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  1. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    Most likely ViacomCBS is too lazy to change the name of the facebook page. Why bother anymore? That page appears to be nothing more than press releases.
  2. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    My guess if ViacomCBS doesn't bother releasing season 7 of Ray Donovan due to too many complaints and ire, then I wouldn't be surprised if they end up dumping the rest of the Ray Donovan dvd inventory as a seasons 1-6 set in one of those giant 24-discs cases. With a new regime in place at...
  3. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    It will be interesting to see what ViacomCBS does with Ray Donovan. For those who don't know, it was abruptly cancelled a few days ago without a satisfactory ending. (The producers were hoping for another season to wrap things up)...
  4. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    In the case of recent/current CBS shows on dvd, I have noticed they left the telecine in the video on the dvd versions of shows like Criminal Minds, etc .... in spite of the show being all done in HD since its inception. Besides laziness, is there a reason for CBS leaving in the telecine on...
  5. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    Nowadays I wonder if these giant media corporations are using the home video department, as a "dumping ground" for older less-able "has been" executives and almost-retired employees in good standing to let the clock run out for them, until they're eligible for the company pension.
  6. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    At this point I wouldn't be surprised if ViacomCBS ends up joining that Universal/Warner joint venture for distributing dvds/blurays of their new releases and evergreen titles. Since all three companies have been using Thomson/Technicolor's giant dvd/bluray manufacturing plant in Mexico for a...
  7. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    Vulcans would be eaten alive in the C-level suite in modern giant corporations. Unfortunately intracompany politics is not something which functions by logic. https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/cbs-viacom-merger-20-years-later-moonves-redstone-karmazin-freston-1203265965/ Sumner Redstone made a...
  8. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    One place to start, is to figure out who was the point man who handled the MOD stuff at the former CBS home video division. Once you know this person's name, then further googling might show up whether he/she has been purged in any recent layoffs.
  9. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    Probably not. At least not deliberately. Nowadays this is probably not even "newsworthy" even for the hollywood industry press. So unless an official press release is released by CBS or Paramount, it will not be "news" that will show up in the hollywood reporter, variety, etc ....
  10. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    I'm not familiar with the supply chain for dvd manufacturing. With that being said, I only ever got a brief glimpse into the case of manufacturing audio cds. An old acquaintance wanted to make cds for his band's album back in the 1990s. The minimum order that the factory was willing to make...
  11. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    Especially when the discs in one of those giant CBS 24-disc multi-season tv dvd sets, are the versions of the discs colored with silkscreened photorealistic sides. For example, the NCIS seasons 1-4 set I found at wallyworld was exactly these silkscreened discs versions (all packed into a giant...
  12. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/home-entertainment-2020-outlook-streaming-1203454629/
  13. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    A good "test" to determine whether this is happening quickly, is to see if the final season of Criminal Minds is released on dvd later this year, and whether ViacomCBS continues to release the current NCIS franchise seasons on dvd later this year. Also one can watch for future dvd season sets...
  14. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    I suspect it is highly dependent on who is running the tv show side of Paramount home video division. If it is the same gang of folks from the former CBS home video division, then probably the same "shenanigans" will continue on as over the past 15 years or so. If it is an entirely different...
  15. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    If the wrong discs mixup happened at the original disc manufacturing plant (in Mexico), then most likely nothing will happen unless the worker in question has a repeated pattern of incompetence.
  16. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    If it was a younger or middle aged person in the home video division who made the wrong costly decisions, most likely they would have been on the layoff list and might have been purged already in the semi-periodic layoffs in that business over the years. If it was a higher level older person...
  17. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    Game over for future less popular releases, if they run the operation like the old Disney and/or Fox home video divisions.
  18. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    For reference, I would also watch the Paramount mod releases showing up at: https://www.moviezyng.com/paramount.aspx
  19. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    I think to know anything for sure, I would be watching for what future CBS mod releases show up at: https://www.moviezyng.com/m15-CBS.aspx
  20. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    Not necessarily. It might even be a "devil in disguise" which would be even worse. For example (hypothetically), if all the key decision makers at the pre-merger Paramount and CBS home video divisions took an early retirement "buyout offer" with this merger, and ViacomCBS ends up hiring an...
  21. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    If the former CBS home video divison's decision makers have all been fired, then all bets are off.
  22. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    We all have to remember that Paramount handled distribution for CBS tv shows on dvd/bluray over 2005-2019. Bascially Paramount was willing to handle the releases + distribution of all those giant complete (or partial) series sets, commonly seen at wallyworld. With Paramount taking over the...
  23. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    The only way I can see this happening is if VEI's point man at CBS home video division, has been moved to Paramount's home video division. Also if the new Paramount bosses do not veto the decisions of VEI's CBS point man.
  24. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    (Going slightly offtopic). For many years, Paramount appears to have been the laggard weak side of Viacom. Even stuff like the Star Trek reboot films, Transformers, GI Joe, etc ... fizzled out. Hasbro also now has their own movie/tv production studio, when they gobbled up eOne last month. So...
  25. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    Wonder if this new Viacom will outsource their home video division to that recent Universal / Warner joint venture.
  26. jcroy

    CBS Home Video/MOD RIP

    If you have the patience, take a look at what the Viacom side did for their tv on dvd/bluray releases from Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, etc ... which CBS didn't appear to be involved in at all over 2005-2019. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viacom_Media_Networks
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