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Graffeo to leave high-def post at Universal MARCH 26 | Following the death of HD DVD, one of the format’s gurus, Ken Graffeo, will leave his high-definition marketing role at Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

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What Not To Wear: Mom Makeovers release details Video Business

What Not To Wear: Mom Makeovers Release Date: 04/15/2008 Label/Distributor: Genius Products (TVN) Rating: NR (Not Rated) Retail Price: $24.

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APRIL 10 | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is going to market its first BD Live, Web-enabled features slowly. The studio makes little mention of BD Live in TV ads or newspaper circulars for April 8 Blu-ray Disc releases Walk Hard and The Sixth Day, its first with Web connectivity features.

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Live Revolution Rock release details Video Business

The film follows the live transformation of the band, incorporating footage from all phases of the Clash's meteoric career, beginning with live-in-the-studio clips and climaxing with a blow-out performance at New York's Shea Stadium in 1982.

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3D TV: Already in your home

APRIL 11 | FROM VARIETY: Flat-panel TVs from Samsung and some other manufacturers can already display 3D (with glasses required), though they're not yet touting the feature. And Blu-ray discs are capable of 3D.

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Dead Man's Bounty release details Video Business

Hoping to collect a reward, the mysterious outsider loses the dead man - and potential bounty money - in a gambling game with the town's drunken sheriff. Val Kilmer appears in perhaps the most unusual of all possible roles as the dead man himself.

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Sam Raimi scares up new horror label

APRIL 11 | Spider-Man filmmaker Sam Raimi is swinging into the direct-to-DVD market with new label Ghost House Underground.

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Agatha Christie's Endless Night release details Video Business

Agatha Christie's Endless Night Release Date: 04/08/2008 Label/Distributor: Starz / Anchor Bay Rating: Unrated Retail Price: $12.

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Blockbuster will triple stores with Blu-ray

APRIL 10 | Blockbuster will almost triple the number of stores that carry Blu-ray discs and will add Blu-ray display kiosks to almost all of its U.S. company-owned stores in an effort to boost revenue from high-definition disc rentals.

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Meerkat Manor, Season 2 release details Video Business

Meerkat Manor, Season 2 Release Date: 04/08/2008 Label/Distributor: Genius Products (TVN) Rating: NR (Not Rated) Retail Price: $24.

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