Panasonic announced that its R&D facility, Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory (PHL), worked in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment to author the feature-only Avatar Blu-ray Disc (BD) and DVD.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment announced that James Cameron’s Avatar became the best selling Blu-ray Disc (BD) of all time after four days in stores, with 2.7 million units sold in North America. According to the statement, Avatar Blu-ray sales surpassed the previous record of 2.5 million units and combined retail sales of Avatar Blu-ray …
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and redbox announced a multi-year distribution agreement that will make DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) titles from Fox available for rental at redbox locations following a 28-day window from the home entertainment street date for new Blu-ray and DVD film releases. The agreement also ends the legal dispute between redbox …
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Panasonic announced an exclusive agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment on a promotion celebrating the release of James Cameron’s Avatar on Blu-ray Disc (BD) and DVD. This offers consumers a $25 rebate with the purchase of a 2010 Panasonic Blu-ray Disc player or entertainment system as well as Avatar on either DVD or Blu-ray …
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The Bob Dowling Group and Unicomm, LLC announced that Jon Landau, producer of Avatar, will be a keynote interview at the first ever 3D Gaming Summit, presented in association with Variety, to be held at the Los Angeles Hilton in Universal City on April 21-22, 2010.
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. and Netflix, Inc. announced an expansion of their agreements encompassing both physical and digital distribution of Fox movies and television programs.
The International 3D Society (I3DS) announced that, according to its latest study, 3D films have generated 33% of total domestic box office revenues since the release of Avatar on December 18, 2010. According to the statement, the report shows that four films (Clash of the Titans, How to Train Your Dragon, Alice in Wonderland and …
RealD announced the honorees for its second annual “RealD Innovation in 3D Award,” James Cameron and Jon Landau, recognizing their contribution to 3D cinema with the 2009 feature film release of Avatar. The award was presented to Landau by RealD Chairman and CEO Michael V. Lewis at ShoWest’s final night banquet and awards ceremony in …
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The NAB Show announced the participants in a Content Theater session titled “ESPN: Scoring a Field Goal in S3D Sports.”
NVIDIA announced NVIDIA 3DTV Play software technology that allows consumers to connect their GeForce GPU-powered desktop or notebook computer to new 3D TVs for big screen 3D gaming action. According to the statement, for the launch of 3DTV Play, NVIDIA is teaming up with Panasonic on its coast-to-coast 2010 “Panasonic Touch the Future Tour,” where …
Screen Digest announced that there are 16,405 digital cinema screens around the world, an increase of 86.4 per cent on 2008, with further growth to come in 2010 as digital 3D pushes the market towards a 35mm-free cinema sector.