Home Media Magazine - May 11-17, 2008 - (Page 8)

NEWS ` Harry Potter,' ` Transformers' Lead EMA Noms By Billy Gil www.homemediamagazine.com arner Home Video' s Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Paramount Home Entertainment' s Transformers each received four nominations for The Entertainment Merchants Association' s (EMA) Home Entertainment Awards. The winners will be announced June 24 during EMA' s Home Media Expo at the Palm Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. Runners up in nominations are Lionsgate' s 3:10 to Yuma and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment' s SELECT EMA NOMS CHART ARCHIVAL TV SERIES OF THE YEAR I Full House: The Complete Series Collection Ð Warner I Galactica 1980 Ð Universal Studios I Roots: The Complete Collection Ð Warner I Seinfeld: The Complete Series Ð Sony Pictures t I The X-Files: The Complete Collector' s Edition Ð 20th Century Fox W Live Free or Die Hard and The Simpsons Movie, each with three nominations. The nominees consist of 100 nominees across 20 categories. Warner leads the pack with 18 nominations, followed by Paramount Home Entertainment (16), Fox (13), First Look (eight), and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Genius Products and Universal (seven each). For a complete list of this year' s EMA award nominees, see entmerch.org/home_entertainment_ awards. EMA TO HONOR PAULY SHORE AS COMEDY ENTERTAINER OF YEAR By Billy Gil he Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) will honor Pauly Shore as Comedy Entertainer of the Year at EMA's Home Entertainment Awards ceremony June 24 during EMA's Home Media Expo, taking place June 24-26 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. ªP auly Shore is a true original,º said EMA president Bo Andersen. ªW e'r e pleased to recognize him with our Comedy Entertainer of the Year Award for his unconventional and unique comedy.º Pauly Shore wrote, directed and stars in the DTV comedy Natural Born Komics, available from First Look Studios. Some of his betterknown films include Encino Man, Son-in-Law and Bio-Dome. PEOPLE I HASTINGS APPOINTS DASSE Hastings Entertainment has appointed Sue Dasse VP of stores. She was previously VP of store operations, Catherine Plus Sizes, for Charming Shoppes Inc. T I SUMMIT NAMES THREE Summit Entertainment has appointed Jason Welsh SVP of home entertainment sales, Angela Cruz VP of home entertainment sales and Jo Dee Freck VP of technical services. Welsh and Cruz will report to Bobby Gerber, EVP and general sales manager of Summit' s home entertainment branch. Freck will report to Sandy Friedman, EVP operations for the same branch. Welsh most recently served as VP of sales at Warner Home Video. Cruz previously served as Warner' s director of sales, club and specialty. Freck most recently was senior director of operations, creative department, at Deluxe Digital Studios. ± Ruby Cardenas I Jackass 2.5 Ð Paramount I Shattered Ð Lionsgate SELLTHROUGH TITLE OF THE YEAR FROM A MAJOR STUDIO I 3:10 to Yuma Ð Lionsgate I Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Ð Warner I Pirates of the Caribbean: At World' s End Ð Walt Disney Studios I The Simpsons Movie Ð 20th Century Fox I Transformers Ð Paramount/DreamWorks FAMILY TITLE OF THE YEAR I Bee Movie Ð Paramount/DreamWorks I Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Ð Warner I Night at the Museum Ð 20th Century Fox I Ratatouille Ð Walt Disney Studios I Shrek the Third Ð Paramount CURRENT TV SERIES OF THE YEAR I Battlestar Galactica: Season Three Ð Universal Studios I Dexter: The First Season Ð Paramount I Grey' s Anatomy: Season Three Ð Walt Disney Studios I Heroes: Season One Ð Universal Studios I The Tudors: Season