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LOS ANGELES (July 28, 2008) – DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) kicked off its 12th year as the industry’s leading association.
DEG Elects New President
The DEG Board elected Ron Sanders its new President. Sanders, the DEG’s sixth president, has been a member of the Board for four years. The Board has re-elected Bob Chapek its Chairman.
DEG Elects New Board of Directors and Executive Committee
The voting member companies of the DEG also elected a new Board of Directors to serve for the coming fiscal year (August 1 – July 31). The Board then voted to elect the five member Executive Committee comprised of Chairman, President, Vice President, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer. These Officers are responsible for providing leadership and oversight of the DEG’s agenda, budget and Executive Staff.
The three remaining Officers: Craig Kornblau was elected Vice President; Mike Dunn was elected Secretary; and Bob Weissburg was elected Chief Financial Officer.
Green Ambassador Appointed
The DEG announced the appointment of its new Green Ambassador, Larry Wilk, who also serves as Vice President, Worldwide Operations, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. The DEG is dedicated to delivering content – be it physical or digital media – in an eco-friendly manner that is respectful of the environment. The group is currently exploring solutions to enable a cleaner carbon footprint for packaging, manufacturing, shipping and merchandising of our products. The DEG aims to bring together participation from business, creative and manufacturing to develop partnerships toward building a sustainable future.
In his role as DEG Green Ambassador, Wilk will help evangelize the DEG green initiatives, including act as a conduit between the five recently formed DEG Green Task Forces: Metrics, Replication, Packaging, Logistics/Distribution and Retail Execution.
At Disney, Wilk is responsible for global supply chain optimization, technology, control and reporting. He also leads their operational environmental efforts.
DEG BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Fiscal Year 2008-2009
CHAIRMAN
Bob Chapek
President
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
PRESIDENT
Ron Sanders
President
WARNER HOME VIDEO
VICE PRESIDENT
Craig Kornblau
President
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
SECRETARY
Mike Dunn
President
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Bob Weissburg
President, Sales & Marketing, North America
D&M HOLDINGS
BOARD MEMBERS
Henry McGee
President
HBO VIDEO
Willem de Zoete
Vice President, Digital Entertainment Services
HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY
Karl Bearnarth
Senior Vice President, Marketing Division
JVC COMPANY OF AMERICA
Steve Beeks
President & Chief Operating Officer
LIONSGATE
Blair Westlake
Corporate Vice President, Media & Entertainment Group
MICROSOFT
Eisuke Tsuyuzaki
Vice President, Corporate Development & General Manager
PANASONIC
Kelley Avery
President
PARAMOUNT PICTURES WORLDWIDE HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Marty Gordon
Vice President
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS
Gary Bauhard
Director, Strategic Marketing
PIONEER ELECTRONICS (USA)
Leslie Cohen
Senior Vice President, Digital Video Business
SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Chris Fawcett
Vice President, Home Video Product Management
SONY ELECTRONICS
David Bishop
President of Worldwide Home Entertainment
SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Jodi Sally
Vice President
TOSHIBA AMERICA CONSUMER PRODUCTS
DEG Announces Working Committees
The DEG announced four working Committees for the coming fiscal year. The four Committees – Technology, Content, Operations and Communications – help the membership accomplish its objectives. The Board approves the agenda for each Committee, which meet monthly. Committee volunteers serve for one year.
TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
Charter: To provide a balanced context on current and emerging technologies that impact members of the DEG and the marketplace. The Committee serves as a key resource for identification and assessment of future technology development that will have relevance.
Chair
Todd Collart
Senior Vice President, New Technology
DELUXE DIGITAL STUDIOS
Vice Chair
Daniel De La Rosa
Senior Manager, Content Protection & Compliance
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS
Members
Jeff Talmadge
Product Development & System Integration
DENON
Craig Eggers
Senior Manager, CE Partner Marketing
DOLBY LABORATORIES
Joe McCrossan
Director, Software Development, Technology Group
TWENTIETH VENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Lewis Ostrover
Senior Vice President, New Media Applications & Operations
WARNER HOME VIDEO
CONTENT COMMITTEE
Charter: To offer strategic insights about the new opportunities identified by the Technology Committee. The Content Committee delivers a detailed perspective on both the cultural and business implications that these technologies may have on consumers.
