Articles by Guido Henkel

Fox moves into DVD internationally through direct distribution

April 8, 1999 // 0 Comments

Here’s some more information on Fox’s DVD plans for our international readers. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (TCFHE) International Thursday announced that it will enter into the DVD market beginning in September with the release of [...]

Finally Titanic is sailing to DVD… it seems

April 8, 1999 // 0 Comments

Fox Home Video and Paramount Home Video just released an announcement today that indicates that Titanic is finally coming to DVD. It obviously marks Twentieth Century Fox’s first release in the international DVD market and is scheduled for a release in [...]

Defective The Black Hole here’s what you do!

April 7, 1999 // 0 Comments

Various reports came in about the defective version of Anchor Bay’s The Black Hole and Demons 2. We talked to Anchor Bay to see what happened and how they deal with the situation and here’s the deal. First of all let me tell you, though, that the [...]

Back To The Future sees major setback

April 7, 1999 // 0 Comments

We just got word from Universal Home Video that there are unexpected problems with the DVD release of their highly anticipated Steven Spielberg title Back To The Future. The film had been scheduled for a May release but today a Universal representative [...]

Four studios and four hardware manufacturers team up

April 6, 1999 // 0 Comments

In an effort to exceed the 2 million player mark sold to customers by the end of this year, four Hollywood studios and four hardware manufactures join forces to help pushing the technology into people’s homes. Artisan, Columbia TriStar, New Line and [...]

DVD hardware shortages stemmed sales swell

April 6, 1999 // 0 Comments

According to an article in today’s “Variety”, Marc Graser reports that 390.000 DVD players have been shipped to retailersi nthe first quarter of 1999. However, he indicates that more players ocvuld have been sold if not a hardware shortage would [...]

Strangeland

April 6, 1999 // 0 Comments

If someone asked me to describe "Strangeland" in three words, they would have to be sick, dark and twisted! Don’t get me wrong, I really liked Dee Snider’s Hollywood debut quite a bit. Not since David Fincher’s "Seven" have I [...]

The latest update from Sony Music

April 5, 1999 // 0 Comments

Unfortunately Sony Music just informed us that there are more problems with the Gloria Estefan release Everlasting Gloria. The disc has once again been delayed and is now re-scheduled for a June 1 release. To make the wait a little easier however, Sony [...]

Comjet and DVD Express provide discounts on DVD players

April 5, 1999 // 0 Comments

Comjet Information Systems Corporation, a manufacturer and distributor of DVD players and WebDVD convergence appliances, today announced a partnership with DVD Express, to provide a $5-off coupon with every DVD player shipped in North America. The [...]
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