DVDPlanet.com and Widescreen Review Enter Into Exclusive Online Sales Agreement.Entertainment/Business Editors CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--July 11, 2000 DVDPlanet Is Sole E-Commerce Partner for 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. Software at WidescreenReview.com DVDPlanet.com, the wholly owned e-commerce subsidiary of Image Entertainment Inc. (Nasdaq:DISK), today announced the signing of a two-year exclusive sales agreement with WSR WSR Weather Surveillance Radar WSR West Somerset Railway WSR Weather Service Radar WSR Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Rechenzentrum (Vienna, Austria) WSR Waverly-Shell Rock (Waverly, IA school system) Publishing Inc., publishers of Widescreen Review magazine. As part of the agreement, DVDPlanet has the exclusive "Buy It Now" links for DVD software on the Widescreen Review Web site. Widescreen Review will utilize the "DVDPlanet Satellite Syndicate" performance-based affiliate marketing Affiliate marketing is a method of promoting web businesses (merchants/advertisers) in which an affiliate (publisher) is rewarded for every visitor, subscriber, customer, and/or sale provided through his/her efforts. program, administered by Be Free Inc., to point traffic to DVDPlanet. The two companies will develop cross-marketing and promotional efforts designed to increase traffic to both sites. The partnership will allow DVDPlanet to leverage Widescreen Review's proprietary online content to enhance the consumer's shopping experience. Select editorial content from Widescreen Review, referring specifically to the audio and video quality of DVDs, can be found on the DVDPlanet site. This content will provide the consumer, shopping on DVDPlanet, the ability to make a more informed buying decision. Additionally, subscribing to the print version of Widescreen Review can be done through the DVDPlanet site. David Borshell, Image Entertainment's 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. , commenting on this most recent DVDPlanet announcement, stated, "The overall agreement, and especially the inclusion of DVDPlanet's `Buy It Now' links on Widescreen Review's site, will help to promote DVDPlanet to a perfectly targeted DVD consumer. This partnership provides DVDPlanet with editorial content which will better educate its growing consumer base." DVDPlanet.com is a best-of-breed e-commerce site focusing attention exclusively on the DVD format See VOB and DVD. , providing consumers with streaming content, editorial features, product reviews, a weekly newsletter and one of the most comprehensive DVD databases online. Visit DVDPlanet online at http://www.dvdplanet.com Widescreen Review is an online, and in-print, premier home theatre magazine. The publication is known as "The Essential Home Theatre Resource." Visit Widescreen Review online at http://www.widescreenreview.com Image Entertainment is a leading aggregator of content for DVD with nearly 1,200 Image-exclusive titles in release. The company also has exclusive videocassette A removable magnetic tape module for storing video data. The cassette contains supply and takeup reel (hubs) in the same housing. See VCR. , broadcast, streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. and downloading rights for certain properties. The company maintains its distribution facility in 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. and is one of the largest distributors of DVD programming in North America. Additionally, Image has distribution agreements in Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, German-speaking Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg and The Netherlands for select programming in the DVD and videotape formats. |
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