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- Oscar winners slated for DVD
FEB. 25 | Best Picture standout No Country for Old Men leads a large batch of Oscar-winning films soon headed to DVD and/or are already available at retail. More - Amazon gets Blu-ray title exclusive
FEB. 22 | Warner Home Video and National Geographic will launch the Blu-ray Disc version of Six Degrees Could Change the World only at Amazon.com on Earth Day, April 22, marking the studio’s first BD retail exclusive. More - Philips targets women with new hardware design
FEB. 22 | Philips is promoting product design more than ever in 2008, distinguishing itself as a brand particularly keen on female tastes. More - Pioneer builds Hollywood loft for high-end products
FEB. 22 | Pioneer is stylishly designing a Hollywood loft with its products in an effort to draw entertainment industry professionals to the high-end brand. More - Amazon, DVD Empire back Blu-ray
FEB. 20 | Online retailers Amazon.com and DVDEmpire.com are the latest dominoes to fall in Blu-ray’s direction. Both are formally endorsing Blu-ray as their high-definition format choice, one day after Toshiba conceded defeat in the format war by announcing it would soon stop production of HD DVD players. More - Disney to deliver pre-theater entertainment
FEB. 20 | Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment will be delivering in-theater content for National CineMedia’s FirstLook marketing program. More - 30 Days of Night Blu-ray
SONY Street: Feb. 19 Prebook: now > Rampaging vampires at night in the snow make for some truly eye-popping imagery. Armed with eye-candy stars Josh Hartnett and Melissa George, plus a midnight-all-the-time premise, 30 Days of Night is a great set-up for high-definition viewing. The two headliners live in an Alaskan village where there is a month of no sunlight every year—a prime sett... More - High-def discs lag standard, but gaining momentum
FEB. 15 | High-definition software sales are trailing standard-definition by half in the formats’ first two years on the market, according to Adams Media Research. More - Easter period crowded with titles
FEB. 15 | March is becoming the practical beginning of the new release New Year, according to studios and retailers, who in some cases are drawing comparisons between the crowded pre-Easter period and the fourth quarter. More - EAA looks to broaden reach
FEB. 15 | Home entertainment industry charity Entertainment AIDS Alliance is exploring ways to attract new members from the broader entertainment community—and new sources of funds. More - Videogame sales stall in January
FEB. 15 | Videogame hardware and software sales totaled $1.18 billion in January, which marked a 6% decline from the same month in 2007, according to the NPD Group. More - Borders concept store integrates DVD into themed areas
FEB. 14 | Borders is unveiling its first of several planned concept stores, which especially emphasize popular products by creating ‘destinations’ out of related items. More - Image narrows loss in Q3; plans for future
FEB. 14 | Image Entertainment reported red ink for its third quarter fiscal 2008, but the DVD supplier believes it will soon return to growth as it puts its failed merger with BTP Acquisition Company behind it. More - Image to continue releasing ThinkFilm titles
FEB. 12 | Image Entertainment has won the ability to continue distributing ThinkFilm titles through its output agreement with label parent CT1 Holdings, even though the planned merger between Image and CT1 affiliate BTP Acquisition Co. has been dismantled. More - Image to distribute Celluloid Dreams films
FEB. 11 | Image Entertainment has signed a three-film distribution agreement with production company Celluloid Dreams, signaling it intends to conduct business as usual following the collapse of its merger with BTP Acquisition Co. More - Best Buy to endorse Blu-ray over HD DVD
FEB. 11 | Leading high-def software retailer Best Buy starting in March will endorse Blu-ray Disc as the preferred high-def format. The retailer will give Blu-ray titles and hardware more prominence in stores and online through merchandising and signage. It also will shift most of its marketing support, including newspaper circulars, to Blu-ray said spokesman Brian Lucas. More - Landmark gets jump on Last Emperor
FEB. 11 | Landmark Theatres visitors will be able to exclusively purchase Criterion Collection’s The Last Emperor for one week prior to its wide retail bow on Feb. 26. Streeting at the exhibitor’s 58 locations on Feb. 19, Landmark is pricing the title for $49.99. Criterion’s The Last Emperor spans four-discs and includes commentary by director Bernardo Bertolucci, producer Jeremy Thomas, screenwriter Mark Peploe and composer-actor Ryuichi Sakamoto. More - NPD: Intent-to-buy Blu-ray grows
FEB. 8 | Consumers are expressing more desire to purchase Blu-ray Disc players following Warner Bros. Entertainment’s swing to back that format exclusively, according to the NPD Group. Meanwhile, the research firm reports that interest in HD DVD players is flattening. More - Anchor Bay pitches high-profile releases
FEB. 8 | Anchor Bay Entertainment held its first-ever retail summit last month, hosting executives from Amazon, Blockbuster, Netflix, Trans World Entertainment and other major accounts in Santa Monica, Calif., for presentations of its newly high-profile schedule, including box-office fare from sister division Overture Films, such as current Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah comedy Mad Money . More - New Medium Enterprises launches HD VMD effort
FEB. 7 | SANTA MONICA, Calif.— Armed with a new replication facility and a veteran of the TV industry as its new chairman, New Medium Enterprises continues to try to convince content owners and consumers that its HD VMD high-definition format is a less expensive alternative to Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD. More
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