DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group Honors the Industry's Best at CES 2005.LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. -- DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group: --Industry Trade Group Presents Awards for 2004's Best 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. Titles and Most Innovative Consumer Electronics Products --Best Buy Honored as Top Retailer by Hardware and Software Member Companies --Digital Innovation Award Named After Founding Chairman Emiel Petrone DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group announced its second annual industry awards last night honoring the Retailer of the Year, outstanding consumer electronics products and top DVD titles of 2004. The awards were presented at the group's annual reception during the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). DEG Retailer of the Year Award Two retailer awards were established to recognize excellence in merchandising and promoting both new digital entertainment products and DVD titles during the past year. Once the votes from the DEG membership were tallied, one retailer won for both categories, with Best Buy being named DEG's Retailer of the Year for 2004. The content providers (studios' home video divisions and music companies) commended Best Buy's dedication to creating promotions, contests and premiums to generate heightened consumer awareness around DVD title releases. The Group's hardware members (consumer electronics and IT companies) agreed that Best Buy has continued to lead the industry in consumer education of new entertainment technologies through demonstration of products, promotions and key advertising. "It is a true testament to Best Buy's accomplishments in the DVD industry that has earned them this honor from both our hardware and software members," said Bob Chapek, president, DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group, and president, Buena Vista Home Entertainment. "They have been very effective in reaching consumers and helping to shape the overall business as the industry evolves." Emiel N. Petrone Digital Innovation Awards In memory of the DEG's founding Chairman Emiel N. Petrone who passed away in 2004, the DEG membership created three awards to acknowledge the year's most outstanding new digital entertainment products in the categories of SIGHT, SOURCE and SOUND. "Throughout Emiel's career, he was at the forefront of new product launches, helping to excite the trade and consumers about the many possibilities of digital entertainment," said Steve Einhorn, secretary, DEG, and president, New Line Home Entertainment. "These three products demonstrate that vision by melding superior applications of the latest technological developments with existing core elements of the home theater An audio/video entertainment center that has a large-screen TV and hi-fi system with three speakers in the front (left, right and center) and left and right speakers in the rear. Starting in the early 1990s, video inputs were added to stereo receivers and preamplifiers. environment." Selected by a panel of key product reviewers from the industry's home theater enthusiast publications, the following three products were awarded with the top honors:
Emiel N. Petrone Digital Innovation Award for SIGHT
Sony Qualia 004 SXRD Projector
Emiel N. Petrone Digital Innovation Award for SOURCE
Pioneer Elite DV-59AVI DVD Player
Emiel N. Petrone Digital Innovation Award for SOUND
Denon AVR-5805 Receiver
DEG Creative Excellence Awards The DEG also awarded five honors to acknowledge Creative Excellence in DVD titles released in calendar 2004. The judging panel, nominated by the motion picture studio and music company members of the DEG, consisted of DVD reviewers and industry reporters from trade, entertainment and daily consumer news organizations. In addition to overall sound and picture quality, all titles were considered for those features that best demonstrate the value-added nature of the DVD format.
The DEG Creative Excellence Award Winners:
Theatrical DVD Title of the Year (full length motion pictures that
were originally released for theatrical viewing)
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Extended Edition DVD
New Line Home Entertainment
Catalog DVD Title of the Year (DVD titles of a full-length theatrical
film, as exhibited theatrically or in an enhanced version, released on
DVD more than 18 months from its original theatrical release date)
Gone with the Wind: Collector's Edition
Warner Home Video
TV on DVD Title of the Year (full-length programming that originally
was broadcast on television)
Seinfeld: Seasons 1-2
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Direct to DVD Title of the Year (full-length programming that
premiered on video)
The Lion King 1 1/2
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Music on DVD Title of the Year (full length music productions that
have been designed or repurposed for either DVD-Video or DVD-Audio)
Bon Jovi - This Left Feels Right: Live
Universal Music Group
DEG: the Digital Entertainment Group (formerly the DVD Entertainment Group) is a Los Angeles-based, industry-funded nonprofit corporation nonprofit corporation n. an organization incorporated under state laws and approved by both the state's Secretary of State and its taxing authority as operating for educational, charitable, social, religious, civic or humanitarian purposes. that advocates and promotes the many benefits associated with DVD while providing updated information regarding the format to both the media and the retail trade. The DEG offers a forum for member companies to engage in ongoing discussions concerning various issues and opportunities, which relate to other new digital technologies that may emerge in the future. Regular members of the DEG are Anchor Bay Entertainment, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, DreamWorks Home Entertainment, D&M Holdings, DTS (1) (Digital Theatre Sound) A digital audio encoding system used in movie and home theaters. Popularized by the movie Jurassic Park, the six-channel (5. Entertainment, EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) An electrical disturbance in a system due to natural phenomena, low-frequency waves from electromechanical devices or high-frequency waves (RFI) from chips and other electronic devices. Allowable limits are governed by the FCC. Recorded Music, GoodTimes Entertainment, Hewlett Packard, Hitachi, Image Entertainment, JVC JVC Victor Company of Japan (or Japan's Victor Company) JVC Jewelers Vigilance Committee JVC Jesuit Volunteer Corps JVC Jet Vane Control (directs VLS-launched missiles) JVC Jonker-Volgenant-Castanon Company of America, Lions Gate Entertainment
in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. Home Entertainment, New Line Home Entertainment, Panasonic Consumer Electronics, Paramount Home Entertainment Paramount Home Entertainment (formerly Paramount Home Video) and (Paramount Video) is a home video company founded in 1976. It is a division of Paramount Pictures, which in turn is owned by Viacom. , Philips Consumer Electronics Philips Consumer Electronics is a part of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (usually known as Philips); and is one of the largest electronics companies in the world. In 2005, its sales were € 30.4 billion (US$38. , Pioneer Electronics (USA), Sony Electronics, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is the home video distribution arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation. It was established in 1978 as Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment. , Thomson, Toshiba America Consumer Products, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Universal Studios Home Entertainment Universal Studios Home Entertainment (formerly Universal Studios Home Video or MCA/Universal Home Video) is a home video company founded in 1979. It is a division of Universal Studios. It was originally known as MCA Videocassette, Inc. and 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. . Associate members are Alta Resources, Blink Digital, Broadcast Text, Deluxe Media Services, InterActual Technologies, Macrovision, Sonopress, Sony DADC DADC Denver Automotive & Diesel College DADC Digital Audio Disc Corporation DADC Digital Air Data Computer DADC destination area distribution center (US Postal Service; fee for bulk mail) , Technicolor and Universal Operations Group. Interested consumers can reach the DEG at 310-967-2940, via e-mail at getinfo@digitalentertainmentinfo.com or through its web site at www.digitalentertainmentinfo.com. |
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