The Walt Disney Company seems to be eager to expand its web presence and just acquired the 57 percent of portal Infoseek Corp. that it doesn’t own to create a new Internet company called Go.com. Considering Disney’s usually rather traditional business [...]
DVD Express just announced the launch of Hollywood Backlot, a dedicated area on its Web site where it will auction exclusive entertainment memorabilia. On an ongoing basis, DVD Express will be offering a wide range of premium merchandise from popular [...]
Koei Co Ltd , a major Japanese game software developer, said on Monday it plans to market a new game using digital video disc-ROM (DVD-ROM) technology for Sony Computer Entertainment’s next-generation game machine by the end of the year. The stock [...]
Unfortunately the packaging of HBO’s brand new release Serial Mom does not indicate the film’s aspect ratio. As our reader Kevin Adams pointed out, many online retail stores have been listing the film with a 1.33:1 aspect ratio due to the lack of [...]
More than 1.1 million DVD Video players were shipped through the first half of the year, according to figures compiled by the Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association (CEMA). DVD Video experienced 300 percent growth in second quarter 1999, shipping [...]
Spurred by the explosive growth of the DVD market and the widespread acceptance of e-commerce among consumers, NetFlix.com enters a new phase of growth as the leading pioneer of e-rentals. The company has just received a $30 million injection by renowned [...]
Today SlingShot Entertainment announced the release of the first DVD for Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. — a three-part DVD based on the best-selling Reader’s Digest series, Nature’s Great Events. Shipping on July 21, the first part in the [...]
We have just received information from A&E Home Video about more DVD releases of their famed British cult series The Avengers. On August 31, expect the sexiest, kinkiest and most outlandish Avenger episodes to hit DVD. The Avengers “66 Collection [...]
We have just received detailed information on two eagerly awaited releases from the Jim Henson library through Columbia Tristar Home Video. As we had reported earlier, Columbia Tristar has acquired the home video rights to Jim Henson’s films and finally [...]
As we had exclusively reported on these pages earlier this year, Dreamworks Home Video is currently preparing their breathtaking animated feature film Prince Of Egypt for release on DVD. This Signature Collection disc will finally find its way to [...]
