the new format can become the modern-day successor to the vinyl 45 single. Retailers, however, are unsure whether to place them in video or audio departments, in part because there is no standard packaging.

April 28, 2003 at 11:57 AM in Music | Permalink

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