DEG unveils Green Entertainment Awards
By Samantha Clark -- Video Business, 4/2/2008
The most environmentally friendly DVD of last year was 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s Futurama: Bender’s Big Score, according to DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group.The DEG handed out seven Green Entertainment Awards today at the inaugural Green Media Summit, held at the Luxe Hotel in Los Angeles.
The award winners were selected for their eco-friendly content, packaging, manufacturing and/or distribution.
The DEG also named Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment’s Larry Wilk the first Green Ambassador of the Year, recognized for his dedication to advancing environmental initiatives in the home entertainment industry.
“We are delighted that the home entertainment communityis embracing eco-friendly solutions that will help lessen the effects on climate change,” said Amy Jo Smith, DEG executive director. “We give particular recognition to Disney’s Larry Wilk who is a crusader for embracing environmental friendly practices in the industry.”
The Green Entertainment Award winners are:
Best Green Bonus Features: Evan Almighty, Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Best Green Educational Tool: Bambi, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Best Green CD Packaging: Number Ones, Universal Music Group
Best Green Packaging: Blu-ray Disc
Carbon-Neutral DVD Release of the Year: Futurama: Bender’s Big Score, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pioneering Eco-Friendly DVD: An Inconvenient Truth, Paramount Home Entertainment
Best in Show: The 11th Hour, Warner Home Video
