Home Media Magazine - June 22-28, 2008 - (Page 11)

www.homemediamagazine.com IN FOCUS 2 3 1 5 6 4 7 8 10 11 9 S E V E N T H AN N UAL H O M E E N T E RTAI N M E N T S U M M I T: T R AN S F O R MAT I O N S The theme of the Seventh Annual Home Entertainment Summit, held June 16-17, 2008, in Century City, Calif., was “transFORMATions,” as the industry gears up for the consumer transition from standard-DVD to Blu-ray Disc. The event was highlighted by all seven studio presidents participating in this year’s Presidents Panel, a first-ever Consumer Focus Group and five market research presentations. The dinner crowd featured many “New Liners” who came to network on the eve of the feisty independent’s absorption into Warner Home Video. Amy Jo Smith, executive director of DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group, is flanked by Warner Home Video president Ron Sanders (left) and Home Media Magazine publisher and editorial director Thomas K. Arnold. Smith and Arnold co-hosted the DVD Critics Awards show. Dean C. Garfield, EVP and chief strategy officer at the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), delivered a keynote address that underscored the Hollywood community’s commitment to new technologies. 2 The Consumer Focus Group, comoderated by Home Media Magazine’s Kristina Kronenberg and Arnold, found that while consumers may be hesitant to go Blu right away, chiefly because of high player and HDTV prices, ultimately they do plan on transitioning out of standard DVD. New Line Home Entertainment president Stephen Einhorn (second from left), this year’s DVD Visionary of the Year, is flanked at the “It’s Blu” cocktail party by fellow presidents (L-R) Steve Beeks of Lionsgate, Ron Sanders of Warner Home 4 Video and David Bishop of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Home Media Magazine senior reporter Chris Tribbey hosted a panel on the state of electronic sellthrough. Home Media Magazine editor in chief Stephanie Prange moderated the opening executive session on managing the transition to Blu-ray Disc. Jeff Slankard, a member of the Consumer Focus Group, with Arnold and Einhorn at the cocktail party. Einhorn chatted with the DEG’s Lyndsey Schaefer (left) and Smith during the cocktail party. Just after the luncheon keynote, Arnold (center) was flanked (L-R) by analyst Tom Adams, keynoter Dean C. Garfield of the MPAA, analyst Russ Crupnick and Prange. The seminar sessions were wellattended by studio executives, key retailers, analysts and the press. Photos by Heather Kincaid 9 6 10 7 3 5 11 1 8 June 22–28, 2008 Home Media Magazine 11 http://www.homemediamagazine.com

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