What was the first film to have a universal release date?

edmund80

"Bubble", a low-budget murder mystery directed by Steven Soderbergh which was released on January 27, 2006. Universal release means the simultaneous release of a new movie in theaters, on DVD, and on pay-per-view television. "While no one expects "Bubble" to break box-office records, even a modicum of success could indicate the arrival of something many in the movie business have anticipated — and feared — for years: universal release." "...Bubble will be the motion picture industry's first "universal release", made available simultaneously in cinemas, on home video and through pay television." http://www.wordspy.com/2006/01/universal-relea.html http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/256981_bubble26.html http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454792/ Nov 23 08, 9:02 PM