While
we have all been paying attention to Seattle-based Amazon's on-going
battle
with Hachette we missed their two month long battle with Disney.
As reported by The Wall Street Journal battle
started in August. Unless you had children you probably didn't
notice that you couldn't pre-order Million
Dollar Arm,
Maleficent, Capetian
America: The Winter Soldier and
other new releases. There
was no big blow up that has been associated with the 9-month long
book publish feud.
"They
are squeezing studios on DVD pricing, understandable given their
market position," said
Wedbush
Securities analyst Michael Pachter. "Disney can't cut them off,
and Amazon can cut Disney off, so I would say Amazon has the
leverage."
The
details of just what the caused the dispute between the two media
giants is not entirely known. The one thing that we do know is there
was talk about who would make up for any loses that Amazon might
incur promotional offers by Disney. Pricing and discounts of DVDs are
probably involved to some point in the negotiations. It is almost
certain there was also some talk about returns and supplies.
Disney
has also been having a dispute with Bellevue-based Outerwall over the
over how long the Bellevue company should have to wait between the
time a DVD is first release before they can offer it in their Redbox
kiosk. Disney wants the Bellevue company to wait 28-days just like
they do with every other movie studio. Outerwall, on the other hand,
argues that since Disney is so family oriented there is a uniqueness
to them and they should be able to offer Disney movie closer to the
release date. The dispute has been going on for two years and in that
time Outerwall has been purchasing the movies from distributors other
than from Disney.
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