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- Sony lines up giant Spider-Man 3 campaign
SEPT. 17 | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and its promotional partners will spin one of the industry’s largest marketing webs for the Oct. 30 release of Spider-Man 3 on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, including an unusually high commitment to digital marketing and cross-promotion with high-def hardware. More - Rubin joins Sony to head business affairs
SEPT. 17 | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment named industry veteran Robert W. Rubin executive VP, overseeing business affairs, new business development, negotiations with the creative community and faith-based and family entertainment. More - Warner to release Order of the Phoenix Dec. 11
SEPT. 17 | Warner Home Video will cast a powerful spell on retail Dec. 11, when it releases fifth series installment Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix on standard DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc. The studio also will market a limited-edition gift set, including two-disc editions of all five Harry Potter movies packed in a collectible suitcase (pictured). More - Hairspray being released on Blu-ray exclusively in Q4
SEPT. 11 | New Line Home Entertainment will set holiday style Nov. 20, when it releases Hairspray in three standard DVD versions and on Blu-ray Disc, the studio’s first high-definition release. The studio also will release the musical on HD DVD, but not until the first half of 2008 due to the format's lack of regional coding, making the title a de facto Blu-ray exclusive in the fourth quarter. More - DEG creates consumer high-def brochure
SEPT. 6 | The Digital Entertainment Group has created a new “Enhancing the High Definition Experience” brochure as part of the group’s ongoing effort to serve as a clearinghouse on high-definition and, ultimately, promote high-def home entertainment. More - Movie Gallery warns it may be out of time
AUG. 10 | Movie Gallery posted a wider loss for the second quarter ended July 1, and said on Friday that there is “substantial doubt” as to whether it can continue as a going concern. More - 30 years later, Roots still runs deep
JULY 27 | Warner Home Video will release two Roots box sets in October to coincide with Vanguard Press’ publication of a 30th anniversary edition of the groundbreaking Alex Haley novel. More - Westlake, Cineville join to form Keystone
JULY 27 | Indie DVD supplier Westlake Entertainment has merged with producer Cineville Films to form Keystone Studios Releasing LLC. More - Flash Gordon gets new paint job
JULY 26 | COMIC-CON: Flash Gordon has influenced renowned comic painter Alex Ross’ work for more than a quarter-century. Now Ross is exerting his influence on Flash, having designed the DVD box art for Universal’s Aug. 7 release of Flash Gordon: Saviour of the Universe Edition. More - Close Encounters of the Blu kind
JULY 26 | Steven Spielberg’s first foray into high-definition DVD will be the Blu-ray Disc release of Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition , coming Nov. 13 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The title also will be released on standard-definition DVD. More - Disney takes Blu-ray on mall tour
JULY 19 | Walt Disney Studios on Aug. 17 will launch a nationwide mall tour in support of Blu-ray Disc, as expected. “Disney’s Magical Blu-ray Tour,” sponsored by Panasonic, will launch at Westfield Topanga mall in Canoga Park, Calif., on the way to 17 other centers. More - DEG: Promote transition to high-def
JULY 17 | HOME MEDIA EXPO: LAS VEGAS— The Digital Entertainment Group forecasts 16 million HDTVs will be sold in 2007, bringing total units sold in the U.S. to 52 million and household penetration to 36%. More - PBS series join forces to explain The Mormons
JULY 2 | Just as former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign draws a spotlight to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, PBS Home Video is releasing The Mormons , a documentary co-produced by two PBS series, Frontline and American Experience . More - SPHE elevates Brown to oversee international
JUNE 19 | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment promoted Matt Brown to executive VP of international, charging the industry veteran with strategic planning for the division’s growth outside the U.S. More - How You Look to Me
MTI Street: July 3 Prebook: now > Deliberately paced indie captures the romance of Kentucky horse country. Writer Bruce Marshall Romans, who also stars, reportedly drew from his own family history for this southern drama about William, a creative writing student more interested in pursuing the life of a playboy than one of a student, who goes to grad school to avoid the family horse trainin... More - Sharpening our tools
JUNE 1 | Retailers are in the business of constant change—and so are we. Just as you strive to continually improve your buying, merchandising, customer service and, ultimately, profit, we are striving to improve our coverage, staying just a bit ahead of the industry so we can help you determine in which direction it’s going and deliver that coverage to you faster and in ways that are easier to use. More - Gears of War tops EMA videogame Awards
MAY 25 | Microsoft’s Gears of War was the big winner of the Entertainment Merchants Assn.’s 2007 Video Game Home Entertainment Awards, receiving four awards, including Game of the Year. More - Bound to books
MAY 25 | DVD may be the perfect complement to summer reading for both kids and adults. More - Real people, incredible stories
MAY 25 | Nothing captures the imagination like a true story, and several based on fascinating real people are coming to DVD this summer. More - Whole lotta Elvis shakin’ the shelves
MAY 25 | To mark the 30th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death this August, Warner Home Video and Paramount Home Entertainment are joining up again (they did the same for the 100th anniversary of John Wayne's death earlier this year) to promote new sets of Elvis' movies, all streeting Aug. 7. More
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