Harry Potter Flies Away With Two Home Entertainment Awards

Harry Potter Flies Away With Two Home Entertainment Awards

Crash, Madagascar, and Madden NFL 06 Also Multiple Winners

LAS VEGAS, July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, Crash, Madagascar, and Madden NFL 06 carried the 2006 Home Entertainment Awards by winning two awards each at this evening's award show, organizers announced today. The awards were presented at a reception where stars such as Edward Burns, Roger Corman, Carmen Electra, and Peter Falk were honored as well for their contributions to the home entertainment industry.

The Home Entertainment Awards are presented by the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) in recognition of outstanding achievement in home video. The awards were presented at VSDA's Home Entertainment 2006, currently taking place at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

"This year's Home Entertainment Award recipients are the most diverse selection of titles to date," said EMA President Bo Andersen. "Among the recipients are network and cable television shows, entertainment that the entire family can enjoy together, and two of the most successful movie and video game franchises ever created."

The list of Home Entertainment Awards is as follows:

Category Title Studio
Archival TV Series of Six Feet Under, HBO Video
the Year Seasons 3, 4, 5

Twentieth Century Fox
Current TV Series on DVD 24, Season 4 Home
Entertainment

Children's Title of the Madagascar DreamWorks Home
Year Entertainment

Direct-to-Video/Limited
Release of the Half Light First Look Home
Year From an Independent Entertainment
Studio

Direct-to-Video/Limited Family Guy Presents Twentieth Century Fox
Release of the Stewie Griffin: Home
Year From a Major Studio The Untold Story (UNR) Entertainment

Documentary Title of the March of the Penguins Warner Home Video
Year

DVD Extras of the Year
from an Saw II Lionsgate
Independent Studio

DVD Extras of the Year Harry Potter and the
From a Major Goblet of Fire -- Warner Home Video
Studio 2 Disc Set/Special
Edition
Family Title of the Year First Look Home
From an The Prince and Me 2 Entertainment
Independent Studio

Family Title of the Year DreamWorks Home
From a Major Madagascar Entertainment
Studio

Foreign Language Title House of Flying Sony Pictures Home
of the Year Daggers Entertainment

Marketing Campaign of the Crash Lionsgate
Year From
an Independent Studio

Marketing Campaign of the New Line Home
Year From Wedding Crashers Entertainment
a Major Studio

Music DVD The Eagles: Farewell I Rhino/Warner Strategic
of the Year Tour Live Marketing
From Melbourne

Packaging of the Year
From an Saw: Uncut Edition Lionsgate
Independent Studio

Packaging of the Year Buena Vista Home
From a Major Sin City Entertainment
Studio

Rental Title of the Year First Look Home
From an The Prince and Me 2 Entertainment
Independent Studio

Rental Title of the Year Twentieth Century Fox
From a Major Walk the Line Home
Studio Entertainment

Sell-through Title of the
Year From an Crash Lionsgate
Independent Studio

Sell-Through Title of the Harry Potter and the
Year From a Goblet of Fire Warner Home Video
Major Studio

Sleeper of the Year Sideways Twentieth Century Fox
Home Entertainment

Special Interest Title of Dave Chappelle: Sony Pictures Home
the Year For What It's Entertainment
Worth--Live At The
Fillmore

Adult Title of the Year Pirates Digital Playground

GameCube Game of the Year Madden NFL '06 Electronic Arts

PlayStation 2 Video Game Madden NFL '06 Electronic Arts
of the Year

Xbox Video Game of the Halo 2 -- Multiplayer Microsoft Game Studios
Year Map Pack

VSDA's Home Entertainment 2006, presented by the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA), brings together retailers, distributors, and suppliers of DVDs and video and computer games to learn about upcoming releases and industry developments and to celebrate the $32 billion home entertainment industry.

Source: Entertainment Merchants Association

CONTACT: Andrew Mun of Entertainment Merchants Association,
+1-800-955-8732, ext. 244, amun@entmerch.org; or Martin Blythe,
+1-818-906-2448, for Entertainment Merchants Association

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