More Articles By Cindy Spielvogel

• Porchlight sparks new faith-based label
  APRIL 24 | Porchlight Home Entertainment is launching a new label for faith-based titles, Porchlight Inspire. The first release will be Adventures From the Book of Virtues: Adventures in Faith , from the award-winning animated TV series that aired on PBS and was produced by Porchlight’s parent company, Porchlight Entertainment. More
  
• Arts Alliance goes green with Big Ideas and Jesus
  APRIL 24 | GREEN REPORT: Arts Alliance America is using green packaging on two environmentally conscious new releases, Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Season One and Morgan Spurlock Presents: What Would Jesus Buy? More
  
• Koch to distribute Cloud Ten films after church premieres
  APRIL 24 | As it steps up production, Christian-oriented film producer Cloud Ten Pictures has signed a distribution deal with Koch Entertainment, the independent music and DVD distributor that also has become more involved in faith-based music and DVDs. More
  
• Documentaries turn Blu
  APRIL 21 | INDIE FILM GUIDE: Now that Blu-ray Disc has won the battle, smaller suppliers are beginning to announce releases in the format. And documentary producers are among the first to step in. More
  
• HBO remarkets its hit series
  APRIL 21 | TV DVD GUIDE: HBO Video isn’t planning on any new release configurations for its three iconic DVD series— Band of Brothers, Sex and the City and The Sopranos —in the immediate future, but the company does have a new advertising strategy for the existing sets. More
  
• Denny’s serves Simple Promise
  APRIL 21 | INDIE FILM GUIDE: Marlo Productions and Indican Pictures have landed a national promotion with Denny’s on behalf of upcoming film A Simple Promise . More
  
• Film Movement drinks in Stella Artois deal
  APRIL 21 | INDIE FILM GUIDE: Independent and foreign film distributor Film Movement has renewed its sponsorship agreement with Stella Artois. More
  
• Movie Gallery reports profit
  APRIL 16 | Movie Gallery reported net income of $5.7 million on revenue of $177.2 million for the month ended March 9. The required filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court could signal the beginning of a turnaround for the company, whose reorganization plan has just been confirmed by the court. More
  
• City Lights promotes Generation Apart  on YouTube
  APRIL 16 | In conjunction with the release of A Generation Apart , a documentary on children of Holocaust survivors, City Lights is inviting Americans to share their family histories on a dedicated YouTube group. More
  
• Steinfeld chats about VOD exercise
  APRIL 14 | FITNESS GUIDE: He was one of the first workout video celebrities, and now Jake Steinfeld of Body by Jake is breaking new ground with ExerciseTV, the video-on-demand business he is partnered in with Comcast, Time Warner Cable and New Balance. More
  
• Magic Play tones its titles
  APRIL 14 | FITNESS GUIDE: Mitch Perliss, senior business director of North American distribution for Magic Play Entertainment, is bringing the workout DVD business to his new label. More
  
• Spotlight on stadiums
  APRIL 14 | SPORTS GUIDE: Lots of DVDs have been released highlighting baseball players, but there aren't many about where they play. More
  
• Movie Gallery reorganization plan confirmed by Court
  APRIL 10 | The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Richmond, Va., has confirmed Movie Gallery’s reorganization plan. The company expects to emerge from bankruptcy this quarter. More
  
• IRS withdraws objection to Movie Gallery reorganization
  APRIL 8 | The Internal Revenue Service has withdrawn its objection to Movie Gallery’s reorganization plan, helping to pave the way for the plan to be confirmed April 9. More
  
• Movie Gallery creditors approve reorganization plan
  APRIL 7 | More than 90% of Movie Gallery's 1,500 creditors voted to approve of the chain's reorganization plan. More
  
• Movie Gallery to close 160 more stores
  APRIL 3 | Movie Gallery announced it will close about 160 more underperforming Hollywood Video and Movie Gallery stores. More
  
• Klein recalls stand-up’s early days
  MARCH 31 | COMEDY GUIDE: Comedian Robert Klein was the star of the first-ever HBO stand-up comedy special in the ’70s, when both HBO and stand-up were in their infancy.  More
  
• National Lampoon on its own
  MARCH 31 | COMEDY GUIDE: National Lampoon is about to release its second DVD since taking back its name last year. More
  
• Movie Gallery and Wattles’ Boards resolve dispute
  MARCH 27 | Movie Gallery has resolved its dispute with Boards, the company owned by Hollywood Entertainment founder and former CEO Mark Wattles, according to a March 26 filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Richmond. More
  
• Movie Gallery faces $7.5 million objection by IRS
  MARCH 25 | Movie Gallery has so far managed to resolve various objections from creditors in regard to its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but the company has now run into a potentially formidable adversary: the Internal Revenue Service. More