DEG ANNOUNCES GREEN MEDIA SUMMIT

Event on April 2 in Los Angeles Will Address Environmental Information Needs of Home Entertainment Execs

LOS ANGELES (January 30, 2008) --DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group has announced the first in a series of events designed to inform the studio and entertainment communities about the latest developments and opportunities for the environmental delivery of digital entertainment media.  The Green Media Summit, scheduled for April 2, 2008 at the Luxe Hotel in Los Angeles, is an invitation-only meeting for an exclusive list of operations, creative services, marketing and sales delegates from content holders and partners.

"We need to make certain we deliver the content – be it physical or digital media – in an eco-friendly manner that is respectful of the environment,” said Bob Chapek, Chairman, DEG and President, Walt Disney Studios Worldwide Home Entertainment. “Now, more than ever, we need to work together to find solutions that help us watchdog ourselves into making a cleaner, greener world,"

The one-day event is being co-produced by the Entertainment Supply Chain Academy (ESCA), which will be developing the conference program in cooperation with title-sponsor Capgemini.  Reed Business Information, publisher of Variety, Video Business, contentagenda.com and the Green Report, is the event's media partner.

"The home entertainment community plans to accelerate its leadership in adopting environmental best practices and the Green Summit is where our industry will gather for the first time to exchange market intelligence and develop a collaborative game plan,"  explained Amy Jo Smith, Executive Director, DEG.

For more information about the conference program, visit: www.entertainmentsupplychain.com

For speaker consideration, contact Conference Chairman Devendra Mishra at Mishra@degonline.org.

Packaging, printing, replications and transportation companies, and other service providers are invited to provide sponsorship support by contacting: Linda Buckley Bruno, Publisher, Video Business and Director, Home Entertainment, Variety at: 323-965-2402 or via email at: lbuckley@reedbusiness.com

DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group is a Los Angeles-based, industry-funded nonprofit corporation that advocates and promotes the many benefits associated with DVD and digital entertainment while providing updated information to both the media and the retail trade.  The DEG offers a forum for member companies to engage in ongoing discussions concerning various issues and opportunities, which relate to other new digital technologies that may emerge in the future.  The DEG can be reached at 310-888-2201, via e-mail at getinfo@digitalentertainmentinfo.com or through its Web site at www.digitalentertainmentinfo.com.

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