Warner Bros. Home Entertainment today announced two Blu-ray™ packaging initiatives that will give consumers greater value and portability when shopping for the best possible way to watch movies at home.
UP on Blu-ray and DVD, MONSTERS, INC. comes to Blu-ray, GODZILLA on Blu-ray, CARS: GIFT SET on Blu-ray, LOGAN'S RUN on Blu-ray, WATCHEN: THE ULTIMATE CUT on Blu-ray, BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD VOL. 2 on DVD, DRAGONBALL: SEASON 2 on DVD, G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO COMPLETE SERIES on DVD, JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE COMPLETE SERIES on DVD, NARUTO: SHIPPUDEN -- THE MOVIE on DVD, and ANIMATION EXPRESS COMPILATION on Blu-ray and DVD.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Spot411 and The Cimarron Group announced today an exclusive partnership to launch FoxPop, coinciding with the Blu-ray Disc and DVD release of Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian on December 1.
Jeff Junge has been promoted to SVP, Business Management, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, it was announced today by Kevin Tsujihara, President, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group.
SIGGRAPH 2009 will present a dynamic line-up of speakers and sessions that will discuss trends and future directions for stereoscopic 3-D both for the Hollywood movie industry as well as for the general public home theater experience.
Universal Pictures International Ent. (UPIE), the international home entertainment division of Universal Pictures, has appointed Paul Chesney as VP, International Operations, effective from March 2, 2009.
Based in London, Chesney will report to Eddie Cunningham, President, UPIE and will be responsible for the efficiency, systems and planning of all aspects of Universal's international home entertainment operations in regard to manufacturing, distribution and supply chain.
Philippe Cardon, Warner Home Video President, International, will be leaving the company, closing a 23-year career with the studio. Cardon has chosen to keep his family in Europe rather than relocate to Los Angeles as part of a restructuring that will bring closer alignment to Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group's home video and digital distribution businesses.
VIZ Media and Warner Home Video have reached agreement for the home entertainment distribution in the United States and Mexico of new and catalog DVD releases from VIZ Media.
Effective April 1, 2009, WHV will be the exclusive home entertainment distributor for new and catalog DVD content based on well-known franchises such as NARUTO, BLEACH, DEATH NOTE and INUYASHA as well as the POKEMON animated television series and catalog features.
The Creative Talent Network is holding an online fundraiser to "Help Corny Cole" on PayPal.com.
More than $1,000 has been raised to help Cole, legendary animator and CalArts faculty, whose home was destroyed in the recent Southern California wildfires.
Flashy SPEED RACER zooms onto DVD and Blu-ray, plus vfx-heavy TV shows CHUCK and PUSHING DAISIES debut their first seasons on DVD.
British independent distributor, rights owner and producer of programming for children, Abbey Home Media, has appointed Stephen Moore as a partner and shareholder.
Set up in 1989 by Anne and Ian Miles, Abbey Home Media specializes in distributing programming for preschool franchises. These franchises currently include HORRID HENRY from Novel, SESAME STREET from Sesame Workshop, THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT from Pathe, SPOT from Penguin and PADDINGTON BEAR and THE WOMBLES from Cookie Jar's FilmFair Catalogue.
DECODE Enterprises has made further international sales of Halifax Film's preschool series BO ON THE GO!. The series has also been commissioned for a third season by CBC in Canada, where it is currently one of the broadcaster's highest-rated preschool shows.
DECODE has sold season one to RAI SAT in Italy and season two to the Disney Channel in Spain. MNET/KTV in South Africa and TG4 in Ireland have taken TV rights for both seasons one and two. Prava I Prevodi has acquired home video and broadcast rights for both seasons for Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro.
A collection of hilarious Cartoon Network original shows including Craig McCracken's Emmy Award-winning FOSTER'S HOME FOR IMAGINARY FRIENDS, and the brand-new sensation CHOWDER, about an apprentice chef in Marzipan City who's always hungry and will eat anything, even a customer's order. Also, THE MARVELOUS MISADVENTURES OF FLAPJACK, about a young boy, raised in a talking whale named Bubbie, who joins adventurous pirate Captain K'nuckles in search of Candied Island.
