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  • Lionsgate delivers romance with Harlequin titles
    FEB. 25 | Lionsgate is wooing mothers with romance. On April 29, the studio is releasing two volumes of movies from the Harlequin line. More
  • CES: Best Buy, Sixth Avenue Electronics named DEG Retailers of the Year
    JAN. 7 | LAS VEGAS— DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group named two hardware stores Retailer of the Year for 2007. Best Buy and New Jersey chain Sixth Avenue Electronics were revealed as the winners at a press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show here. In software, Warner Home Video was the biggest winner, with four honors. More
  • First quarter crawling with creatures
    DEC. 20 | Creature features are filling up the first quarter. More
  • TV shows debut in new year
    DEC. 20 | With the new year dawning, so are old and new TV series on DVD. More
  • Many stories for the price of one
    DEC. 20 |  Single DVD packages offering multiple stories are in the DVD pipeline. More
  • New year filled with stars
    NOV. 29 | This fourth quarter has been billed as the biggest ever, with box-office hits being released on DVD every week. But studios have saved some star movies to kick off the new year. More
  • Acorn hires new president, chief financial officer
    NOV. 7 | Independent DVD supplier Acorn Media Group has hired Bruce Belliveau as chief financial officer and Mark Stevens as president, replacing John Lorenz who was promoted to vice chairman. More
  • December crowds up
    OCT. 20 | December is getting tighter than ever for DVD releases, with multiple new releases debuting on the same day. More
  • More Moore than you can shake a stick at
    SEPT. 27 | Weinstein and Genius have chosen election day for the release of Michael Moore’s health care system exposé, Sicko . Also bowing the same day is Moore detractor Manufacturing Dissent from Liberation Entertainment, and similarly themed Michael Moore Hates America will be released by Allumination Filmworks Oct. 16. More
  • Q4 crowded with box-office hits
    SEPT. 27 | With record-breaking grosses at the box office this summer, the fourth quarter promises to be busy for DVD. Including this week’s release of Knocked Up from Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 15 movies with theatrical grosses of more than $100 million will hit shelves before the end of the year. More
  • PBS, WGBH join distribution services
    SEPT. 21 | Indie suppliers PBS and WGBH Boston have joined their video distribution businesses, enabling the companies to more efficiently distribute product for online download-to-own or rental. Executives from both PBS and WGBH will manage the partnership and funds generated will be put toward public TV programming and services. More
  • Vudu for home entertainment of tomorrow
    SEPT. 21 | REVIEW:  Vudu could very well be the future of home entertainment, with a stress on future . More
  • Home video for the holidays
    AUG. 30 | As well as summer blockbusters, Christmas movies are released on DVD during the holiday season, and this year promises plenty. More
  • 300
    WARNER Street: July 31 Prebook: now > The action extravaganza will be among this year’s top-selling high-def titles. The sound and vision of 300 in its high-definition versions are simply outstanding, with the state-of-the-art HD DVD and Blu-ray technology delivering a ferociously stylized retelling of the 5th century B. More
  • Emmy-nominated TV shows make way to DVD
    JULY 27 | A number of the newly minted Emmy Award nominees are coming to DVD in the next two quarters, many before the Sept. 16 airing of the awards show itself when the winners will be announced. More
  • Cars wins four Home Entertainment Awards
    JULY 17 | HOME MEDIA EXPO: LAS VEGAS —The Entertainment Merchants Assn. presented its annual Home Entertainment Awards Tuesday night as part of the Home Media Expo, held at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino here. More
  • New TV shows to air on DVD
    JULY 2 | TV series on DVD is still a popular segment of the market, and the hottest new shows from the past season are making their way to store shelves soon. More
  • Twisted horror film to debut online
    Twisted Pictures is developing a new horror pic that won't debut in theaters, on DVD or on TV. The production company behind the Saw series is pacting with video Web site Break.com to produce a film that will have its U.S. debut exclusively online. Tentatively titled The Internet Killer , it will be posted in daily segments approximately three minutes long. More
  • Antioco to exit Blockbuster
    Blockbuster CEO John Antioco will leave the No. 1 rental chain at the end of year, according to a filing today with the Securities and Exchange Commission. More
  • Revenue up 11% in Lionsgate's Q3
    Revenue rose 11% to $254.5 million for Lionsgate in its 2007 fiscal third quarter, primarily due to Saw III and Employee of the Month theatrical runs. Revenue from the home video division dragged down 2% from the comparable period last year. More
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