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Wholesale video release: Number released and Australian share

Number of video releases (DVD, VHS and Blu-ray/HD) and Australian share, 2000–2007

Next update August 2009

Since 2005, DVD has represented more than 90 per cent of all titles released annually. Tracking of the emerging Blu-ray and HD formats has been included since 2006, while VHS tracking ceased in 2007 due to falling demand.

In 2007, the number of video releases fell by 10 per cent to 5,062 from 5,658 in 2006. This marks the third successive fall after peaking at 7,040 in 2004. Despite this fall, the share of Australian-produced titles has remained steady with an average of 3.1 per cent over the last four years.

Overall, Australian releases have made up 2.5 per cent of the 62,909 video releases recorded between 1983 and 2007.

No. releases

Australian share

Graph: No. VHS and DVD releases. The table following provides the data.

	VHS			DVD			Blu-ray/HD			Total
	All	Aust.	% Aust.	All	Aust.	% Aust.	All	Aust.	% Aust.	All	Aust.	% Aust.
2000	3,320	79	2.4%	823	14	1.7%	–	–	–	4,143	93	2.2%
2001	2,432	77	3.2%	1,975	47	2.4%	–	–	–	4,407	124	2.8%
2002	2,280	79	3.5%	3,235	85	2.6%	–	–	–	5,515	164	3.0%
2003	1,927	54	2.8%	4,718	112	2.4%	–	–	–	6,645	166	2.5%
2004	1,262	49	3.9%	5,778	155	2.7%	–	–	–	7,040	204	2.9%
2005	514	11	2.1%	5,656	170	3.0%	–	–	–	6,170	181	2.9%
2006	111	4	3.6%	5,527	180	3.3%	20	–	0%	5,658	184	3.3%
2007	–	–	0%	4,830	157	3.3%	232	–	0%	5,062	157	3.1%

Source: Trade Service of Australia VideoSource data.

Notes:
Figures refer to distributor releases rather than titles, i.e. if a title is released more than once, it will be counted more than once.