London - Screen Digest, a London-based market research firm, announced on Thursday that it will acquire Adams Market Research, a fellow market research firm covering the U.S. home entertainment market.

Carmel, Calif. - U.S. spending on online DVD rental services is expected to increase by 68% between 2007 and 2011, to $3.2 billion, or about 37.5% of the total video rental market, according to a report from market research firm Adams Media Research.

Carmel, Calif. - New high-definition DVDs and Internet downloads will drive worldwide U.S. major studios' feature film revenue to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.3%, from $35 billion in 2006 to nearly $42 billion by 2010, according to a report from Adams Media Research.