DVD EXPRESS Ships its First Off-Line Catalog, Partners with Toshiba, Hawaiian Airlines, Outrigger Resorts for ``EXPRESSway to Paradise'' Sweepstakes.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 1999-- 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. EXPRESS, the Internet's leading video retailer and authority on digital versatile discs (DVD), today launched its first off-line catalog and a $3 million "DVD EXPRESSway to Paradise" sweepstakes to kick off the holiday season. "DVD EXPRESS aims to make the customer experience fun, efficient and stress-free," said Michael Dubelko, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and Founder of DVD EXPRESS. "We want to introduce shoppers to DVD EXPRESS with something they are familiar with -- a tangible, paper catalog -- as well as offer them the opportunity to win something great." Featuring the tagline "Take Hollywood Home for the Holidays," DVD EXPRESS is distributing more than 2 million copies of its first off-line catalog in major market newspapers around the country, including the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). , Seattle Post Intelligencer in·tel·li·genc·er n. 1. One who conveys news or information. 2. A secret agent, an informer, or a spy. , Dallas Morning News and Chicago Tribune, among others. Developed in conjunction with major movie studios and leading home video distributors, including Columbia TriStar, Universal, 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. , Artisan, MGM MGM 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. , Fox, Paramount and Disney, the catalog features promotion of the hottest DVD titles this holiday season. Additionally, the catalog spotlights deals on consumer electronics, video games, studio-licensed merchandise, movie music and home-entertainment-related accessories. It also features tips on how consumers can make their holiday shopping more efficient by utilizing special features at DVD EXPRESS. The catalogs, as well as DVD EXPRESS.com, will feature the "EXPRESSway to Paradise" sweepstakes, where all consumers who order from DVD EXPRESS from now through year-end will receive a scratch-and- win game piece. They can win a grand-prize Hawaiian vacation from Hawaiian Airlines and Outrigger outrigger, canoe-type vessel with a wood or bamboo float attached to the side of the craft and extending out over the water. The term outrigger also refers to the float itself. Resorts; other prizes include Toshiba products such as Toshiba (SD6109C) DVD Player/Receivers, Toshiba (SD2109) DVD Video Players, Toshiba Spread Spectrum cordless phones, or a trial subscription to Game Fan magazine. DVD EXPRESS will be promoting the sweepstakes on major market radio stations around the country throughout the holiday season. About DVD EXPRESS DVD EXPRESS, based in Los Angeles, and located on the Web at www.dvdexpress.com, is the leader in entertainment product retailing, which immediately provides customers with selection, service, and value. Top rated for customer satisfaction by Forrester Research, Time Digital, Harris Interactive and BizRate.com, the company has grown to become one of the dominant forces in video retailing since its launch in April 1997. Merging the future of home entertainment with the future of shopping under the single banner of "High Speed Entertainment," DVD EXPRESS offers customers more than 4,000 DVD-movie and DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc. A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc. software titles at daily discounts of up to 50% as well as music soundtracks and video games. In addition to online retail, DVD EXPRESS is the premier Web destination for DVD, home entertainment and movie enthusiasts, offering a robust online community with entertaining DVD-related editorial content (www.dvd.com), contests, promotions and auctions. DVD EXPRESS can also be found online through its partnerships and advertising deals with the 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. Network (Keyword: DVD EXPRESS), AOL.com, CompuServe, Go.com (formerly Infoseek), NBC's Videoseeker, Compaq, Gateway and AltaVista. |
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