Q&A
What is behind the name?
Digital – the digital world of content encompassing movies, music, games, data, special interest, promotional material...
2 – to and through to
Disc – the physical world of packaged media
What are the core values?
D2D is a unique publication, serving every aspect of the distribution and security of digital content encompassing both physical and electronic means.
• Content to the consumer – Markets/trends/technology
• Impartial and objective coverage – A window into the sector – independent of any group or trade association
• Global reach – Coverage through a team of writers and contributors with a focus on the USA, Europe and Asia markets
• Editorial: market to manufacture – Balance between market data through to technology
• Health of the sector including outlook – Statistics, market studies, trends and analysis
From blank media for recording and archiving; the latest 3D Blu-ray Disc to solid state flash and purely electronic forms; if it involves content distribution, it will be covered in D2D.
What can a reader expect from D2D (physical)?
A high-quality printed periodical with articles ranging from thought-provoking comment pieces to technical white papers, taking in interviews, company visits and updates and news on what’s happening in the industry from movers and shakers to technology and title releases.
o News and updates
o Window on association initiatives
o Authoring/pre-mastering
o Supply chain/ fulfilment including replication/duplication/manufacturing on demand/kiosks
o Manufacturing equipment and new products: production, testing, print and packaging, auxiliary
o Materials/consumables o Packaging/new releases, software and hardware
o Environmental concerns – theory and practice
o Statistics including retail pricing/outlook
o Recordable media/archiving/flash etc.
o Electronic – Internet, cloud services etc.
o Window on technology
What can a reader expect from D2D (digital)?
A website that is updated daily and a weekly newsletter with the latest hard facts and rumours, as well as regular updates on twitter and Facebook.
o News as it happens
o Company matters, business, financial and technical
o Personnel movements in the industry
o New releases and reviews
o The latest facts, figures and statistics
o Events/calendar – show previews/reviews
o And more... roll-out of additional features planned
Close relationships with analysts such as Futuresource Consulting means Digital2Disc has the latest in industry facts, figures and trends. By working with Industry associations such as Media and Entertainment Alliance (MESA), Content Delivery and Storage Association (CDSA), MEDIA-TECH Association (MTA), and Digital Entertainment Group (DEG), the publication can keep up with and cover industry concerns, initiatives, and business practices.
Current Issue
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.
