DEG Elects 2013-14 Board

DEG Elects 2013-14 Board

By Greg Tarr On Jun 19 2013 - 12:48pm




Los Angeles — The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) announced Wednesday the incoming board members and officers for its 17th year of promoting content and technologies for the home entertainment industry.

The DEG’s voting member companies recently elected a new board of directors to serve for the 2013 to 2014 fiscal year (Aug. 1 to July 31).

New to the board are Sofia Chang of HBO Home Entertainment, Tom McDonough of Intel Media Services and Darren Stupak of Sony Music Entertainment.

 

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Kaleidescape Joins DEG

Kaleidescape Joins DEG

By Greg Tarr On May 9 2013 - 2:36pm




Los Angeles — Kaleidescape, the high-end home entertainment server company that employs a controversial disc-to-hard drive transfer system, has joined the multi-industry Digital Entertainment Group (DEG), the group said Thursday.

Founded in 2001, Kaleidescape established the movie server category. Their systems have been installed in more than 11,000 homes and are sold by more than 1,750 premium A/V integrators worldwide, the company said.

Home Media Spending Sees Q1 Growth

Home Media Spending Sees Q1 Growth

By Greg Tarr On May 1 2013 - 9:10am




Los Angeles – The first quarter of 2013 may not have been a growth bonanza for many consumer electronics categories, but it appears to have treated the content industry well.

The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) reported increases in both digital and physical home entertainment media sales during the period.

DEG Adds Four Members

DEG Adds Four Members

By Greg Tarr On Feb 25 2013 - 5:11pm

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Los Angeles – The entertainment industry promotional body the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) said Monday it added four new members: Allied Vaughn, Entertainment One, Intel and M-Go.

The companies represent a range of cross-sectors serving the home entertainment industry — from on-demand manufacturing, film and television content distribution, mobile and communications products and technologies to digital entertainment delivery services.

DEG Tracks Home Entertainment Growth

DEG Tracks Home Entertainment Growth

By Greg Tarr On Jan 9 2013 - 2:46pm




LAS VEGAS — The Digital Entertainment Group, a CE and Hollywood studios-backed home video promotions group, revealed during this week’s International CES that after seven straight years of declines, U.S. home video revenue showed growth from the prior year.

The group cited market research showing a 0.23 percent increase, to $18 billion in the year, following multiple years of shrinking revenue brought on by the declining growth of the aging DVD format. In fact, annual home video revenue dropped $4 billion between 2004 and 2011.

DEG: Blu-ray, Streaming, VOD Spending Rises

DEG: Blu-ray, Streaming, VOD Spending Rises

Greg Tarr On Oct 26 2012 - 2:40pm

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Los Angeles – Blu-ray Discs, electronic sell-through (EST) and video-on-demand (VOD) all registerd the home entertainment industry’s highest growth margin marks for the third quarter 2012, according to a study released Friday by the Digital Entertainment Group.

The home entertainment industry’s promotions group said Blu-ray, EST and VOD all saw material increases as overall consumer spending on home entertainment content remained stable with a 0.24 percent increase compared with the third quarter of 2011.