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Video product: Release: No. releases and Australian share

Number of video releases (DVD and VHS) and Australian share, 2000–2006

The number of DVD releases rose each year from 4,131 in 2000 to a high of 6,758 in 2004, but has since fallen to 5,419 in 2006. The number of VHS titles released over the same period has continued to fall from 3,321 in 2000 to 111 in 2006.

The 2006 share of Australian-produced titles on video was 3.3 per cent, up from 2.9 per cent in 2005. The slight increase in the Australian share is due to a 12.1 per cent drop in total releases in 2006. Australian-produced releases have made up 2.3 per cent of the 59,117 video releases recorded between 1983 and August 2007.

No. releases

Australian share

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

Next update August 2008

	VHS			DVD			Total
	All	Aust.	% Aust.	All	Aust.	% Aust.	All	Aust.	% Aust.
2000	3,321	73	2.2%	810	10	1.2%	4,131	83	2.0%
2001	2,438	76	3.1%	1,963	45	2.3%	4,401	121	2.7%
2002	2,279	78	3.4%	3,205	82	2.6%	5,484	160	2.9%
2003	1,929	53	2.7%	4,629	109	2.4%	6,558	162	2.5%
2004	1,249	45	3.6%	5,509	138	2.5%	6,758	183	2.7%
2005	515	11	2.1%	5,652	167	2.9%	6,167	178	2.9%
2006	111	4	3.6%	5,308	174	3.3%	5,419	178	3.3%

Source: Australian Film Commission analysis of Trade Service of Australia VideoSource data, August 2007. The VideoSource database includes around 95 per cent of all releases for rental and sale since 1983.

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.