Home Media Magazine - December 28, 2008 - (Page 7) www.homemediamagazine.com Open Season 2 NEWS Sony, Petco, Red Robin Partner For ‘Open Season 2’ By Erik Gruenwedel MARKETING In an effort to attract petfriendly consumers where they eat, visit and buy animal supplies, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has partnered with Petco, Red Robin, the San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau for the Jan. 27 release of animated Open Season 2 on DVD, Blu-ray and UMD. The direct-to-video sequel features voice talent Joel McHale, Mike Epps, Jane Krakowski, Billy Connolly, Crispin Glover and Steven Schirripa. Each version includes deleted scenes, a behind-the-scenes featurette showing all the magic (and fur) behind the creation of the family film and an exclusive animated music video set to “Who Let the Dogs GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINEES ON DVD TITLE Burn After Reading The Dark Knight The Duchess In Bruges Kung Fu Panda Mamma Mia!: The Movie Pineapple Express Vicky Cristina Barcelona CATEGORY Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy; Actress: Frances McDormand Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger Supporting Actor: Ralph Fiennes Best Motion Picture — Musical or Best Animated Film Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy; Actress: Meryl Streep Musical/Comedy Actor: James Franco Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy; Actress: Rebecca Hall; Tropic Thunder Wall-E Supporting Actor: Tom Cruise, Robert Downey Jr. Best Animated Film; Original Song: “Down to Earth” TITLE 24: Redemption Dexter House Mad Men In Treatment CATEGORY TV Movie Actor — Kiefer Sutherland Best TV Series — Drama; Actor: Michael C. Hall Best TV Series — Drama; Actor — Hugh Laurie Best TV Series — Drama; Actress: January Jones; Actor: Jon Hamm Best TV Series — Drama; Actor: Gabriel Byrne; Supporting Actress: Melissa Supporting Actor: Blair Underwood Brothers and Sisters TV Drama Actress: Sally Fields; Supporting Actress: Rachel Griffiths Law and Order: Special Victims Unit TV Drama Actress: Mariska Hargitay The Closer The Tudors 30 Rock Californication Entourage The Office Weeds Samantha Who? Ugly Betty Monk A Raisin in the Sun Bernard and Doris Cranford John Adams TV Drama Actress: Kyra Sedgwick TV Drama Actor: Jonathan Rhys Meyers Best TV Series — Comedy; Actress: Tina Fey; Actor: Alec Baldwin Best TV Series — Comedy; Actor: David Duchovny Best TV Series — Comedy; HBO Actor: Kevin Connolly; Supporting Actor: Jeremy Piven Best TV Series — Comedy; Actor: Steve Carell Universal Best TV Series — Comedy; Actress: Mary-Louise Parker TV Comedy Actress: Christina Applegate TV Comedy Actress: America Ferrera TV Comedy Actor: Tony Shalhoub Best Miniseries/TV Movie Best Miniseries/TV Movie; Best Miniseries/TV Movie; Best Miniseries/TV Movie; Supporting Actor: Tom Wilkinson Recount Best Miniseries/TV Movie; Actor: Kevin Spacey, Tom Wilkinson; Supporting Actress: Laura Dern; Supporting Actor: Denis Leary How I Met Your Mother TV Supporting Actor: Neil Patrick Harris HBO HBO Disney Disney Universal Sony Pictures HBO BBC Video HBO Lionsgate Paramount/CBS Universal Warner Paramount/CBS Universal Disney HBO, March 24 (prebook Feb. 17) Liongate Universal HOME VIDEO Fox Paramount/CBS Disney Sony Pictures, Jan. 6 Genius/Weinstein, Jan. 27 Para./DreamWorks Warner Paramount, Dec. 28 Universal Para./DreamWorks Universal HOME VIDEO Universal Comedy; Actor: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson Actor: Javier Bardem; Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz Out?” by Baja Men. The Blu-ray edition also contains an exclusive “Save Mr. Weenie” game. Open Season 2 hopes to follow commercially on the tails of Open Season, which in 2006 earned more than $84 million at the box office. “The family DTV genre continues to be a healthy business, even in the down economic environment we’re all facing,” said Marc Rashba, VP of marketing for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Supported by a multi-million dollar TV, print and online marketing campaign, Red Robin and Petco will feature displays and posters for Open Season 2 in 400 restaurant and 900 store locations, respectively. The chains, in addition to Crayola, each will offer a $3 discount coupon toward the purchase of the DVD. The Sony DVD, in turn, will offer a $1 discount coupon on select Crayola products, a free kid’s meal at Red Robin and $3 discount coupon toward any Petco-brand dog biscuits purchase. “We could be one