About D2D
Bridging the gap between content and delivery
D2D is the only global trade publication serving the industry behind the origination and distribution of content – the technology of content from conception to consumption. Whether packaged media or digital delivery, D2D covers the production, technology and security of content, whether home entertainment or business-based, throughout all aspects and facets of its progression through the supply chain.
Our readership, which covers the Americas, Europe, and the Far East, includes:
- Content owners (studios, record labels, software houses, games companies…)
- Content delivery providers (bricks and mortar retailers, online and digital delivery…)
- Service providers (audio pre-mastering, authoring, test and verification, audio/video restoration, marketing…)
- Equipment manufacturers (authoring systems, mastering machines, replication lines, testing systems, auxiliary equipment…)
- Disc manufacturers (duplicators, replicators, blank media manufacturers, brokers…)
- Design, packaging and fulfilment providers
- Raw material manufacturers (polycarbonate, ink, targets, packaging materials…)
- Licensing and format bodies Industry associations
- Analysts, consultants and industry experts
D2D's unbiased editorial content ranges from in-depth discussions of the latest technology to comment, company visits and executive interviews and profiles, bridging the gap between the art of content and the science of delivery platforms. A steering committee of key companies and associations works with D2D to ensure that the industry’s executives and members not only read about developments but help to make the news and drive forward the magazine’s content.
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Magazine Features
DOING IT IN DIGITAL - Repeating the physical success of home entertainment
Fireside chats, rock star moments, and consumer panels were the highlights of this year’s PEVE conference, and D2D reports on some of the many topics covered at the event.
Every conference has its rock star moment, and this year’s PEVE was no exception. Danny Kaye, keynote speaker on the first day, took to the stage to the rousing strains of Led Zeppelin’s Whole Lotta Love, which brought goofy smiles to just about everyone (at least everyone of a certain age) in the audience. Kaye, the EVP Global Research & Technology Strategy, Twentieth Century Fox, showed a video clip of some of Hollywood’s latest and greatest movie moments and declared, “It’s this kind of content that compels consumers to buy.”
Reducing seasonal susceptibility - The merger of two packaging giants
AGI Media was bought by Atlas Holdings last year, changed its name and identity and then merged with Shorewood. Tony Garnish, European CEO of AGI Shorewood, tells Elizabeth Toppin how the company has overcome various associated challenges – but isn’t yet ready to reveal a new name.
LINES OF DEMARCATION Old and new technology models at NAB
This year’s NAB event focused on looking forward to 3D, second screens, and Smart TV - whatever the heck that is, Dan Daley muses. New technologies offered a refreshing focus after a year spent on seemingly endless legal and legislative issues.
The NAB Show in Las Vegas (16th-19th April 2012) showed decent stats: exhibitor numbers rose slightly to just over 1,600 and they splayed out over more space (815,000 square feet versus 745,000 in 2011). Attendance was flat, though, at 91,932 from 151 countries, according to NAB’s preliminary figures, and substantially below the 108,000-plus who attended in 2007, just before the recession hit.
DIGITAL OR BUST IN VEGAS? The physical media market under scrutiny
A realization that maybe it’s time to figure out a way to jump on the digital bandwagon dominated the proceedings at Packaged Media & Beyond 2012, reports Larry Jaffee.
Maybe it was the Association of Independent Media Manufacturers Association (AIMMA) joining forces with the Media-Tech Association (MTA) and the Colonial Purchasing Co-operative to produce a US show like the latter did in the two previous years. Or maybe it was the zany Day Two keynote presentation by Troma co-founder Lloyd Kaufman whose oldest running US independent movie studio has been making independent, non-mainstream movies for nearly 40 years.
HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD - Paramount and Universal Turn 100
Two major studios celebrate their centenaries this year and a lot has changed since they were both founded. Jill Bilzi looks at how they are coping with box office fluctuations, changes in home entertainment delivery, and the increasing power of social media.
