More Articles By Samantha Clark

• First Knight Blu-ray
  SONY Street: April 29 Prebook: now > Medieval drama lacks shine in high-def debut. If Sony wants viewers to think Blu-ray is better than DVD, the studio should have worked more on this release. This attractive swashbuckling love story looks muddy and grainy, lacking the sharpness and color saturation of other high-definition releases. More
  
• DEG unveils Green Entertainment Awards
  APRIL 2 | The DEG handed out seven Green Entertainment Awards today at the inaugural Green Media Summit, held at the Luxe Hotel in Los Angeles. More
  
• 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
  
• ITunes rentals difficult to navigate, slow to download
  JAN. 25 | TECH REVIEW: DVD retailers have nothing to fear from iTunes offering movie rentals just yet. Although iTunes is a monster in download sales, it doesn’t yet offer the kind of usability you can get from more seasoned online rental companies, such as CinemaNow and Movielink. 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