HVE is history

[Todd Brown]

Oi ... just horrible news ... I just posted it up.

Thanks?

Todd.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Max M [mailto:unlisted at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 10:48 AM
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: HVE is history
> 
> Sad, sad news I just came across.
> This was posted on http://www.mastersofcinema.org
> 
> As of yesterday afternoon, Home Vision Entertainment - co-distributor
> of the Criterion Collection - was consolidated by Image Entertainment
> and no longer exists as a DVD imprint or distributor. 40 of their 45
> staff are to be laid off. Given the radically different standards of
> quality control between Image and HVE, we are alarmed at this
> development, which is apparently the latest panic move by an industry
> facing the Blu-Ray/HD-DVD transition. The Criterion Collection is an
> independent company and sources say the merger formalizes a 100%
> distribution deal between Image and Criterion lasting through the end
> of 2010.
> 
> MoC extends our condolences to the many unemployed cinephiles formerly
> working for Home Vision and we salute the company's exemplary track
> record. - D.C.
> 
> Max M
> http://stauffen.de.vu