CARDWELL MOVES UP AT WARNER.Byline: Greg Hernandez Staff Writer BURBANK - Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . announced Wednesday that James Cardwell has been named president of Warner Home Video Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (for Warner Communications, Inc.). It was re-named Warner Home Video in 1980. . He replaces Warren Lieberfarb, whose abrupt firing last month stunned the movie industry. Cardwell comes from within the ranks of the home-video division, which is the industry leader with 21 percent of the U.S. home-video market. In 2002, the division had such big-selling titles as ``The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,'' ``Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' and ``Austin Powers in Goldmember.'' ``As Warner Home Video begins a new era, having Jim at the helm ensures the division will continue its place as the global leader in home entertainment,'' Warner Bros. President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. Alan Horn said in a statement. In replacing Lieberfarb, Cardwell takes the reins from the man considered the godfather of the booming DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. market, who spent two decades at the helm of Warmer Home Video. Lieberfarb reportedly clashed with his superiors at both the studio and parent company AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Time Warner, leading to his ouster ouster n. 1) the wrongful dispossession (putting out) of a rightful owner or tenant of real property, forcing the party pushed out of the premises to bring a lawsuit to regain possession. in mid-December. Cardwell, a 20-year veteran of the video division himself, assumes overall responsibility for the division - including worldwide sales, marketing, pay-per-view, video-on-demand, finance, general operations and administration. He will report to Horn. Most recently, Cardwell was responsible for the division's operations in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Mexico. Cardwell is expected to announce some additional personnel changes within the division shortly, according to a press release issued by Warner Bros. He was not available for comment Wednesday. Warner Home Video has the most extensive film library of any studio with titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment Co., Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy Home Video and New Line Home Entertainment. |
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