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Forum to teach web-enhanced DVD production process

August 29, 2000 // 0 Comments

Sonic announced today the launch of a 42-city seminar series entitled eDVD – Making DVD and the Internet Work for You to be offered September through December of this year. The seminar is designed to help creative professionals learn about the [...]

Auction includes priceless artifacts from 30-Year career

August 29, 2000 // 0 Comments

Spinal Tap, recently noted for their visionary peer-to-peer file sharing service Tapster, have announced that they will once again embrace the Internet via ARTISTdirect Auctions eBay. ‘Tapster.com was a marvelous success,’ said Tap singer David St. [...]

Cheech and Chong will smoke DVD in November

August 29, 2000 // 0 Comments

We just got information in that Paramount Home Video has scheduled the Cheech and Chong comedies Up In Smoke and Still Smokin“ for release on November 21. Both discs will feature 16×9 enhanced widescreen transfers of the movie and “Up In Smoke” [...]

MovieFlix.com to provide content for ZapMedia

August 28, 2000 // 0 Comments

The roads leading to the home theater utopia continue to intersect every day. ZapMedia.com, Inc. (ZapMedia), a media convergence technology company, today announced a partnership with Los Angeles-based MovieFlix.com, a leading broadband movie provider on [...]

Frosty & Rudolph bring holiday cheer to DVD

August 28, 2000 // 0 Comments

The Sony Music Corporation is gearing up for the holidays by releasing some TV holiday favorites to DVD this September. First up is Frosty The Snowman/Frosty Returns. This is a double feature DVD that includes: Frosty the Snowman (1969, 22min.), an [...]

Michael Moore reveals The Awful Truth on DVD

August 28, 2000 // 0 Comments

Fans of truly cutting edge television will be happy to hear that the folks at New Video are bringing the TV series The Awful Truth to DVD this October. Acclaimed ‘guerrilla’ filmmaker Michael Moore (Roger & Me), who The New York Times called, [...]

This Halloween, Universal reveals What Lies Beneath

August 28, 2000 // 0 Comments

In keeping with the ever shortening ramp-up times between theatrical release and home ownership, we’ve just received word that Universal Pictures plans a Halloween release date for the DVD of What Lies Beneath. The hit film, which is still going fairly [...]

Production bottlenecks force Terminator 2 on 2 discs

August 25, 2000 // 0 Comments

The demand for Artisan Home Entertainment’s Ultimate Edition of Terminator 2: Judgement Day has caused quite some ripples in the industry. Not only did the extremely high demand for this title cause some clogging in the duplication industry as [...]

Blockbuster faces lawsuit over unfair late fees

August 25, 2000 // 0 Comments

Industry paper The Hollywood Reporter reports today that Blockbuster is facing a class action lawsuit for unfairly charging late fees.. A law firm known for winning high-profile entertainment industry cases has filed a class-action lawsuit against [...]

ADV Films acquire Farscape

August 25, 2000 // 0 Comments

Independent DVD publisher ADV Films has just recently acquired the home video rights to Farscape, the SciFi Channel’s best rated show, from the Jim Henson Company. The time is the 20th century, but the setting is far from Earth, about 1,000 galaxies [...]
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