Warner’s Sanders Remains DEG President; Disney’s Chapek Steps Down
The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) named its new board of directors for the coming fiscal year (Aug. 1 – July 31), while announcing that its chairman, Bob Chapek, was stepping down.
Chapek, who was the group’s president before being elected as its chairman in 2007, advanced at Disney late last year to become the studio’s distribution president. Lori MacPherson, EVP and GM of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, joins the DEG as Disney’s board representative.
TWICE notes that four of the DEG’s five-member executive committee were re-elected, with David Bishop of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment joining the committee as VP. Remaining on the executive committee are: Ron Sanders of Warner Home Video, president; Craig Kornblau of Universal Studios Home Entertainment, VP; Mike Dunn of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, secretary; and Eisuke Tsuyuzaki of Panasonic, CFO.
Companies joining the trade group include A&E Television Networks, Amazon.com, IMAX Corp., RealD, Samsung Electronics, SRS Labs, Testronics, and Verance.
DVD Industry Down, But Not Downbeat
Although DVD sales have fallen steeply, rentals — spurred by a robust Netflix and Redbox kiosks — have risen sharply, with an 8.2% uptick in the first nine months of 2009, according to Rentrak’s Home Video Essentials. Factor in dramatic gains in Blu-ray Disc sales and digital delivery, and consumer consumption of home entertainment might be at an all-time high. ”It’s been a roller coaster of a year, but consumer demand for content is as strong as we’ve seen it,” says Ron Sanders, president of Warner Home Video. By The Hollywood Reporter (via ABC News)
Second Annual Blu-ray Disc Conference Focuses On Latest Opportunities For Home Entertainment Platform
Blu-Con 2.0 Features Leading Executives from Across the Motion Pictures, Consumer Electronics, IT and Video Game Industries
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese Will Keynote Conference
October 8, 2009– Los Angeles—Hollywood-based trade association DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group will present its second annual conference concerning the current and upcoming business activities related to Blu-ray Disc on November 3 in Los Angeles.
The Blu-Con event is specifically designed to bring together a variety of creative, marketing and business experts from across the entertainment and electronics industries, in order to underscore why Blu-ray Disc is the key driver in home entertainment. The event will attract approximately 300 attendees, and will offer a program that will highlight the critical role that Blu-ray plays in today’s home entertainment environment.
Exclusive keynote presentations will be made by legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese; media and entertainment analyst Jessica Reif Cohen of Merrill Lynch; and Mike Vitelli, Executive Vice President, Customer Operations Groups, Best Buy.
“All of the nearly 70 member companies in DEG are pleased to be associated with this premier event,” said Ron Sanders, President, Warner Home Video and President, DEG. “Given the wide variety of presentations and experts involved, we’re confident that Blu-Con 2.0 will underscore the critical role that Blu-ray plays in providing nothing less than the most compelling entertainment experience possible”.
Special sessions will also be held on BD-Live, Digital Copy and other emerging trends; along with the newest Network Players and other product developments that are anticipated to drive Blu-ray sales this Fall.
Blu-Con 2.0 will be held on November 3 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. To register, visit www.Blu-Con.com. For information on sponsorships, please contact Martin Porter at (516) 767-6720 or at ideas@martinporter.com.
DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group is a Los Angeles-based, industry-funded nonprofit corporation that advocates and promotes the many consumer benefits associated with various home entertainment products, including both physical and digital media on a variety of platforms. The DEG helps provide information and perspective about the home entertainment industry. The DEG also offers a forum for member companies to engage in ongoing discussions concerning various opportunities related to promoting established categories, evaluating and discussing new entertainment platforms and investigating supply chain efficiencies. The DEG can be reached at 310-888-2201, via email at getinfo@digitalentertainmentinfo.com or through its Web site at www.degonline.org.
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