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7/8/2010 9:22 AM
TVonDVD Addict
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Why the Inconsistencies between releases?!
First time poster,

I was hoping if B Ward or someone a Shout! could explain to me why some shows they are/have released on DVD have received complete series releases while others are only released in seasons sets?!  I have been reading these boards for a while and have noticed that people are complaining about why this show or that show hasn't been completed yet.  It occured to me that if Shout! decided to release complete series sets instead of single season sets that a lot of the older shows would have been completed by now.

What determines whether a series gets released season by season or in a complete series set?!  It's Garry Shandling Show, The Larry Sanders Show & Leave it to Beaver are all getting complete series sets while other series like Mr. Belvedere & Simon & Simon are being released one season at a time- why?!  Leave it to Beaver only had two releases prior to Shout! Factory acquiring the rights yet now right off the bat you will be releasing a complete series box set- do you think this will sell well when presumably S1 & S2 releases did not?!  Just trying to figure out the logic here behind the method or release that Shout! is employing, that is all?!

Thanks.
7/10/2010 11:50 AM
StarTrooper
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Member since: 6/2/2009
RE: Why the Inconsistencies between releases?!

It's pretty simple really. The shows you named as being released as complete series sets are very well known and  a large enough of a fanbase who are willing/can afford to purchase complete series sets.

Universal released the first two seasons of Leave it to Beaver and then due to poor sales performance they didn't release additional seasons. It's only because they sub-licensed the series to Shout that seasons 3-6 are getting released. Shout is putting out the complete series set before the remaining seasons because there are fans who felt they have been burned by Universal and will only purchase the series if it's released as a series set. The same thing was done with G.I. Joe & Transformers. Complete series sets first, then season sets.

I believe Mr. Belvedere & Simon & Simon are currently being released via Shout Direct due to a lack of sales at retail stores. Fans may have been purchasing the sets, but the typical TV on DVD consumer was not. Be thankful that Shout is even releasing additional seasons via their webstore because there are many other Shout properities that are still incomplete.

Shout follows the same business model as other labels, they release the first season and if it sells well enough they release the next season. The cycle continues until either the entire show is released or the label stops due to lack of sales.

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