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"Komt een Vrouw bij de Dokter" is one of VFE’s first titles delivered online via Sony DADC’s
Digital Media Manager (DMM)
Salzburg, March 25, 2010 – Video Film Express (VFE), a leading video publisher in Benelux and
Sony DADC Austria AG are pleased to announce that Sony DADC will handle all digital content
services on behalf of VFE from 2010 moving forward. Sony DADC will provide its supply chain
solution including content digitisation, content preparation (features, trailers, artwork, metadata
and previews), secure storage, encoding and delivery to B2B partners such as broadcasters and VOD
platforms via its market-proven Digital Media Manager (DMM). One the first titles delivered via DMM
will be "Komt een Vrouw bij de Dokter".
"In that way", says Rob Stienen from VFE, "we have full control where our digital movie files
are located and will be sent to." Authoring house The Site, service partner of Sony DADC in the
Benelux, will both assist in ingesting all the digital VFE products and conduct the regular DVD and
BD authoring. "Using all these synergies and thus reducing costs and time-to-market allows us to
fully concentrate on our core business” explains Rob.
“We are proud to have been selected by Video Film Express to provide this service, which
helps them to handle their future business in the most efficient way. The digital market is growing
rapidly and will result in a significant revenue stream for video publishers in the next years”
says Arkin Kol, Sales Director at Sony DADC, “together with our local service partner The Site we
can offer Video Film Express a real one-stop-shop from authoring to digital delivery."
For the upcoming DVD release of their success title "Komt een Vrouw bij de Dokter", VFE will
bundle Sony DADC’s most effective Digital Rights Management (DRM) solutions in order to generate
the best possible sales through retail. These solutions include piracy counter measures and an
online market intelligence platform, allowing VFE to track the success of their release.
Potential buyers already could subscribe for the special edition of the movie, which will be
directly sent to them on the actual release date. This is proven to be a nice and successful
alternative to downloading: the buyer has to wait a while, but gets the one and only special
edition. Furthermore, both rental and sell-through DVD will be released on the same day, to prevent
a download-vulnerable rental window.
About Video Film Express
For almost 20 years Video/Film Express has been active as an independent distributor of
movies in all kinds of genres, from arthouse to mainstream. During the last few years the company
became one of the most important players in the Benelux. The company is headed by Sim van Veen, who
with Inspire Pictures is also active as (co)producer. The Video/Film Express catalogue includes big
local success movies such as Komt een Vrouw bij de Dokter (A Woman goes to the Doctor) and
Oorlogswinter (Winter in Wartime). The company is also known for its rich backcatalogue of
tv-series such as Little House on the Prairie and Tales of the Unexpected, and classic movies like
The Boys from Brazil, Dirty Dancing, The African Queen and The Last Emperor. The children's segment
is also well presented with titles such as Mr. Magoriums Wonder Emporium and Lucky Luke. Greenberg,
Exam and Agora are just three of the planned releases for 2010.
About Digital Media Manager
Digital Media Manager is a web-based digital content service platform developed by Sony DADC
providing content owners with full access to their digital assets (video, artwork, metadata,
previews, trailers) including the capability to place digital orders 24/7/365 which are
automatically processed and delivered to the chosen destination(s). It further includes full
visibility and reporting on order status and the ability to provide previews via streaming to B2B
partners for marketing purposes. Digital Media Manager is used by 60 video and music companies
worldwide, ranging from Major studios to local Independents and is especially proven for mid-size
companies releasing about 5-10 titles a month.
About Sony DADC
Sony DADC is a leading disc and digital solution provider for the entertainment,
education and information industries, offering world-class optical media replication services,
digital and physical supply chain solutions and software services. The world-wide media production
network consists of 33 service offices, optical media production, distribution and digital
facilities worldwide.
About The Site
The Site is the specialist in authoring for DVD and Blu-ray and works for Disney, Buena Vista
Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Dutch Filmworks,
Video/Film Express, BBI, National Geographic’s, Discovery Channel, BBC, Future films, Noble
Entertainment and many others. Besides authoring The Site supplies services like audio and video
dubbing, localisation, translations for subtitling, digital storage, ingestion, digitization,
streaming, VOD, artwork design, etc.
The
Site
Express
Franciscusweg
16-18
1216 SK
Hilversum
The
Netherlands
Tel. + 31 (0) 35-626
4455
Sony DADC
Sonystrasse 20
A-5081 Anif / Salzburg Austria
Toon Bressers
Tel. Benelux +31 (0) 40251 2506
Video/Film
De Poort 4
3991DV Houten
The Netherlands
Tel.+31 (0) 30 635 0023
Press Contact
Sony DADC
Christina Schobesberger
Tel: +43 6246 880 281
Christina.schobesberger@sonydadc.com
Picture:
from left to right:Toon
Bressers (Sony DADC), Aad van Dam (The Site), Rob Stienen (Video/Film Express), Martin Kappacher
(Sony DADC product manager DMM)
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