DVD Decision 2003 Winners Announced.Entertainment Editors BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 9, 2003 "Days of Wine and Roses," "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," "The Postman Always Rings Twice," "The Wind and the Lion" & "Where the Boys Are" Debut on 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. January 6, 2004 The results are in -- the public has spoken! "Days of Wine and Roses," "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," "The Postman Always Rings Twice," "The Wind and the Lion" and "Where the Boys Are" are the DVD Decision(TM) 2003 winners. DVD Decision(TM) -- the joint promotion from Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Studios, 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. Movies(R) (AOL) and Turner Classic Movies(R) (TCM (1) (Trellis-Coded Modulation/Viterbi Decoding) A technique that adds forward error correction to a modulation scheme by adding an additional bit to each baud. TCM is used with QAM modulation, for example. ), which has given the public an opportunity to vote online for which five of 20 classic catalog candidates from the Warner Bros. library will be released on DVD -- was by all counts a major success. WHV WHV Wilhelmshaven (Northern Germany, Headquarters of the German Navy) WHV Warner Home Video WHV Woodchuck Hepatitis Virus WHV Working Holiday Visa WHV Westdeutscher Hockey-Verband (West German hockey association) will now give each of the five films a DVD debut on January 6, 2004, remastering them, adding bonus features and special content. Each DVD will sell for $19.98 SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. . "The AOL community always speaks its mind when given the opportunity and DVD Decision(TM) 2003 was no exception," said Steven Yee, vice president and general manager, AOL Movies(R). "AOL Movies(R) is thrilled with the results of its first joint promotion with 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. and Turner Classic Movies(R) and its first campaign involving classic films. We look forward to future successful collaborations." George Feltenstein, WHV senior vice president, classic catalog, said, "We're delighted by the public participation in DVD Decision(TM) 2003. It not only proves consumers' good taste -- each winning title is unique and together represent nearly 35 years of film history -- it also confirms how eager people are to see these classics on DVD. As WHV plans an unprecedented broad catalog release program for dozens of classics, 2004 looks to be breakthrough year for all concerned." Tom Karsch, executive vice president and general manager of Turner Classic Movies(R) (TCM) said, "As the home of these classic films on television, Turner Classic Movies(R) is happy to be part of this unique joint promotion and looks forward to presenting the winning titles on TCM prior to their DVD release." Art is available at www.whvdirect.com. |
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