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EMA's Home Media Expo 2008

This Year's Award Recipients Announced:

EMA's 2008 Retailers of the Year

EMA's 2008 Home Entertainment Awards

Day One

Opening Business Session:

EMA President & CEO Bo Andersen delivers annual "State of the Industry" (left).

Executive Panel - Eisuke Tsuyuzaki/ Panasonic, James McQuivey/Forrester Research, Jim Keyes/ Blockbuster, and Mike Dunn/20th Century Fox - discuss the future of Blu-ray (below).


Distributor Panel:

Frank Wolbert/Baker & Taylor, Tom Kielty/VPD, Marty Graham/Rentrak, Bob Geistman/Ingram, and Kirk Kirkpatrick/Waxworks.


Awards Celebration:

Jamie Kennedy, host (above).

Bob Geistman/Ingram, Charlene Tilton/Dallas, and Chuck van der Lee/Rogers Retail (top right).

Don Most and Anson Williams of Happy Days (center right).

Marty Graham/Rentrak and Pauly Shore (bottom right).

 

Pool Party:

TheTsutaya USA Team (left).

Day Two

Discussion with Classic TV Stars:

Peter Brown (Lawman), Robert Fuller (Wagon Train, Emergency), Don Most (Happy Days), Josie Davis (Charles in Charge), and Charlene Tilton (Dallas).

EMA's President and CEO Bo Andersen (2nd from left) with Amazon's Peter Faricy, Kiss of the Spiderwoman director Hector Babenco, and City Lights Sal Scamardo.

Superheroes at the Closing Party (above)

Day Three (Digital Media Day)

About 90 attendees participated in EMA's 1st Digital Media Day.

EMA's Digital Council Leaders Curt Marvis/Lionsgate, Mark Vrieling/ Screenplay, and Mitch Mallon/Egami with EMA's VP Mark Fisher

Bruce Eisen (right) of Digital Advisors moderates a panel of content providers including Christine Lawton/Universal, Alex Carloss/Paramount, Curt Marvis/Lionsgate, and Mitch Mallon/Egami.