VSDA awards, complete list
Re-Issue of Titanic Also Captures 2 Awards
The hit television series Lost received two 2006 DVD Technical Awards for Best Commentary and Best Overall Presentation -- Television Release and the Special Collectors Edition of the epic film Titanic won for Best Video Transfer From a Non-Digital Source and Best Supplementary Material at this evening's VSDA Awards Show at Home Entertainment 2006.
"The DVDs available today feature an unprecedented amount of visual and audio quality as well as interactivity and special features for the die-hard movie fan," said Bo Andersen, President of the Entertainment Merchants Association. "DVDs of Lost and Titanic allow viewers to have a richer experience than when watching the programs on television or pay-per-view, and the features that are included give legitimate retailers a huge advantage over pirated copies."
VSDA's 2006 DVD Technical Awards honor DVD titles that have demonstrated the most innovative and entertaining features through the use of the latest DVD technology. The awards were presented at VSDA's Home Entertainment 2006 at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The winners of the 2006 VSDA Technical Awards were:
Category Title Studio
Best Audio From the Earth To HBO Video
Presentation The Moon
Best Commentary Lost Buena Vista Home
Entertainment
Best Direct Twentieth Century
Digital Transfer Robots Fox Home
Entertainment
Best Video
Transfer From a Titanic-Special Paramount Home
Non-Digital Collector's Edition Entertainment
Source
Best Menu Saw: Uncut Edition Lionsgate
Features
Best Music DVD-- The Who: Rhino
Concert Release Quadrophenia Live Entertainment
with Special Guests
Best Music DVD-- No Direction Home-- Paramount Home
Non Concert Bob Dylan Entertainment
Release
Best Re-Mastered Harold Lloyd Comedy New Line Home
DVD Collection Entertainment
Best Titanic--Special Paramount Home
Supplementary Collector's Edition Entertainment
Material
Best Overall Digital
Presentation-- Pirates Playground
Adult Product
Best Overall
Presentation-- Howl's Moving Castle Buena Vista Home
Foreign Language Entertainment
Release
Best Overall Looney Tunes, Warner Home Video
Presentation -- Volume 3
Direct-to-DVD
Release
Best Overall
Presentation -- Lost Buena Vista Home
Television Entertainment
Release
Best Overall
Presentation -- Harry Potter & The Warner Home Video
Theatrical Goblet Of Fire
Release
VSDA's Home Entertainment 2006, presented by the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA), brings together retailers, distributors, and suppliers of DVDs and video and computer games to learn about upcoming releases and industry developments and to celebrate the $32 billion home entertainment industry.
Source: Entertainment Merchants Association
2006 DVD Technical Awards Finds Lost Is Tops
Harry Potter Flies Away With Two Home Entertainment AwardsCrash, Madagascar, and Madden NFL 06 Also Multiple Winners
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, Crash, Madagascar, and Madden NFL 06 carried the 2006 Home Entertainment Awards by winning two awards each at this evening's award show, organizers announced today. The awards were presented at a reception where stars such as Edward Burns, Roger Corman, Carmen Electra, and Peter Falk were honored as well for their contributions to the home entertainment industry.
The Home Entertainment Awards are presented by the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) in recognition of outstanding achievement in home video. The awards were presented at VSDA's Home Entertainment 2006, currently taking place at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
awards were presented at VSDA's Home Entertainment 2006, currently taking place at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada."This year's Home Entertainment Award recipients are the most diverse selection of titles to date," said EMA President Bo Andersen. "Among the recipients are network and cable television shows, entertainment that the entire family can enjoy together, and two of the most successful movie and video game franchises ever created."
