Latin DVD 4
April 14
(C) MBN 2007
HOME MEDIA MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES THE THIRD ANNUAL LATINO DVD AWARD WINNERS |
La Madrastra, a Televisa production distributed by Xenon Pictures and Vivendi Visual Entertainment, was named best of show among the seven other Latino DVDs honored during the ceremony, presented by Home Media Magazine to recognize achievements in the rapidly growing Latino DVD market. Vivendi Visual Entertainment won another award in the Best TV DVD category for their Palm Pictures’ production of the gritty Brazilian series City of Men. Laguna Productions walked away with two awards: La Tragedia de Marcario won for Best Nontheatrical and Tizoc, Amor Indio won for Best Classic/Catalog. Other winners, selected by a panel of entertainment journalists and critics by Home Media Magazine, are:
The winners were chosen from more than 40 entries submitted by suppliers, producers and distributors of Latino-related DVDs. All titles released in calendar 2006 were eligible. The Latino DVD Awards were part of Latino DVD 4: The Fourth Annual Latino DVD Conference, produced by Home Media Magazine in cooperation with DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group, the Entertainment Merchants Association and The Hollywood Reporter. The conference attracted more than 150 attendees, including top executives with such key studios as HBO Video, Warner Home Video and Laguna Productions, Inc. Home Media Magazine is the leading business-to-business publication serving the home entertainment market. The weekly tabloid is published by Questex Media Group, Inc. # # # |
Thank you to our 2007 Latino DVD 4 Sponsors! | |
| Platinum | Gold |
| Warner Home Video | Image Entertainment |
| Laguna Productions | Lionsgate |
| HBO Video | Genius Products |
| Universal Studios Home Entertainment | |
| Supporting | |
| Silver | DVA: Distribution Audio & Video |
| Xenon Pictures | First Look Home Entertainment / Studio Latino |
| Paramount Home Entertainment | Woodhaven Entertainment |
| Starz Home Entertainment | DigiFilm |
| Venevision International | Media |
| Vivendi Visual Entertainment | Latin Vision Inc. |
| Latin Heat | |
| TVMAS Magazine | |
| Portada | |
| Creative Handbook | |
Produced by Home Media Magazine in cooperation with The Hollywood Reporter, DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group and the Entertainment Merchants Association. |
From Latin DVD 3
Latin DVD Conference 3
Today I attended the third annual Latin DVD conference held by Home Media Retailing.
Its moderator was Thomas K Arnold.
The conference was devided up in the following sessions:
Opening remarks about the industry from Univision Television group representative, Adriana Olvarez.
about the industry from Univision Television group representative, Adriana Olvarez.Generation Si:The evolving face of the market hosted by Mr. Arnold with panelists Ana Aguilar direcxtor of marketing Univision Home Entertainment, Elart Coello, present Laguna Productions, Greta Nodar, director of sales and Latin programming Image Entertainment, Julio Noriega director of the film division Venevision international and Antonio Sosa Vp of multicultural sales Warner Home Studio.
hosted by Mr. Arnold with panelists Ana Aguilar direcxtor of marketing Univision Home Entertainment, Elart Coello, present Laguna Productions, Greta Nodar, director of sales and Latin programming Image Entertainment, Julio Noriega director of the film division Venevision international and Antonio Sosa Vp of multicultural sales Warner Home Studio.hosted by Mr. Arnold with panelists Ana Aguilar direcxtor of marketing Univision Home Entertainment, Elart Coello, present Laguna Productions, Greta Nodar, director of sales and Latin programming Image Entertainment, Julio Noriega director of the film division Venevision international and Antonio Sosa Vp of multicultural sales Warner Home Studio.
This was followed by a networking break where I talked to otherrs there about the market.
Next was Latino Niches: Beyond The Basic Drama: The host was Stephanie Prange of Home Media Retailing. Panelists included Christ Lynch EVP and GM of Ventura Home Entertainment, Michael Rathauser VP marketing Lionsgate, Monica Ricardez national Latin product director Tower Records and Video,Leigh Savidge present Xenon Pictures, Soumya Sriraman Vp marketing & operations Visual Entertainment.
This was followed by lunch and the Latin DVD Awards hosted by Joey Madina a young Latin whose Latin Palooza DVD will be coming out July 18th, 2006.
After lunch was Talent Talk: The Latinos Behind the Films hosted by Angelique
Flores of Home Media Entertainment with panelists Julio Caro, producer,writer actor Rick Najera, and Leonard Villareal producer.
Much valuable information was given at the conference including clues as to why the fuss about immigration reform.
There are currently 40 to 50 million Latinos in this country at the moment and growing. One out of every five children being born in this country are Latinos. They are fastest growing minority in this nation making up over 47 percent of the total population growth.
In Los Angeles county 72 percent of all those under the age of 30 are Latino and most are born in the USA. 28 percent of all under 30 in this country are Latin and 80 percent born here. They represent 30 percent of the box office in this country.
They like family entertainment and skew towards the types of family entertainment produced in the 40’s 50’s and 60’s by the major American production companies.
While the English speaking sales of records, CD’s and DVD’s have fallen or stalled the Latin market is up by 12 percent.
In this country as of last estimate they are a 700 billion dollar a year buying force and by 2025 will be a three trillion dollar a year force.
The younger Lations tend to speak Spanish more then do their parents.
Over 10 million own DVD players.
They tend to be more family oriented hence the desire to seek family entertainment out.
More to come tomorrow
William Hoehne
Latin DVD Awards
Cronicas," a thriller about a Miami TV reporter who investigates a string of gruesome child murders in Ecuador, won top honors at the second annual Latino DVD Awards, presented Tuesday in West Hollywood.
The film, directed by Sebastian Cordero was named best of show, beating more than 30 contenders that were entered into the annual contest, produced by trade publication Home Media Retailing magazine.
The film also won for best special features, with one judge calling the "Cronicas" DVD "a model for U.S. releases, with its well-crafted menu, detailed introductions to deleted scenes and shocking alternate ending." It was released by Palm Pictures and Visual Entertainment.
A panel of entertainment journalists judged the contest, in which Spanish-language DVDs
released domestically in 2005 competed in seven categories.
The other winners:
Best theatrical DVD: "The Sea Inside" (New Line Home Entertainment), director Alejandro Amenabar's true-life story of a Spanish man who fought a 30-year campaign in support of euthanasia.
Best nontheatrical DVD: "Flores De Otro Mundo" (Image Entertainment), about three women and three men whose lives connect at a bachelor party.
Best classic/catalog DVD: "The Mambo Kings Special Edition" (Warner Home Video), the 1992 film about two musician brothers who leave Cuba for the U.S. in the 1950s in the hopes of making it big in the booming Latino music scene.
Best U.S. production: "Carlito's Way: Ultimate Edition," (Universal Studios Home Entertainment), the Brian De Palma gangster film with Al Pacin as a Puerto Rican ex-con trying desperately to go straight.
Best children's DVD: "The Three Wise Men" (Buena Vista Home Entertainment), the tale of the Magi.
The second annual Latino DVD Awards were part of the third annual Latino DVD Conference
