Exporting movs that clients can reliably open in iMovie

Hi guys,
I've had a read on the iMovie forum, and posted this topic there to no avail yet.
I run a video transfer operation, and just recently I've had a rash of Mac owning clients saying that they cannot import the .mov files I give them in iMovie.. I use FCP6, and export self contained .Movs using Export>Quicktime Movie & ticking the Self Contained box. I know a mistake has not been made at my end sending Reference Movies because the client can open them in quicktime player on their machine.
So all of a sudden after 5 years of doing this job, 3 Mac clients in the last month have come back to me unable to open Movs..
I don't know what is going on.. It seems pretty basic that iMovie should import .Movs (an Apple container) and I know it supports DV.. Is this some new thing?
I know iMovie used to like .dv files, but is that now a rule? That it cannot import .Movs?
I'm not sure of the versions of iMovie the clients have.. I've sent out a request to ask them..
I cannot understand this - I was wondering of this might be some problem with the newer versions of iMovie.. I mean I have no problem opening the files in iMovie at my end. But I need to be able to consistently deliver files my Mac based clients can open. If FCP can't do this then what hope is there?
Believe it or not I have less trouble (read zero) supplying my Windoze clients! (Workflow = FCP>Reference Movie>Mpeg Streamclip>AVI)
Any help appreciated..
Pete

Most of my clients send in old analog videos Shane, so in most cases it's standard def stuff..
Will .dv specifically be a loss in quality? Will a .dv made in compressor be any cleaner than one sent out using Quicktime Conversion?
It still puzzles me that in tons of cases in the past my clients were able to open the .movs (DV PAL) no problems..
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