Home Media Magazine - June 1-7, 2008 - (Page 24)

NEWS www.homemediamagazine.com Dave’s Video: The Laser Place in Studio City, Calif., before getting into the DVD business, also did storyboard work with Guillermo del Toro for Hellboy in 2003. He is married with two daughters. Tickets for the Blade Runner screening are $50, and all attendees will receive a Blade Runner collectable. For more information, or to donate to the fund, visit TheDigitalBits.com or PaulsBrainTrust.com. Warner Hosts Fund-raiser For Ailing DVD Producer By Chris Tribbey he industry is pulling together for one of its own. June 14 Warner Bros. will host a screening of Blade Runner: The Final Cut, followed by a Q&A LIONSGATE INKS WITH LITTLE TIKES By Chris Tribbey T surgery to remove a brain tumor. Prischman, whose resume includes the Alien Quadrilogy, American Gangster, Blade Runner: Ultimate Collector’s Edition and SpiderMan 2, underwent surgery March Blade Runner with Ridley Scott and other cast and crew, to help raise money for Paul Prischman, an associate DVD producer recovering from 18 to remove a golf-ball-sized tumor in his brain stem. His insurance isn’t covering all the bills, inspiring his friends to step up. The effort, dubbed Paul’s Brain Trust, was started by Bill Hunt at TheDigitalBits.com, DVD producer Charlie de Lauzirika (Blade Runner: The Final Cut), and other friends of Prischman, and has gained steam, with studios, news organizations and public relations firms chipping in. “We’ve been really gratified at the response,” Hunt said. “It’s a measure of the kind of guy Paul is.” In addition to the back-lot Blade Runner screening, the group will offer 10 premium passes for auction on eBay. The winners will get a tour of the back lot (where Blade Runner was filmed) hosted by someone from the film, and will receive a Blade Runner gift bag. The top bidder receives a special Blade Runner prize. Hunt said organizers also will begin auctioning other movie memorabilia on eBay. Prischman, who worked at L PEOPLE I LIONSGATE UPS MOSS ionsgate has promoted Kristin Moss to VP of marketing for Lionsgate. Moss will continue to manage family entertainment brands and adds to them management of Moss HIT Entertainment brands including “Barney” and “Bob the Builder.” Moss previously served in a marketing role at MGM Home Entertainment. — Billy gil ittle Tikes are coming to Lionsgate. The studio has signed a multiyear distribution deal with MGA Entertainment for the DVDs and electronic delivery of the CGI animated children’s stories. The first release is set for this fall. “Lionsgate is thrilled to be in business with MGA once again with Little Tikes, one of the most respected family brands in the world,” said Anne Parducci, Lionsgate’s EVP of marketing and family entertainment. “We are proud to add Little Tikes, an evergreen company that has been around for almost 40 years, to our roster of highly recognized and trusted family brands. Little Tikes has demonstrated tremendous brand awareness and trust among parents that is certain to carry over into the DVD aisles.” MGA Entertainment CEO Isaac Larian said: “We consider Lionsgate the perfect partner for our ‘Little Tikes’ animated DVD feature. They have a great understanding of today’s family entertainment marketplace.” B RIEFS CLASSIFIED SHOWCASE BUSINESS FOR SALE CO M P U T E R S O F T WA R E I BORDERS SHRINKS Q1 LOSS Borders Group posted a loss of $31.7 million in the three months ended May 3, compared to a loss of $35.9 million in the same period last year. Meanwhile same-store sales continued to drop, down 4.1% from the same period last year, driven largely by the impact of failing music sales. Borders has said it expects its reopened Web store, Borders.com, to, at minimum, break even this year — Billy Gil and be profitable by 2009. BUSINESS SERVICES I REDBOX CERTIFIED BY PAYMENT SECURITY GROUP DVD rental kiosk operator Redbox has been certified by the Payment Card Industry (PCI), which determines security standards for payment account data. The PCI conducted an audit of Redbox’s more than 7,700 machines to determine if they met the group’s standards. “Our technology is designed to protect the privacy of our customers’ data before, during and after their visit to our kiosks,” said Redbox CEO Gregg Kaplan. — Chris Tribbey USED TAPES & DVDS CO M P U T E R S O F T WA R E tion as a tool for facilitating digital content distribution,” said David Sohn, a senior policy lawyer for CDT. “But people are bound to wonder what it means if their media files contain embedded information that can be used to identify them. The principles suggest that content owners make the public aware that media contains watermarking and avoid including identifying information of any type that could be culled by a third party. The principles earned the Alliance’s endorsement. “Digital watermarking has enjoyed broad adoption across many segments of industry and government, and in areas where interoperability is necessary and privacy needs to be safeguarded, we believe watermarking is an ideal solution,” said Reed Stager, chairman of the Digital Watermarking Alliance. “The combination of digitally watermarked content and respect for consumer privacy will further broaden adoption and unleash new distribution — Chris Tribbey models.” I JUNE IS ‘ENTERTAINMENT RATINGS AND LABELING AWARENESS MONTH’ The Coalition of Entertainment Retail Trade Associations (CERTA), which represents about 2,000 retailers and exhibitors and includes the Entertainment Merchants Association, reasserted June as “Entertainment Ratings and Labeling Awareness Month” for the fourth year in a row. The effort seeks to raise awareness and enforcement of entertainment ratings and advisory labels. More information can be found at — Billy Gil www.erlam.org. REDUCING YOUR INVENTORY? We Buy VHS, and also DVD & Video Games I DIGITAL WATERMARKING PRINCIPLES GET ENDORSEMENT The Digital Watermarking Alliance, the international group touting media watermarking efforts, is giving its thumbs up to the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), which released a series of privacy principles for digital watermarking. “Watermarking seems to be getting increased atten- xtreme deo E 733-7370 (203) Vi 24 Home Media Magazine June 1–7, 2008 http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://TheDigitalBits.com http://TheDigitalBits.com http://PaulsBrainTrust.com http://www.rapidrental.com http://borders.com http://www.corporate.com http://www.erlam.org

Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Home Media Magazine - June 1-7, 2008

Home Media Magazine - June 1-7, 2008 Contents News Gay/Lesbian Reviews TV DVD Research Top 20 DVD Sellers Top 20 Rentals and Top 10 Charts Just Announced

Home Media Magazine - June 1-7, 2008

For optimal viewing of this digital publication, please enable JavaScript and then refresh the page. If you would like to try to load the digital publication without using Flash Player detection, please click here.