Home Entertainment Industry Gathers for Discussions on Its Future and Celebrations of Its Present at EMA’s Home Media Expo 2008
Source: Entertainment Merchants Association
Jun 23, 2008 - 4:53:19 PM
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Confab to Kick Off Tomorrow at the Palms
ENCINO, CA (June 23, 2008) ... EMA’s Home Media Expo 2008, the annual get-together for retailers, distributors, and suppliers of DVDs and video content delivered online, opens tomorrow June 24 and continues through June 26. Home Media Expo, which also serves as the annual convention for the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA), is the prime industry trade show for home entertainment and brings together industry leaders for networking, discussions on the industry’s future, and celebrations of the industry’s successes. The confab will be held at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“This year’s Expo reflects the fast-paced evolution of the home entertainment industry,” declared EMA President Bo Andersen. “We explore and showcase the spectrum of media delivery channels, from traditional packaged media to the newest in digital delivery, and celebrate home media’s cherished position as the American public’s favorite way to view movies.”
Opening session keynote panelists for “Moving Forward and Building Growth” are Mike Dunn, President of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, James W. Keyes, Chairman and CEO of Blockbuster Inc., James L. McQuivey, Vice President, Principal Analyst with Forrester Research, Inc., and Eisuke Tsuyuzaki, Vice President, Corporate Development and General Manager, Blu-ray Disc Group, Panasonic Corporation of North America. They will examine how the technology of Blu-ray Discs provides a superior entertainment experience and what needs to be done to ensure its widespread embrace by consumers.
There will be special complimentary screenings at Palms Brenden Theater of Never Back Down on Tuesday, June 24 at 4:00 PM hosted by the film’s star Cam Gigandet and the Academy Award Winning classic Kiss of the Spider Woman on Wednesday, June 25 starting at 7:00 PM.
This year’s Home Entertainment Awards show will be held at the grand Pearl Arena at the Palms on the evening of June 24. At the awards show, Ed Begley Jr. will be honored the “Humanitarian of the Year,” Ben Stein will receive the “Freedom of Expression” award, Cam Gigandet will be named “Rising Male Star,” Henry Jaglom will be given the “Independent Career Achievement” award, Pauly Shore will receive the “Comedy Entertainer of the Year” award, and Don Most and Anson Williams will be hailed as “Legendary Television Duo.” Other award winners include: Charlene Tilton, Jon Chu, and Josie Davis. The show will be hosted by popular comedian and actor Jamie Kennedy.
Following the awards ceremony is the Opening Night Luau at the Palms Place Pool, sponsored by VAS Entertainment. Cocktails, music, and the cast members of the critically acclaimed Australian documentary Bra Boys will all be a part of the evening festivities.
EMA’s Home Media Expo 2008, a joint venture of the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) and Questex Media Group. More information about the Expo is available at www.HomeMediaExpo.com.
Individuals interested in attending can register at www.HomeMediaExpo.com
The Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) is the not-for-profit international trade association dedicated to advancing the interests of the $33 billion home entertainment industry. EMA represents approximately 600 companies throughout the United States, Canada, and other nations. Its members operate approximately 23,000 retail outlets in the U.S. that sell and/or rent DVDs and computer and console video games and digitally distributed versions of these products. Membership comprises the full spectrum of retailers (from single-store specialists to multi-line mass merchants, and both brick and mortar and online stores), distributors, the home video divisions of major and independent motion picture studios, and other related businesses that constitute and support the home entertainment industry. EMA was established in April 2006 through the merger of the Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA) and the Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association (IEMA).
Questex Media Group, Inc. is a global, diversified business-to-business integrated media and information provider that serves multiple industries including technology, telecommunications, beauty, spa, travel, hospitality, leisure, abilities, home entertainment, landscape design, building services and natural resources through a range of well-established, market-leading publications, events, interactive media, research, information and integrated marketing services. The company's media properties include over 100 print and digital media publications, 45 conferences, tradeshows and events, and a range of research, data and information products. The company’s operations include more than 500 employees in offices throughout North America, South America, Asia and Europe.
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