DEG awards retailers, home entertainment products
CES: Best Buy named National Retailer of the Year
By VB Staff -- Video Business, 1/8/2009
JAN. 8 | LAS VEGAS—DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group is scheduled to hand out awards to retailers and home entertainment products during its annual state of the industry update and reception at CES here tonight.
The trade group will recognize Best Buy as its National Retailer of the Year for Hardware and Sixth Avenue Electronics, a New Jersey specialty retailer with 14 locations, as its Regional Retailer of the Year for Hardware. Its Retailer of the Year for Software is Amazon.com.
Retail honorees are chosen by DEG members.
DEG also will recognize three hardware products with its Emiel N. Petrone Digital Innovation Awards and DVD and Blu-ray software titles with its seven Creative Excellence Awards. It gave Warner Home Video’s The Dark Knight its highest Creative Excellence honor, Best in Show, for its clarity and sound on Blu-ray, and for its first week global sales of 13.5 million units across formats.
The other awards are:
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
Panasonic for the Panasonic DMP-55 Blu-ray Disc Player
The DEG Emiel N. Petrone Digital Innovation Award for SOUND
Pioneer for the Pioneer SC-09TX A/V Receiver
The DEG Theatrical DVD Title of the Year
WALL-E
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
The DEG Catalog DVD Title of the Year
Touch of Evil: 50th Anniversary Edition
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
The DEG TV DVD Title of the Year
The Sopranos: The Complete Series
HBO Home Entertainment
The DEG Direct to DVD Title of the Year
Futurama: Bender’s Game
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
The DEG Music DVD Title of the Year
Shine a Light
Paramount Home Entertainment
The DEG Blu-ray Disc Title of the Year
Sleeping Beauty: 50th Anniversary Edition
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
The Petrone and Creative Excellence award winners are chosen by product reviewers and industry reporters.
