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LEADING STUDIOS AND RETAILERS TO ATTEND EMA'S DIGITAL MEDIA PIPELINE
ENCINO, CA (August 31, 2010) … Next month's "Digital Media Pipeline '10: The Business of Digital Entertainment" conference, presented by the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA), will host attendees from leading motion picture studios and retailers. Already scheduled to attend the event for digital entertainment executives are representatives of Best Buy, DISH Networks, Image Entertainment, Lionsgate, Microsoft, Netflix, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Studios, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., and YouTube.
"Digital delivery is a key element of our business strategy, and Digital Media Pipeline allows us to network with our partners in the digital marketplace and share knowledge about this growing business," said Mitch Mallon, Vice President, Sales and Marketing – Digital Distribution and Television, Image Entertainment. "We derive great value from the event."
Digital Media Pipeline '10 will be held on September 15 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. This second-annual, one-day event brings together digital entertainment content owners, service providers, and retailers to focus on business-to-business opportunities in the digital delivery of home entertainment to consumers. Digital Media Pipeline '10 will feature leading digital entertainment executives and industry analysts discussing the current landscape of and the future for digital entertainment, as well as its supply chain, variety of business models, marketing opportunities, and technologies supporting mobility and portability. Please see for www.DigitalMediaPipeline.com for the event schedule and speakers.
The Hollywood Reporter is the Media Sponsor of Digital Media Pipeline '10.
At the conclusion of Digital Media Pipeline, EMA will present its Digi Awards, which recognize outstanding achievement in digital entertainment retailing, content, and innovation.
The registration fee for Digital Media Pipeline is $295 for EMA members and $395 for non-members. Discounts are available for multiple attendees from a single company. To register for Digital Media Pipeline or for further information, please see www.DigitalMediaPipeline.com.
Entertainment Merchants Association
The Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) is the not-for-profit international trade association dedicated to advancing the interests of the $34 billion home entertainment industry. EMA-member companies operate approximately 35,000 retail outlets in the U.S. and 45,000 around the world that sell and/or rent DVDs, 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, video game publishers, 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).
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For more information, please contact:
Sean Bersell Entertainment Merchants Association 818-531-4362 sbersell@entmerch.org
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