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2008 DVDA Excellence Awards Winners
The 2008 DVDA Excellence Awards

Complete List of Winners


Special thanks to all of our attendees and speakers, and to our
awards event sponsors: 
Ascent Media / Blink Digital - and HBO Video


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Category: CO1 - Content Owners
Excellence in
Children's Discs  (2 Awards)
 
 

Cars (Blu-ray Disc)
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
 


Jungle Book 40th Anniversary Platinum Edition (DVD)
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment





Category: CO2 - Content Owners
Excellence in Theatrical Discs (2 Awards)
 


"Eragon: Special Edition" (DVD)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment



La Vie EnRose (DVD)
HBO Video





Category: CO3 - Content Owners
Excellence in Music Discs  (2 Awards)
 

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Cowboy Junkies: Trinity Revisited" (DVD)
Fogolabs 




"The Ford at Fox Collection" (DVD)

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 





Category CO4 - Content Owners
Excellence in Games Discs (2 Awards)

 


The Princess Bride: 20th Anniversary Edition
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

 
 

"Independence Day" (Blu ray Disc)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
 
 



Category: CO5 - Content Owners
Excellence in TV Discs (2 Awards)


  "Prison Break, Season One" (Blu-ray Disc)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment


The Sopranos, Season 6, Part 2 (DVD)
HBO Video





Category: CO6 - Content Owners
Excellence in Special Features  (2 Awards)
 
 

"Blade Runner Ultimate Collector's Edition" (DVD)
Warner
Home Video
 
 

"The Sergio Leone Anthology" (DVD)
MGM Home Video



 

Category CO7 - Content Owners
Excellence in Advanced Interactivity (2 Awards)




Cars (Blu-ray Disc)
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
 
 

"300" (HD DVD)
Warner Home Video

 

 
 
Category: DEV1 - Developer 
Excellence in Menus & Presentation 
(2 Awards)
 
 
 
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (Blu-ray Disc)
Gork Enterprises, Inc.




"Mariah Carey-The Adventures Of Mimi" (Blu-ray Disc)
Blink Digital

 



Category: DEV2 - Developer 
Excellence in Disc Audio  (2
Awards)
 
 
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"Cowboy Junkies: Trinity Revisited" (DVD)
Fogolabs


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"Billy Talent Deluxe Live " (DVD)
Fogolabs

 



Category: DEV3 - Developer
Excellence in Authoring Design & Implementation  (2
Awards)
 
 

"Concert for Diana" (DVD)
Richmond Studios


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"Terminator 2 - Ultimate Edition" (HD DVD)
Imagion, AG




 
 
Category: DEV4 - Developer 
Excellence in Video Encoding (2
Awards)
 
 
 
"Fantastic 4 - Rise of the Silver Surfer" (Blu-ray Disc)
Panasonic Hollywood Lab

 

"Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds: Live at Radio City Music Hall"  (Blu-ray Disc)
Blink Digital

 



Category: DEV5 - Developer
Excellence in Advanced Interactivity
(2 Awards)
 
 
"Harry Potter Interactive DVD Game - Hogwarts Challenge"
Scope Seven



"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" (Blu-ray Disc)
Panasonic Hollywood Labs

 
 

 
Category DEV8  - Developer
Excellence in Technical Achievement  (2 Awards)
 
 
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Purchase online at Amazon,de
"Terminator 2 - Ultimate Edition" (HD DVD)
Imagion, AG
 
 

"300" (HD DVD) "Vengeance and Valor" HD DVD game
Scope Seven
 
 

 
 
Category DEV9 - Developer
Excellence in Music Discs (2
Awards)
 
 
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"Cowboy Junkies: Trinity Revisited" (DVD)
Fogolabs


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"Billy Talent Deluxe Live " (DVD)
Fogolabs




SPECIAL AWARD:
 
2008 Innovator Award
 
ADOBE ENCORE CS3 (part of Production Suite)
Adobe Systems, Inc.
 

 
 
 
2008 Facility/Individual Excellence Award

 

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Guest editorial: Mark Ashkinos on AACS Blu's

Mark Ashkinos, President of Screamervision , a DVDA Small Business member, offers his observations on the current state of Blu-ray. An excerpt:

..."Where is the compelling reason to switch to Blu-ray? Sure you’ll want put your HD content on a Blu-ray disc, but is it so compelling that the small independent content owners will be able to pay the exhorbant fees to make Blu-ray discs?"...

Click Read More to see the complete editorial, and if you'd like to offer your own opinion, take the DVDA's Blu-ray survey

Read more...
 
Announcing the DVD Association Europe (DVDA-EU)

The DVDA is pleased to announce the reactivation of the DVD Association Europe, the European adjunct of the DVDA,  which acts as a central communication hub for European and UK companies and clients on the production and authoring of DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray disc formats. 

A portion of all dues received by members in the EU will be used to create and present events exclusively for the EU.

European Sponsorship dollars received will directly benefit the European activities of the DVDA.

DVDA-Europe will shortly announce its 2008 slate of European-based seminars and activities, for which the time and date will shortly be announced.

If you are a purveyor or consumer of DVD services in Europe,  we invite you to join as a European member of the worldwide DVD Association (DVDA)  by clicking the "Join DVDA" link, in the top menu. Membership in the DVDA-Europe conveys eligibility for all DVDA Membership Benefits.

 

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