IndieDVD Inc., an alliance of independent filmmakers and marketers, today announced that they have acquired the DVD rights to several short independent films for their upcoming DVD compilation. Under terms of the standard agreement, the filmmakers and [...]
Silver & Gold, a live performance video from legendary singer/songwriter Neil Young, is set for release on home video and DVD on April 25th through Warner Reprise. Shot during his 1999 solo acoustic tour, “Silver & Gold” features new and [...]
Pioneer New Media Technologies Inc. once again leads the industry by announcing that the company is now shipping the industry’s first 16X (max.) DVD-ROM drive, Sweet 16. “Prices of DVD-ROM drives are dropping, making them a feature of choice in many [...]
Music producer 5.1 Entertainment Group announced the formation of their Silverline and immergent record labels. Both will operate under the 5.1 Entertainment Group banner. Catering to the thriving DVD-based “6-channel surround sound” music [...]
According to an article in Video Business Magazine, Warner Home Video is taking big steps to change the face of its rental business. The studio will reportedly eliminate the middleman from rental product beginning in September. From that point, the [...]
On June 6, Columbia TriStar Home Video will release a special edition of Girl Interrupted. Boasting an all-star cast, including Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Whoopi Goldberg, and Vanessa Redgrave, “Girl Interrupted” is a powerful coming of age story [...]
Spruce Technologies released Version 2.5 of its popular professional DVD authoring software, DVDVirtuoso, today. This new version adds key features that streamline the authoring process and enable users to create highly interactive titles without adding [...]
South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled plans to go into a business tie-up with US film distributor Warner Brothers to market DVD around the world. Under the agreement which is expected to be signed next week, Samsung will provide DVDs and [...]
An agreement between Xenon Corp. and the WEA Division of Time Warner to utilize Xenon’s low temperature DVD bonding process in the manufacture of DVDs was announced by Lou Panico, President of Xenon. WEA and its subsidiary WAMO is the world’s largest [...]
A few days ago we announced that 5.1 Entertainment would release the first DVD Audio titles into the market very soon, which appeared a little odd given the fact that the format has not been finalized and players are not yet available. Now, due to the [...]
