Packaged media is seeing a rise after a five-year downward trend, with sales up 2%, to $2.1 billion from $2 billion in the first quarter of 2012.

According to DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group, sales of new releases on Blu-ray Disc were up 37%. Sales of catalogue titles on Blu-Ray were up 16% from the first quarter of 2012. The number of Blu-Ray homes continues to grow, with 3.2 million players sold in the first quarter. Overall, in the first quarter of this year, US consumers spent an estimated $4.69 billion on home entertainment purchases and rentals, up from $4.46 billion in the first three months of 2012.

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