One Ð Paramount HIGH-DEFINITION TITLE OF THE YEAR I 300 Ð Warner I 3:10 to Yuma Ð Lionsgate I Live Free or Die Hard Ð 20th Century Fox I Pirates of the Caribbean: At World' s End Ð Walt Disney Studios I Transformers Ð Paramount/DreamWorks RENTAL TITLE OF THE YEAR FROM AN INDEPENDENT STUDIO I 1408 Ð Genius Products Inc. I Bordertown Ð ThinkFilm I The Contract Ð First Look I The Derby Stallion Ð Echo Bridge Home Entertainment I Hannibal Rising Ð Genius/Weinstein ESCA AND HOME MEDIA CONFABS CO-LOCATE By Billy Gil DIRECT-TO-DVD/LIMITED RELEASE FROM A MAJOR STUDIO I Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Ð HBO Video I Cinderella II: Dreams Come True Ð Walt Disney Studios I Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief Ð 20th Century Fox RENTAL TITLE OF THE YEAR FROM A MAJOR STUDIO I 300 Ð Warner I 3:10 to Yuma Ð Lionsgate I Live Free or Die Hard Ð 20th Century Fox I Mr. Brooks Ð 20th Century Fox/MGM I Shooter Ð Paramount SELLTHROUGH TITLE OF THE YEAR FROM AN INDEPENDENT STUDIO I The Wendell Baker Story Ð ThinkFilm/ Velocity I Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity Ð Image I Planet Terror Ð Genius/Weinstein I The Host Ð Magnolia I The Nanny Diaries Ð Genius/Weinstein T he Entertainment Supply Chain Academy (ESCA) and Home Media Magazine' s upcoming TransFORMATions conference will co-locate June 17 at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Calif. TransFORMATions will take place June 16-17 and ESCA June 17-18. ª With this strategic alliance, we are set- ting the stage for increased collaboration in our industries,º said Thomas K. Arnold, publisher and editorial director of Home Media Magazine. Home Media Magazine will co-sponsor an opening panel June 17 in the main ballroom at ESCA as well as host two other morning sessions. See ESCA, Page 30 MERCHANDISING The Book Says Look Online Best Buy First Sunday Sony Pictures SRP $28.95, $38.96 BD Target $16.99 $29.99 Blu-ray Wal-Mart $16.97 $19.96 w/music CD $24.96 Blu-ray Barnes & Noble $26.10 $23.19 Online* $38.99 Blu-ray* Borders $19.99 $38.99 Blu-ray* $16.99 $29.99 Blu-ray P.S. I Love You Warner SRP $28.98, $35.99 BD $16.99 $29.99 Blu-ray $16.99 $29.99 Blu-ray $16.97 $19.96 w/Must Love Dogs $29.96 Blu-ray $26.10 $20.29 Online* $35.99 Blu-ray* $19.99 $29.99 Blu-ray Bella Lionsgate SRP $27.98 $19.99 $19.99 $19.96 $19.59* Not available in store $27.99* Crossing Jordan: Season 1 Universal; SRP $59.98 $34.99 $44.99 $47.86* $53.99 $47.99 Online* $47.99 * Online Only By John Latchem he most obvious benefit of running an online retail operation is shelf-space savings. Most weeks, even some of the big chains won't stock a full slate of new releases, preferring to send customers to the Internet. Of the big chains, Best Buy offers the widest selection of new releases in an average week. Circuit City' s DVD section is plastered with signs pointing shoppers to the chain' s Web site if they can' t find what they are looking for in the store. The bookstore chains, which are expanding their home video sections, still come up short compared to the big box chains, even online. Barnes & Noble, which seems focused on pushing high-end product and boxed sets, offers some good online discounts (members save more), that still don't match up with the in-store prices of other retailers. And Borders will special order hard-to-find titles at close to SRP Ð not much of an incentive when there's usually a Best Buy across the street that likely has the title in stock. T 8 Home Media Magazine May 11± 17, 2008 http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://entmerch.org/home_entertainment_awards http://entmerch.org/home_entertainment_awards

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