Fox Defends Premium VOD Plans

5:52 AM PDT 4/4/2011 by Georg Szalai

Jim Gianopulos, co-chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment, says early in-home releases will focus on underperforming films, like "127 Hours" - which earned James Franco an Oscar nod, but only grossed $18.3 million in theaters.

NEW YORK - Fox Filmed Entertainment plans to use a controversial emerging early window for film releases on VOD, known as premium VOD, only in select cases and mostly for movies that appeal to adult viewers, but have not realized their full potential in theaters.