Cuban to Launch DVD Label

[Jorge]

Mark Cuban is hiring staff that could form the nucleus of a new DVD label, Wired News has learned, a move that comes as the dot-com billionaire attempts to shatter Hollywood's release window system by making first-run films available simultaneously in theaters, on cable TV, online and on DVD. The label is expected to launch in January with the release of Bubble, the first in a six-part deal between Cuban's 2929 Entertainment and director Stephen Soderbergh, according to a source familiar with the plan. As yet, Cuban and partner Todd Wagner have not announced a DVD publisher for those pictures. In an interview, Wagner would neither confirm nor deny a pending launch. But he said 2929 will pay theatrical exhibitors 1 percent of revenues generated from DVD sales of films they offer in the same window at their theaters.

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[DigitalJunkie]

Mark Cuban seems like a nice guy, I hope he makes first-run films on DVD & Cable TV will be a big success. This will show Hollywood how out-dated their thinkings are!

[shawners]

I can get first run movies at any hotel.. You click on the guide and they have it for 7-8 dollars. Did that at New Orleans last year, but didnt watch anything other then people getting drunk =)

[Signa]

hopefully this gets embraced well enough that it becomes the new standard. the current control over media is retarded. like how chrismas movies dont get released untill chrismas a year later

[Christoph]

Mh.. Its ok for me to wait for the realise some month or weeks. The Atmosphere in a Theater is much better than in front of your TV. *lol