In my limited experience with licensing, the problem is rarely the studio being unwilling to pay a fee. The problem is usually the entity that controls the item in question significantly overvalues what that element is actually worth to the point where making a deal becomes impossible. It’s not...
They’re connected, in a way. Physical media, particularly for catalog titles, has transitioned from a mainstream commodity to a niche industry. And as a result of declining sales potentials, major studios are now willing to do what they weren’t at the height of physical media’s sales peak, which...
I think to what Robert was saying, putting the extra film on the disc is a viable way to bring a title that would sell far less to disc in a higher quality presentation than it might otherwise have gotten.