Sports, Fitness & Wellness VB Purchasing Guide December 2008-January 2009

Compiled by Cheryl Cheng -- Video Business, 11/24/2008

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Dec. 16

Denise Austin: Get Fit Daily Dozen and Body Burn With Pilates and Dance LIONSGATE prebook now; DVD $14.98 each Fitness: The fitness star offers two more workout titles to help fans get fit.

Dirty Dancing: Official Dance Workout LIONSGATE prebook now; DVD $16.98 Fitness: Hosted by choreographer John Byrne and fitness expert Tracey Mallett, this workout has four dance routines set to music from the 1987 movie.

Kathy Smith: Total Body Lift LIONSGATE prebook now; DVD $14.98 Fitness: Kathy Smith leads four targeted sculpting workouts.

Lisa Rinna Dance Body Beautiful: Ballroom Learn and Burn and Jive Jump, Ballroom Bump WARNER prebook now; DVD $14.98 each Fitness: Created by choreographer Louis van Amstel, these dance regimens are designed to help the user lose weight.

Skinny Bitch Fitness: Body and Boot-camp WARNER prebook now; DVD $14.98 each Fitness: These two workouts strengthen and elongate major muscles, focusing on abs, arms, butt and legs, as well as define and tone.

Dec. 30

Liquid Asana 2: The Fluid Dance of Vinyasa Flow Yoga WELL GO prebook 12-2; DVD $14.98 Fitness: This workout features flowing yoga sequences that integrate Vinyasa yoga with four fluid dance movements.

SWAT Workout: Rapid Tone & Firm WELL GO prebook 12-2; DVD $19.98 Fitness: This workout is designed to sculpt and tone the entire body.

Jan. 6

Amy Bento: In the Ring Cardio Kickboxing BAYVIEW prebook 12-2; DVD $19.99 Fitness: This workout combines low impact and high intensity with a medicine ball.

Sports

Dec. 16

The Official 2008 World Series Film: Phillies Vs. Rays SHOUT! FACTORY prebook now; BD $29.99 Sports: This chronicles the World Series championship between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays.

Jan. 6

Rivalry Series: Duke Beats North Carolina and North Carolina Beats Duke GENIUS prebook Nov. 25; DVD $29.95 each Sports: These three-disc collections each contain basketball games between Duke and North Carolina.

Silvio Samuel: Bodybuilding Battle for the Gold BAYVIEW prebook Dec. 2; DVD $34.99 Sports: The bodybuilding star travels to the Middle East to train in a trendy gym with the most popular bodybuilders in Bahrain.

Jan. 13

NFL New England Patriots: 10 Greatest Games and Raiders: 3 Greatest Games WARNER prebook 12-9; Patriots DVD $49.98, Raiders DVD $26.95 Sports: These sets include each team’s Super Bowl victories.

Gaiam grows fitness product

Gaiam, the leading supplier of fitness DVDs, is continuing to make deals for more titles and stake out new territory at retail. The company, which is the category captain for fitness at Target, recently added 4 feet of space at the retailer for a total of 12 feet, according to Bill Sondheim, president of entertainment and worldwide distribution for Gaiam. Eight feet are for Gaiam’s combined DVD and fitness equipment product and another 4 feet is for fitness DVDs from a variety of fitness suppliers, he says. Instead of in the DVD section, the product is carried in the sporting goods section at Target, in what could become a trend at other retailers. Another deal made by Gaiam is for the company to distribute Biggest Loser-branded fitness equipment, although Lionsgate continues to distribute the DVDs. Also coming soon from Gaiam is combined DVD and equipment product based on Winsor Pilates. Upcoming Gaiam DVDs will include a new Rodney Yee title, Yoga for Beginners. —Cindy Spielvogel

Jan. 20

Rodney Yee’s Yoga for Beginners GAIAM prebook 12-7; DVD $14.98 Fitness: Rodney Yee teams with Colleen Saidman-Yee for this yoga flow program.

Serving up healthy living

Acorn Media’s Acacia fitness and wellness label has a new franchise in conjunction with Cooking Light magazine. Designed as both an exercise and diet solution for weight loss, the new DVDs come with a 16-page booklet offering eating tips and recipes from the magazine. Weight Loss: Pilates and Weight Loss: Cardio Sculpt arrive in early January, just in time to help customers with New Year’s resolutions. Joining the two titles will be the next release from top-selling Acacia yoga star Shiva Rea, Creative Core + Upper Body. —C.S.

Jan. 6

Shiva Rea: Creative Core + Upper Body ACACIA/ACORN prebook 12-2; DVD $9.99 Fitness: Using flowing yoga, this workout is designed to tone the core, back, arms and shoulders.

Weight Loss: Pilates and Cardio Sculpt ACACIA/ACORN prebook 12-2; DVD $14.99 each Fitness: Each title features two 20-minute workouts designed to help users lose weight.

Anchor Bay titles dance to DVD

Anchor Bay Entertainment will release new titles in two of its fitness lines. Dance Off the Inches: Country Line Dance and Element: Tai Chi for Beginners are due in February. Anchor Bay also will have a cross-promotion this summer with Kellogg’s Special K on behalf of the 10 Minute Solution line. Part of the “Lose Up to an Inch From Your Waist—in 2 Weeks” campaign, the promotion will be supported by TV and print ads and will include a photo of Jessica Smith, star of 10 Minute Solution: Quick Tummy Toner, on more than 43 million boxes of Special K. —C.S.

Feb. 3

Dance Off the Inches: Country Line Dance ANCHOR BAY prebook Dec. 30; DVD $14.98 Fitness: Amy Blackstone leads a dance workout featuring 10 basic line-dance-style steps.

Element: Tai Chi for Beginners ANCHOR BAY prebook Dec. 30; DVD $14.98 Fitness: Samuel Barnes, founder of Tai Chi Works in Beverly Hills, Calif., teaches energizing Qi Gong plus stress-relieving Tai Chi.

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