[Nfbsatx] Fwd: [nfb-texas members] FW: Universal Pictures to Release DVD and Blu-Ray Disks with DVS

[Jose Martinez]

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From: Cokie Craig <ccraig323 at earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:24:13 -0500
Subject: [nfb-texas members] FW: Universal Pictures to Release DVD and
Blu-Ray Disks with DVS
To: ATCNFB at yahoogroups.com, members at nfb-texas.org

F.Y.I. Here is some information some folks might be interested in. Take care
and have an enjoyable week.

Cokie Craig



From: dvsconsumers at mail4.wgbh.org [mailto:dvsconsumers at mail4.wgbh.org] On
Behalf Of Mary Watkins
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 2:18 PM
To: dvsconsumers
Subject: Universal Pictures to Release DVD and Blu-Ray Disks with DVS



Great news to share:

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has joined Sony Pictures by committing
to release the Descriptive Video ServiceR (DVSR) track created for
theatrical release of films on the DVD and Blu-Ray versions of those films.
The Media Access Group at WGBH, which creates both the closed captioning and
DVS via our Motion Picture Access (MoPix) effort, is most grateful to
Universal for this major step forward. The excitement among description fans
generated by the Sony announcement just a few weeks ago will no doubt be
echoed by the latest good news. Any comments and feedback we receive are
shared with these studios (so hit reply and send us a note!), and will also
be used to convince additional studios' home entertainment divisions to get
on board the DVS on DVD train (and beyond this, to online
streaming/downloading).

More about DVS can be found at this page of our site:  http://dvs.wgbh.org

Write to us at access at wgbh.org

Follow the Media Access Group on Facebook (we posted this great info there
first!)

Here now is a list of DVD and Blu-Ray titles that will include DVS as an
option. Additional DVD and Blu-Ray titles and release dates will be shared
when we learn them. We understand the DVD packages will have indicate
availability of DVS, though the print on DVD packages tends to be
microscopic.  We'll be confirming that the DVS track is on each disk, and
will update our DVS on DVD Web site accordingly.

Land of the Lost (Universal) Available Now
The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three (Sony) Nov 3
The Ugly Truth (Sony) Nov 10
Bruno (Universal) Nov 17
Funny People (Universal) Nov 24
Julie and Julia (Sony) Dec 8
Public Enemies (Universal) Dec 8
District 9 (Sony) (Dec 29)

After the first of the year:

Love Happens (Universal)
Couples Retreat (Universal)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Sony)
Zombieland (Sony)
The Stepfather (Sony)
...and more to come!

Mary

-- 
Mary Watkins
Director of Communications and Outreach
Media Access Group at WGBH
mary_watkins at wgbh.org
http://access.wgbh.org
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Boston, MA  02135
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