DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group held its annual reception during the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to award top honors for digital entertainment products and retailers who excel in the marketing of these products.

DEG Retailer of the Year Award

The DEG presented its annual industry awards honoring the Retailer of the Year. Three retailer awards were established to recognize excellence in merchandising and promoting both (1) new digital entertainment products and (2) Blu-ray Disc and DVD titles during the past year.  The selection was made based on nominations by consumer electronics, IT manufacturers and content providers who are members of the DEG. These members voted for the hardware retailer and the content providers – both the studios’ home video divisions and the music companies – voted for the software retailer. DEG members were asked to consider national, regional and online retailers in their voting. The voting was done in a secret ballot. 

In the category of National Retailer of the Year for both Hardware and Software, the membership voted for mass merchant Best Buy. And, in the Regional Retailer of the Year for Hardware category, the membership chose HH Gregg Appliances and Electronics, a specialty retailer with locations in 8 states.

The DEG’s hardware members (consumer electronics and IT companies) agreed that Best Buy and HH Gregg have continued to lead the industry in consumer education of new entertainment technologies through demonstration of products, promotions and key advertising. Members said that Best Buy is continually at the forefront of driving new technologies through a well-honed focus on consumers. 

The DEG Emiel N. Petrone Digital Innovation Awards

      In memory of the DEG’s founding Chairman Emiel N. Petrone, the DEG has three awards to acknowledge the year’s most outstanding digital entertainment products released in calendar 2009 in the categories of Sight, Source and Sound. Selected by a panel of product reviewers from the industry’s home theater enthusiast publications, the following three products were awarded with the top honors:

DEG CES AWARDS  2-2-2

The DEG Emiel N. Petrone Digital Innovation Award for SIGHT

Pioneer for the Elite Kuro PRO-141FD HDTV

The DEG Emiel N. Petrone Digital Innovation Award for SOURCE

LG for the BD390 Blu-ray Disc Player

The DEG Emiel N. Petrone Digital Innovation Award for SOUND

Marantz for the SR6004 A/V Receiver

DEG Creative Excellence Awards

The DEG also awarded five honors to acknowledge Creative Excellence in DVD and Blu-ray Disc titles released in calendar 2009. The judging panel, nominated by the motion picture studio and music company members of the DEG, consisted of reviewers and industry reporters from trade, entertainment and daily consumer news organizations. In addition to overall sound and picture quality, all titles were considered for those features that best demonstrate the value-added nature of the format.

The DEG Creative Excellence Award Winners for 2009:

Theatrical Title of the Year

Star Trek

Paramount Home Entertainment

Catalog Title of the Year

The Wizard of Oz – 70^th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition

Warner Home Video

TV Title of the Year

            Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series

            Universal Studios Home Entertainment

Non-Theatrical Title of the Year

            Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Music Title of the Year

            The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter

            Image Entertainment

DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group is a Los Angeles-based, industry-funded nonprofit corporation that advocates and promotes the many consumer benefits associated with various home entertainment products, including both physical and digital media on a variety of platforms. The DEG helps provide information and perspective about the home entertainment industry. The DEG also offers a forum for member companies to engage in ongoing discussions concerning various opportunities related to promoting established categories, evaluating and discussing new entertainment platforms and investigating supply chain efficiencies. 

The DEG membership is comprised of: AGI Media, AGI Polymatrix, Akamai, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Arvato Digital Services, Ascent Media/Blink Digital, Blockbuster, BluFocus, Capgemini, Cinram, Cryptography Research, D&M Holdings, Deloitte, Deluxe Digital, Digeo, Direct Group North America, DivX, Dolby Laboratories, DTS Entertainment, DV&A, HBO Home Entertainment, Image Entertainment, JVC USA,  LAgraphico, LG Electronics, Lionsgate, Media Control GfK, Memory-Tech, MGM Home Entertainment, Microsoft, MOD Systems, Monster Cable, NCR, Netflix, Nielsen Entertainment, NPD Group, Panasonic, Paramount Home Entertainment, Philips Electronics, Pioneer Electronics (USA), RCDB, Redbox, Rovi, ScreenPlay, Singulus Technologies,  Sonic Solutions, Sony DADC, Sony Electronics, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Summit Entertainment, Technicolor, Teradata, THX, Toshiba America Consumer Products, Trailer Park, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Universal Operations Group, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Vivendi Entertainment, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video and Wynalda Litho. 
                                                                                                                 

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