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NEWS BRIEFS I EAGLE ONE PLANS ‘STREET FIGHTER’ DVD COMICS Eagle One Media and Capcom will produce a line of animated DVDs based on the “Street Fighter” video game franchise. The series will adapt the “Street Fighter” comic books from Udon Studios using Eagle One’s animated comic technique, which adds visual effects and voiceovers to the existing comic panels. The ﬁrst DVD, Street Fighter: Round One — Fight, will be released on Feb. 3, 2009, in anticipation of the Feb. 27 theatrical debut of the live-action ﬁlm Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. – John Latchem www.homemediamagazine.com Viacom Content on CreateSpace By Chris Tribbey SUPPLIER Content from Viacom’s MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and VH1 networks is now available on Amazon.com’s CreateSpace DVD on Demand service. CreateSpace is a service that manufactures DVDs shortly after they are ordered by customers online. The service aims to cut down on brick-and-mortar physical inventory concerns and every DVD comes with standard Content Scramble System (CSS) copy protection. “Through CreateSpace and Amazon.com, we’re providing our fans expanded and exclusive access to some of the most iconic and pop culture-defining MTV and VH1 programming in our library,” said Alan Ferguson, VP of home entertainment sales for MTV Networks Music and Logo Group. The first seasons of “Drake & Josh,” “Hey Arnold,” “Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew” and “Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County” are now available on CreateSpace, with “My Super Sweet 16,” “True Life” and “Comedy Central Presents” available in the coming weeks. “MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and VHI produce some of the most popular shows on TV today,” said Dana LoPiccolo-Giles, co-founder and managing director of CreateSpace. “So this is an exciting opportunity for Amazon to exclusively provide our customers with … the opportunity to own some of their favorite TV series.” I ANCHOR BAY DVDS HELP PLANT TREES Anchor Bay Entertainment Sept. 9 will release the next two DVDs in the “Element” series, with a green twist. For every four “Element” DVDs that are purchased, the Arbor Day Foundation will plant one tree in a national forest. Anchor Bay began this corporate sponsorship of the Arbor Day Foundation with the ﬁrst two “Element” DVDs, which streeted in December 2007. So far in 2008, Anchor Bay customers have helped fund the planting of more than 20,000 trees through this partnership. Also, packaging for the “Element” DVDs is assembled from recycled paper. The DVDs, Element: Pilates Weight Loss for Beginners and Element: AM & PM Yoga for Beginners, will be priced at $14.98 each. Pilates Weight Loss for Beginners was created by best-selling author and Pilates expert Brooke Silver. This is the ﬁrst DVD from Silver, who has trained Madonna and Zooey Deschanel among other actresses and celebrities at her re: AB Pilates studio in New York. AM & PM Yoga for Beginners was created by master and Virayoga founder Elena Brower, whose clients include Christy Turlington Burns, Naomi Watts and Gwyneth Paltrow. – Angelique Flores “Drake & Josh” Netflix Hires DivX Exec By Erik Gruenwedel RETAIL Netflix has named Bill Holmes to the position of VP of business development. Holmes, who reports to CEO Reed Hastings in Los Gatos, Calif., was VP of business development at DivX, a San Diego-based digital media company that creates, distributes and licenses digital-video technology. While at DivX, Holmes negotiated licensing deals with silicon providers such as Qualcomm, SanDisk, Broadcom and Matsushita, among others. In May, Netflix and Roku bowed the Netflix Player by Roku, the first device to instantly stream movies and TV episodes from Netflix to the TV. This month, LG Electronics will start shipping a Blu-ray player that can stream content from Netflix to the TV. Additionally, this fall Microsoft’s Xbox 360 will make instant streaming from Netflix available to its Xbox Live Gold members. Streaming to the PC and TV is offered at no additional charge to Netflix members. “Bill will lead the ever-increasing effort by Netflix to develop more partnerships with consumer electronics companies as we enter the era of Web-on-TV,” Hastings said. PEOPLE I SONY PICTURES UPS JAIRAJ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has promoted Sheela Jairaj to VP, vendor managed inventory (VMI) for North America. She will oversee the division’s growing strategies and practices with regard to Jairaj VMI for the North American market. Jairaj, who joined the company in 2005 and was most recently executive director, VMI for North America, will continue to report to Geri Bluerock, SVP of retail operations for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. – Billy Gil TRENDS IN HIT FILMS RELEASED ON DVD PRE-LABOR DAY: 2004-2008 The new-to-DVD market for recent theatrical releases performs differently before and after Labor Day. The big summer blockbusters that arrive at the multiplexes in May are held for DVD release until October or later to take advantage of the holiday gift-giving season. So everything slows down in terms of theatrical-to-disc windows. When we take a snapshot of “hit” films ($25 million or greater in box office receipts) making the transition from theatrical run to disc before Labor Day in 2008, we see the crop was one of the best in recent memory with 68 films. It was also the fastest group to market in history. — Ralph Tribbey I DVA CELEBRATES 20TH Distribution Video and Audio (DVA), one of the largest buyers and sellers of excess video and audio inventory in the United States, celebrates its 20th year of operation this September. The family-owned and operated business, which began in 1988 selling 100,000 units a year, has an account base of more than 350 companies and sells more than 20 million units per year, generating $20 million in annual sales. – Kyra Kudick Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Number* 64 60 70 60 68 ARR** 143.2 139.5 125.3 124.4 123.9 SRP $29.11 $29.35 $30.29 $30.26 $31.28 I MOVIE GALLERY CFO DEPARTS Movie Gallery Aug. 29 said former CFO Thomas Johnson has left the No. 2 DVD rental company effective immediately. Johnson, who joined Dothan, Ala.based Gallery in 2004 prior to its Chapter 11 bankruptcy ﬁling, relinquished his CFO duties last month after Lucinda “Cindy” Baier was named to the position. Johnson, who earned a base salary of $325,000 in 2007, had served as an EVP since that time. – Erik Gruenwedel * Number is the total of new theatrical releases arriving on DVD between Jan. 1 and the last street date Tuesday prior to the Labor Day weekend. ** ARR is the number of days (on average) between a film’s theatrical launch and its subsequent debut on DVD. SRP is the average suggest retail price prior to discounts at retail. I RELEASE ACTIVITY FOR DVD Titles in Release Through Week Ended Aug. 31, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total Net DVD Titles Announced and/or In Release Through Dec. 31, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89,616+380 90,440+328 I RELEASE ACTIVITY FOR BLU-RAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . As of Week Ended Aug. 31 Released 684 Scheduled 191 4 Home Media Magazine September 7–13, 2008 http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://Amazon.com

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