The list of Home Entertainment Awards is as follows:
Category Title Studio
Archival TV Series of Six Feet Under, HBO Video
the Year Seasons 3, 4, 5
Twentieth Century Fox
Current TV Series on DVD 24, Season 4 Home
Entertainment
Children's Title of the Madagascar DreamWorks Home
Year Entertainment
Direct-to-Video/Limited
Release of the Half Light First Look Home
Year From an Independent Entertainment
Studio
Direct-to-Video/Limited Family Guy Presents Twentieth Century Fox
Release of the Stewie Griffin: Home
Year From a Major Studio The Untold Story (UNR) Entertainment
Documentary Title of the March of the Penguins Warner Home Video
Year
DVD Extras of the Year
from an Saw II Lionsgate
Independent Studio
DVD Extras of the Year Harry Potter and the
From a Major Goblet of Fire -- Warner Home Video
Studio 2 Disc Set/Special
Edition
Family Title of the Year First Look Home
From an The Prince and Me 2 Entertainment
Independent Studio
Family Title of the Year DreamWorks Home
From a Major Madagascar Entertainment
Studio
Foreign Language Title House of Flying Sony Pictures Home
of the Year Daggers Entertainment
Marketing Campaign of the Crash Lionsgate
Year From
an Independent Studio
Marketing Campaign of the New Line Home
Year From Wedding Crashers Entertainment
a Major Studio
Music DVD The Eagles: Farewell I Rhino/Warner Strategic
of the Year Tour Live Marketing
From Melbourne
Packaging of the Year
From an Saw: Uncut Edition Lionsgate
Independent Studio
Packaging of the Year Buena Vista Home
From a Major Sin City Entertainment
Studio
Rental Title of the Year First Look Home
From an The Prince and Me 2 Entertainment
Independent Studio
Rental Title of the Year Twentieth Century Fox
From a Major Walk the Line Home
Studio Entertainment
Sell-through Title of the
Year From an Crash Lionsgate
Independent Studio
Sell-Through Title of the Harry Potter and the
Year From a Goblet of Fire Warner Home Video
Major Studio
Sleeper of the Year Sideways Twentieth Century Fox
Home Entertainment
Special Interest Title of Dave Chappelle: Sony Pictures Home
the Year For What It's Entertainment
Worth--Live At The
Fillmore
Adult Title of the Year Pirates Digital Playground
GameCube Game of the Year Madden NFL '06 Electronic ArtsPlayStation 2 Video Game Madden NFL '06 Electronic Arts
of the Year
Xbox Video Game of the Halo 2 -- Multiplayer Microsoft Game Studios
Year Map Pack
VSDA's Home Entertainment 2006, presented by the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA), brings together retailers, distributors, and suppliers of DVDs and video and computer games to learn about upcoming releases and industry developments and to celebrate the $32 billion home entertainment industry.
Source: Entertainment Merchants Association
'Grease' Is the Word
It's Got Groove, It's Got Meaning - and a Place in the Video Hall of Fame
The Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) inducted "Grease," the 1978 Paramount Pictures musical about summer love and the senior year in high school starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, as the third entry in the Video Hall of Fame. The selection was announced at an awards reception that was hosted by Bob Saget in honor of Mehcad Brooks, Ed Burns, Roger Corman, Carmen Electra, and Peter Falk. The awards reception was part of VSDA's Home Entertainment 2006, currently taking place at the Venetian Resort Hotel casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. VSDA's Home Entertainment 2006 is the annual convention for the home entertainment industry presented by the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA).
After a summer at the beach and discovering that "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing," high schoolers Danny Zucko (Travolta) and Sandy Olsson (Newton-John) meet again in the halls of Rydell High School after Sandy's parents decide to extend their stay in America. Complications arise when Sandy starts to hang out with the Pink Ladies and learns that Danny is the leader of the leather jacket-wearing T-Birds. Surrounding these two lovers' struggle to be true to themselves and each other is a National Bandstand Television dance contest, a car race between the T-Birds and the rival Scorpions, and plenty of singing. Stockard Channing, Frankie Avalon, Sha-Na-Na, Frankie Valli, and others round out the cast of one of the most popular and successful musical movies of all time.
John Travolta was previously honored by the home entertainment industry as Video Star of the Year in 1997.
"Grease" joins "Scarface" and "The Godfather" in the Video Hall of Fame. The Video Hall of Fame recognizes movies that have continued to perform well in both video sales and rental over an extended period of time. Home entertainment retailers and distributors that are members of EMA select inductees to the Video Hall of Fame.
VSDA's Home Entertainment 2006, presented by the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA), brings together retailers, distributors, and suppliers of DVDs and video and computer games to learn about upcoming releases and industry developments and to celebrate the $32 billion home entertainment industry.Source: Entertainment Merchants Association