of the first DVD promotions with Petco stores, which is exciting both on a partnership level as well as putting DVDs in a store environment where DVDs are normally not sold,” Rashba said. The San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau is running a national “Wieners Gone Wild” sweepstakes where consumers can enter to win a trip for a family of four to the San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park, a behindthe-scenes private VIP tour, sleepover, airfare and hotel accommodations. Macrovision Sells TV Guide Network By Chris Tribbey acrovision Solutions Corp. announced Dec. 18 that it will sell its TV Guide Network property for approximately $255 million to Allen Shapiro and One Equity Partners. The deal also includes as much as $45 million more through 2012. “Today’s announcement further demonstrates our ability to execute against our business plan,” said Macrovision president and CEO Fred Amoroso. “We remain committed to delivering leading interactive program-guide technology, data solutions and video search capability M as key ingredients to the future of the digital home.” The deal is expected to close by April and includes tvguide.com. The Web site draws 15 million unique visitors each month. “I believe the TV Guide Network and tvguide.com are unique properties in the media landscape,” Allen Shapiro said. “These assets and brands are extremely difficult to replicate and create significant opportunities for sustained growth. We are very enthusiastic about working with One Equity Partners to execute on our vision.” BRIEFS I JAMAN, FACEBOOK TEAM UP Jaman.com and Facebook.com have hooked up, giving Facebook’s members easier access to Jaman. Facebook users also can publish a list of their latest Jaman movies, write their own captions for foreign films and recommend movies. Jaman also is extending its social networking reach to sites such as Twitter, Flickr, Yelp and digg. – Chris Tribbey Target is selling the Olevia BD-100 player for $149 for a limited time. The player is profile 1.1, or Bonus View. – Chris Tribbey George; Supporting Actress: Dianne Wiest; I COMCAST: 33% OF HDTV OWNERS DON’T WATCH HD Comcast Corp. said that despite a 50% increase in HDTV ownership over the past year, 33% of HDTV owners do not watch HD programming. The Philadelphia-based cable operator, citing research from Frank N. Magid Associates and Leichtman Research Group, said that more than 25% of HDTV homes have more than one TV set connected to HD service. Comcast, which has more than 1,000 programs available in HD, said top-rated HD content (48% viewed by men; 31% by women) continues to be spearheaded by action/drama movies, sports and music concerts. – Erik Gruenwedel DIGITAL COPY BY CATEGORY Title Release Category New Theatrical (1997-Current) Direct-to-video Features Theatrical Catalog (pre-1997) Foreign Language TV Series (single-disc) Total Total* 92 15 11 1 1 120 I YOUTUBE GOES HD YouTube has launched a widescreen high-definition player and dedicated a portion of its site to 720p HD content. At the same time, YouTube announced the launch of three new portal sites, in a bid to streamline content searches: youtube.com/news, youtube.com/music and youtube.com/movies. News will draw from the headlines of Google News, music will feature new music videos and playlists, and movies will showcase both short-form and feature-length films. – Chris Tribbey DIGITAL COPY BY STUDIO Studio Fox Sony Warner Universal Lionsgate Paramount/DreamWorks Peace Arch Disney Prairie Dog Productions Total Total* 40 37 16 8 6 5 4 3 1 120 Actress: Susan Sarandon; Actor: Ralph Fiennes Actress: Judi Dench; Supporting Actress: Eileen Atkins Actress: Laura Linney; Actor: Paul Giamatti; I VEOH INKS EURO DEAL Internet TV service Veoh Networks and European media marketing and sales company Axel Springer Digital TV Guide have agreed to an international partnership. – Chris Tribbey I TARGET HAS $149 BD PLAYER Consumers in the market for a bargain Blu-ray Disc player who missed the boat on Black Friday are getting another shot. * Includes both titles released and announced for delivery by 3/31/09 Source: The DVD Release Report December 28, 2008–January 4, 2009 Home Media Magazine http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://www.tvguide.com http://www.tvguide.com http://www.Jaman.com http://www.Facebook.com http://www.youtube.com/news http://www.youtube.com/music http://www.youtube.com/movies http://www.youtube.com/music
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