The DVD Awards Call For Entries

Hollywood, Calif.-- The 6th Annual DVD Entertainment Conference& Showcase has issued its call for entries in competition for theannual DVD Awards with Leonard Maltin. The prestigious honors will bepresented August 20, 2003 at the Hilton Universal City by renowned filmcritic and historian Leonard Maltin, co-host of the weekly syndicatedtelevision show Hot Ticket.

For complete award guidelines and entry forms, please visit http://www.DVD-awards.com.

“I am pleased to be part of this annual event that celebratesexceptional work in the DVD arena,” Maltin said.“It’s especially rewarding to honor the work of people whocreate the special content--and even the menus--that have made thismedium so popular.”

A panel of respected industry journalists will judge DVDs releasedduring the past year in an assortment of categories. Nominees in eachcategory will be announced one month prior to the award ceremony. Thenthe judges will proceed to select winners in each category from thenominated titles. Meanwhile, visitors to several DVD-related websiteswill vote for the Viewers' Choice Award. All awards will be handed outat the event on August 20, 2003.

The DVD Awards are produced by the International Recording MediaAssociation (IRMA) and Medialine magazine, a publication of UnitedEntertainment Media (UEM). The DVD Awards is held in conjunction withthe DVD Entertainment Conference & Showcase, August 20-21, 2003.For more information on the conference or showcase, please visit http://www.dvdconference.com.

“Interest and participation in the DVD Awards has grownsteadily over the event’s six-year history,” said LarryJaffee, Medialine’s editor-in-chief. “There isdefinitely a strong interest in all things DVD-related and we are verypleased that we started recognizing these talented people so early on.Nobody has been honoring the DVD creative community longer than wehave.”

DVD publishers, production companies and mastering facilities areinvited to enter their DVD titles for competition in the followingcategories:

· Best Bonus Game Feature (New category this year!)
· Best Special Edition
· Best Standard Release
· Best Packaging
· Best Menu Design
· Best Restoration
· Best Authoring
· Best Video Compression
· Best Audio Compression
· Best DVD-ROM Support
· Best Documentary
· Best DVD-Video
· Best DVD-Audio