[Nfbf-l] Fw: Fw: dvs Great News

[Kirk]

Sherri, this is fantastic! Thanks for the  forward on this really neat news! 
KH
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From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
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Subject: [Nfbf-l] Fw: Fw: dvs Great News


> This is really great!
> Sherri
> Subject: Fw: Fw: dvs Great News
>
>
>>
>> Great news to share:
>>> Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has joined Sony Pictures by
>>> committing
>>> to release the Descriptive Video Service(r) (DVS(r)) 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
>>> One Guest Street
>>> Boston, MA  02135
>>> 617 300-3700 v/fax
>>> 617 300-2489 TTY
>>>
>>> WGBH Boston informs, inspires, and entertains millions through public
>>> broadcasting, the Web, educational multimedia, and access services for
>>> people with disabilities.
>>>
>>>
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