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DVD MARKET IS BOOMING IN EUROPE, SHOWED STATISTICS
BRUSSELS, JUNE 18 (KUNA) -- A BOOM IN ENTERTAINMENT IS TAKING PLACE IN THE
EUROPEAN UNION (EU) COUNTRIES WITH THE POSSESSION AND SALES OF DIGIAL
VERSATILE DISC (DVD) HIGH IN SKY.
STATISTICS WERE RELEASED HERE TUESDAY, ABOUT DVDS IN EU COUNTRIES IN 2000,
SHOWED THERE WERE SOME FIVE MILLION DVDS IN THE EU, OR SOME 3.2 PERCENT OF ALL
HOUSEHOLDS.
DVD SALES IN EU SURGED BY 352 PERCENT BETWEEN 1999-2000 TO REACH 51 MILLION
UNITS. VALUE OF SELLING DVD DISCS WAS ESTIMATED AT 1.3 BILLION EUROS.
THE STATISTICS SHOWED THAT DVD RENTALS ALSO SKY ROCKETED BY 465 PERCENT IN
THE SAME PERIOD TO REACH 22 MILLION UNITS WITH A VALUE OF 80 MILLION EUROS.
THE THREE TOP EU COUNTRIES WITH DVD MARKET, WHICH IS GENERALLY SPEAKING
RAPIDLY GROWING IN ALL 15 EU MEMBERS, ARE BRITAIN, BELGIUM AND FRANCE. (END)
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