DVD Europe 2000 Program Announced

Miller Freeman, and the IRMA, organizers of the DVD Europe 2000 in London, England, have announced the program for the European DVD conference which will be held at the Shaw Conference Centre in Central London.As with last year's London DVD conference, this year's event will concentrate purely on the European market, sharing information on the development of the European market for both Hollywood and local content owners. The conference program has been established by the Co-chairs, Dana Parker and ""One to One"" editor Tim Frost.The conference has moved away from the basic ""what is DVD"" approach that the organizers say was important last year, as the knowledge base on DVD is better established, now DVD has had a clear year of sales.The new program splits into two streams, one for the business sector and the other, a more technical stream, for those directly involved in authoring and putting together releases. According to Tim Frost, the conference will concentrate more on discussion with plenty of examples of DVD content, rather than single presentations. ""Having individual presentations followed up with panel discussions is a much more satisfactory way of exploring the issues in this developing market,"" he notes.The first day of the two-day event, covering May 22-23, 2000, will finish with the awarding of the DVD EuropA awards, which recognize excellence in DVD production for releases available in the European market. DVD Europe 2000 Program OutlineDAY 1Business Stream- The State of the European DVD market - Selling DVD in Europe - Copy protection and region coding - Managing rights across Europe- DVD manufacturing and authoring in Europe- Packaging and presentation- The business of enhanced & Web DVDs- Debate: Extras - Who needs them?DVD EuropA awards and partyTechnical Workshop Stream- The DVD production process- Web linking to DVD-Video- Authoring and navigation- Creating major commercial projectsDAY 2Business Stream- DVD player convergence- DVD as replacement for CD and the VCR- DVD Product for Europe - Dealing with multi-cultures- Coming to grips with menus and navigation - DVD as a creative medium in its own right - DVD Europe Showcase Technical Stream- Adding ROM to DVD-Video - Audio for DVD- Creating non-commercial projectsDVD EuropA AwardsThe DVD EuropA Awards are unique, recognizing the contribution that designers, producers, authoring houses and publishers are making to the ""art"" of DVD and creating titles that make the most of DVD's unique functionality. It is the industry's creativity being celebrated by its peers. Any DVD that is formally available and distributed in Europe qualifies for entry.DVD EuropA categories:- The Video DVD EuropA - The Enhanced DVD EuropA- The Menu DVD EuropA - The Corporate DVD EuropA- The Packaging DVD EuropAFor more information, visit www.prostudio.com/dvd.