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Babies and toddlers can be quite active, and the trend in infant and toddler DVDs is to encourage that. A number of new lines are being introduced to address concerns [...]

The relaxing yoga and Pilates disciplines have been dominant in fitness DVDs for the last several years, but some believe fitness DVD sales have become a little too relaxed. Always [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel Cinema Libre Studio will delve into questions about race, poverty, politics and religion with Desert Bayou , a documentary related to Hurricane Katrina. The film tells the [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel Two companies will celebrate Black History Month in high-definition-on HD DVD. The next recording artist to come to the format will be Wu Tang Clan emcee Method [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel Monterey Media is organizing a nationwide 'Weekend of Unity and Peace' to raise awareness for the film 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama , which comes to [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel Warner Home Video has a variety of entertainment coming that's sure to interest a sizeable number of boys. Upcoming releases include new and catalog programming being released [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel Portion of DVD sales will be donated to Reeve foundation Arts Alliance America in November will release Hope in Motion , a two-part documentary about Christopher Reeve [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel Shout! Factory has a host of comedy and music titles on the way, including Shakespeare was a Big George Jones Fan , an off-the-wall feature about Cowboy [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel Image Entertainment is about to release Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life , a documentary on 'probably the greatest rapper who ever lived,' according to David Kimbrough, director [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel Lionsgate's September horror titles feature a variety of creepy creatures, from Alligator to Bug to Cujo , the demonic dog. Bug will debut on DVD as a [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel Are there still any well-known TV series that haven't debuted on DVD yet? Here's one: Warner Home Video's Welcome Back, Kotter , coming June 12. The '70s [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel Lionsgate is about to release its first TV series on Blu-ray, Weeds . The first season, which was already released on standard DVD, will be available on [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is debuting some classic sitcoms. Maude: The Complete First Season , starring Beatrice Arthur and Bill Macy, arrives March 20, joined by a [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel Warner has pulled a number of titles from its library and packaged them into collectible box sets that will be available in time for Mother's Day. They [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel Paramount Home Entertainment is releasing special editions of two of its modern romances in time for Mother's Day. Ghost , starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore, and [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel Image Entertainment continues to offer a consistent slate of horror releases. Coming soon is Dreamland , a scary movie in the vein of The X-Files and The [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel Lionsgate will continue its never-ending stream of scary movies this spring. In addition to stand-alone titles such as Ed Gein , Blood Trails and Return of the [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel Allumination FilmWorks will release the first-ever Strawberry Shortcake , an animated title produced before the DIC series was made. The two-episode title will debut March 6 (prebook [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel For Valentine's Day, Warner Home Video is debuting on DVD five romantic classics spanning five decades. The titles are 1945's The Clock with Judy Garland and Robert [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel Dawna Stone, the one and only winner of The Apprentice: Martha Stewart , has a new task: introducing the new fitness DVD line from Body + Soul [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel Using DVD as a game platform rather than a movie platform actually has its roots in movies. Screenlife's DVD board game Scene It? Movie Edition was created [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel Though 44.2 million people in the U.S. are Hispanic and they buy 30% more DVDs than the average household, according to research from the Selig Center, it's [...]

Compiled by Cindy Spielvogel Here's a look at TV DVD releases coming to stores later this summer. A&E/New Video The Best of Kids in the Hall From the sketch-comedy series. [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel TV viewers who want more from their favorite shows will get it when Buena Vista Home Entertainment releases this summer bonus-laden editions of Desperate Housewives and Lost [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel Warner Home Video is making more multi-season sets available. Fans of Dallas will have the opportunity to buy the fifth season of the series this summer by [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel Company bundles releases with DVD-ROM Delta Entertainment has found a way to make movies available for DVD and the video iPod in the same package. Known for [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel Sony's first BD titles are slated to debut this week, with Lionsgate launching the following week. Sony is pushing the format with a series of promotional activities. [...]

By Cindy Spielvogel HD DVD already has close to 30 titles in the marketplace, but only a few offer exclusive high-def special features. This week, Syriana ($34.99), for which George [...]

Forever Productions, an affiliate of DVD collector's set marketer Creative Design Art (CDA), is producing a movie on the life of James Dean tided James Dean: Forever Young. The documentary [...]

As video has evolved to include DVD, the manufacturing business has changed dramatically. While VHS duplication has long been dominated by Deluxe, Technicolor and a handful of others, DVD manufacturing [...]

DVD's growth has forced studio execs to heat up different release, marketing plans With nearly 15 million players to be shipped by the end of the year, this fourth quarter [...]

Buena Vista Home Entertainment has become the second supplier to move to rental pricing for DVD in Region 2, which includes the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe. The [...]

Though studio DVD toppers could be excused for being in panic mode after statistics revealed that double-digit growth might be on the way out, executives from smaller distributors, particularly those […]

It might not be politically correct, but marketing DVDs to different groups, including gender, can be a profitable business practice. Suppliers have data that breaks down the percentage of boys [...]

Whether mothers are buying or receiving a gift, DVD is becoming an increasingly popular choice. Studios and retailers can take advantage by promoting films that appeal to women in advance [...]

Beginning in 1997 as a group of about a dozen executives from the video hardware and software communities, the DVD Entertainment Group has grown to about 50 member companies. It [...]

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.--The ins and outs of marketing and merchandising DVD dominated retail discussions at the East Coast Video Show last week. Video Software Dealers Association president Bo Andersen opened [...]

Lionsgate has a steady stream of horror titles, but one of the most high-profile titles on its upcoming slate is Stephen King's Desperation. Based on the bestselling book of the [...]

Hart Sharp Video is bringing two series from E! Entertainment to DVD, with the possibility of more in the future. The first to be released is Dr. 90210, 'the real [...]

Before a big summer movie hits theaters, plenty of similarly titled DVDs will be rereleased or repromoted by DVD suppliers looking to draft off the consumer awareness generated by spending [...]

The week before Valentine's Day, New Line Home Entertainment will release the hit film The Notebook, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks (Message in [...]

'DVD is a retail driver,' says Steve Youngwood, senior VP media products for Nickelodeon. 'TV is a medium where content can drive brands, and increasingly, DVDs can be as well,' [...]

VD has become a pervasive part of the kids market, with family films selling millions of copies on their own and discs becoming a part of the package in other [...]

Hit Entertainment's next release in the animated Angelina Ballerina series includes lots of things especially for little girls: four animated episodes, two live-action segments featuring students from the Royal Academy [...]

The latest DVD from So Smart, Shapes, shows how simple shapes can be part of everything from fish and bubbles to clocks and trucks. The program concentrates on simple images [...]

Urban music DVD is the most sell-through-oriented subcategory of the urban genre. Some stores that carry both video and music put urban and other music DVDs in their music section. [...]

With so much product arriving in multi-disc sets, the world of DVD packaging has literally become an open book. With packaging from such companies as AGI Media, studios like Paramount [...]

Getting shelf space at retail isn't easy. Anime specialist Geneon Entertainment is among the companies that have found ways to keep fans wanting more, even different editions of the same [...]

More than ever before, DVD has turned movies and TV series into collector's items. Anchor Bay Entertainment has had experience with both. Mark Ward, acquisitions manager for Anchor Bay, says [...]

The Jim Henson Company's first made-for-TV movie from the Muppets made its TV debut last holiday season on NBC and comes to video this year, to be followed by another [...]