Chair
Leslie Cohen
Senior Vice President, New Products & Services
SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Vice Chair
Jody Sally
Vice President
TOSHIBA
Members
Tom Dixon
Director, Strategic Marketing, Consumer Division
DTS
Eisuke Tsuyuzaki
Vice President & General Manager, Blu-ray Disc Group
PANASONIC NORTH AMERICA
Jennifer Anderson
Vice President, Marketing
SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Michele Edelman
Vice President, Marketing, Digital Distribution
WARNER HOME VIDEO
OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
Charter: To study and identify systems and opportunities for entertainment supply chain management. The Committee looks at ways to educate, inform and improve both physical and digital media in the operations of home entertainment, including sustainability.
Chair
Tom Emrey
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Vice Chair
Dan Miron
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Supply Chain Management
WARNER HOME VIDEO
Members
Rick Eiberg
Executive Vice President, Operations & Cheif Technology Officer
IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Akin Ceylan
Executive Vice President, Supply Chain & Operations
LIONSGATE ENTERTAINMENT
Mark Sharp
Group Manger, Corporate Environmental Department
PANASONIC NOTH AMERICA
Doug Reinart
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Operations
PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Aodan Coburn
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Operations
SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Tony Korkunis
Senior Vice President, Retail Development
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Larry Wilk
Vice President, Worldwide Operations
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
Charter: Guide the broad scope of current DEG activities, including, but not limited to trade events, public relations, promotions, merchandising and educational endeavors. The Communications Committee also generates opportunities for involvement with the DEG Retail Advisory Board.
Chair
Marty Gordon
Vice President
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS
Vice Chair
Eric Maehara
Vice President, Worldwide Communications
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Members
Terry Shea
General Manager, Corporate Communications
JVC COMPANY OF AMERICA
Fritz Friedman
Senior Vice President, Worldwide Publicity
SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Maria Repole
Assistant Vice President. Corporate Communications
TOSHIBA
Steve Feldstein
Senior Vice President, Corporate Mrketing & Communications
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Lea Porteneuve
Vice President, Publicity
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group is a Los Angeles-based, industry-funded nonprofit corporation that advocates and promotes the many benefits associated with physical 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 opportunities, which relate to other new digital technologies, the environment and other emerging topics. The DEG can be reached at 310-888-2201, via e-mail at getinfo@digitalentertainmentinfo.com or through its Web site at www.degonline.org.
Regular members of the DEG are Anchor Bay Home Entertainment, D&M Holdings , DTS Entertainment, Dolby Laboratories, HBO Video, Hewlett-Packard, Image Entertainment, JVC Company of America, Lionsgate, MGM Home Entertainment, Microsoft, Monster Cable, MPI Media Group, Panasonic Consumer Electronics, Paramount Home Entertainment, Philips Electronics, Pioneer Electronics (USA), Sony Electronics, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Toshiba America Consumer Products, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment and Warner Home Video.
Associate members are 3ality Digital, AGI Media, AGI Polymatrix, Arvato Digital Services, Ascent Media/Blink Digital, , Bertelsmann Direct North America, Blockbuster, Capgemini, CinemaNow, Cinram, Cryptography Research, Deluxe Digital, Digeo, DV&A, Ingram Entertainment, JVC Disc America, Kestrel Wireless, Macrovision, Media Control GfK, Memory-Tech, MOD Systems, Netflix, Nielsen Entertainment, NPD Group, Panasonic North America, PaperFoam, Polar Frog Digital, RCDB, ScreenPlay, Simplay Labs, Sonic Solutions, Sony DADC, Technicolor, Teradata, THX, Universal Operations Group and Wynalda Litho.
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