Marvel’s The Avengers topped the home entertainment sales chart for 2012.
Consumers embraced UltraViolet as a substantial number of new titles became available. To date, more than nine million UltraViolet accounts have been created, more than double the number as of June 2012, and 8,500+ UltraViolet-enabled titles are now available from nine major content providers: Anchor Bay Entertainment, BBC, DreamWorks Animation, Lionsgate, Paramount Home Media Distribution, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
Consumers are now making Blu-ray Disc players integral to their consumer home entertainment experience. The number of Blu-ray homes continues to steadily grow, climbing 7 percent for the year (including BD set-tops, PS3s and HTiBs.) Total household penetration of all Blu-ray compatible devices now stands at close to 51 million U.S. homes according to numbers compiled by the DEG with input from retail tracking sources.
Further, consumers enhanced their home entertainment experience by purchasing more than 39 million HDTVs in 2012. HDTV penetration is now at more than 108.4 million U.S. households according to numbers compiled by the DEG with input from retail tracking sources.
