As the optical disc celebrates its 20th anniversary — DVD was launched in North America in March 1997 — packaged media continues to attract consumers domestically and abroad.
The seeds for DVD were planted in 1986 when Warner Home Video, under the direction of president Warren Lieberfarb, first advocated the development of a format to put movies on a five-inch optical disc, similar to the CD that had taken the music industry by storm just a few years earlier.
Vudu has enhanced its app to allow users to use their DVD and Blu-ray Disc movies to access cloud-stored digital versions of the movies through a smart phone or mobile device for a fee. DVD and Blu-ray titles converted to standard-definition or HDX (Blu-ray) cost $2 each, and $5 to convert a DVD to HDX.
Home entertainment trade association DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group has added new member companies Broad Green Pictures, Ericsson, FandangoNow, The Great Courses and Premiere Digital.
The simple premise of 'Fantastic Beasts' seems like a perfect fit for a 3D spectacle — unleash a bunch of magical CGI creatures in New York in 1926 and watch the chaos ensue. (Street Date 3/28/17)