"Bruised Bluenana" -- CHOWDER (11 minutes) "The Heavy Sleeper" -- Chowder (11 minutes)
Antics has just released V4, a tool for visualization through animation. The new lighting system allows shadows to be cast, adding depth and realism. At the touch of a button you can create incredible atmosphere and amazing effects.
VIDEO BUSINESS has confirmed that the Blu-ray and DVD releases of IRON MAN will be September 30.
Amazon.com is accepting pre-orders for the various editions, which include a two-disc special edition and single-disc DVD and the Blu-ray.
Paramount Home Ent. has not formally announced the home video release date.
Marvel Studios will pass out flash drives at their Comic-Con booth this week with a sneak-peek of the DVD.
As of this past weekend, IRON MAN has grossed more than $314 million at the box office since its May release.
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) is establishing a task force to define the parameters of a stereoscopic 3-D mastering standard for content viewed in the home. Called 3-D Home Display Formats Task Force, the project promises to propel the 3-D home entertainment industry forward by setting the stage for a standard that will enable 3-D feature films and other programming to be played on all fixed devices in the home, no matter the delivery channel.
Imagine a home so perfectly attuned to the needs of a family that it can anticipate and fulfill them, virtually without anyone lifting a finger. Now imagine that the home offers family members high-tech connectivity, not just with one another but with people, entertainment and information in the world at large.
Guests at Disneyland can soon do more than imagine it. Beginning June 17, the Innoventions Dream Home in Tomorrowland is bringing that world to life as a limited number of guests have the opportunity to preview the home.
Some reefer comedy, a jump through time and space, an anime favorite and a controversial comic-turned-animated series out today on DVD and Blu-ray.
The opening session of EMA's Home Media Expo 2008 will feature prominent leaders of the home entertainment industry discussing how Blu-ray will transform and grow the home entertainment market, much as DVD revolutionized the business a decade ago.
Warner Home Video has promoted three executives who will now oversee New Line products as part of the company's integration into the larger studio, per VARIETY.
Mike Saksa, Jeff Baker and Jeff Brown are now exec VP and general manager of their respective North America units and will report to Mark Horak, president of Warner Home Video for North America.
HIT Ent., an independent children's producer and rights owner, has announced expansion plans and promotions within its International Home Entertainment business.
HIT Entertainment has announced expansion plans and promotions within its International Home Entertainment business. Led by Gavin Metcalfe and supported by Luciana Bianchi, the EMEA team will now be responsible for the Asia/Japan region and helping to drive future growth for the region. Also with immediate effect, Metcalfe has been promoted to Senior Director International Home Entertainment and will be responsible for all sales and business development in this wider region.
Sony Computer Ent. announced that it will expand the closed beta testing for PlayStation Home in summer 2008, inviting a further number of registrants from the PlayStation 3 users. Following completion of the expanded closed beta test, the PlayStation Home open beta service will commence in fall 2008.
Mark Horak has been named President, Warner Home Video North America, it was announced Tuesday by Ron Sanders, President, Warner Home Video.
Horak, who most recently served as Executive Vice President and General Manager, Worldwide Operations and New Packaged Media, Warner Home Video, will take charge of the division's North American operations, to include the US, Canada, and Mexico.
In addition, he will continue to oversee worldwide global sales process and category management and will continue to report to Sanders.
Avatar Reality, a development entity dedicated to the advancement of online community building, today announced collaboration with e frontier to utilize their Shade 10 and Shade Home Design software to bring a variety of architecture home designs into BLUE MARS, a new massively multiplayer virtual world (MMVW) launching at the end of 2008.
Set in Terraformed Mars, BLUE MARS players will live out their celestial fantasies through personalized avatars.
