[gui-talk] Fwd: Deep Discounts Offered for One Week on Remaining Inventory

[Steve Pattison]

From: djc djc at livingontheedgeradio.com
To: pc-audio at pc-audio.org

I offer this for your Education:

Deep Discounts Offered for One Week on Remaining Inventory

Boston, MA. May 6.  DVS Home Video, a project
begun by Boston public broadcaster WGBH in the
early 90's to make movies on video accessible to
the nation's blind and visually impaired viewers,
will end as of May 12.  The Hollywood studios
have ceased manufacturing VHS or tape versions of
films for sale and rental. WGBH's work to make
media accessible via description goes on, with
efforts focused on television, feature films in
theaters, DVDs and online video.

The DVS Home Video effort, started over a decade
ago with funding from the U.S. Department of
Education, resulted in more than 300 videos made
accessible through narration of key visual
elements inserted into natural pauses in
dialogue.  From the very first DVS Video's debut,
the reaction of the community was immediate and
actually profound.  Films came alive in a whole
new way, and the eagerness for new titles only
grew.  Many of the videos sold over the years
were purchased by libraries and schools, which
multiplied the number of individuals and families
who took such enjoyment in described movies.

Films are now being distributed for sale and
rental on DVD, BluRay DVD and through video on
demand (either rental or download to own)
services via the Internet.  WGBH's Media Access
Group, home to the Descriptive Video Service, has
been working to transition the home video efforts
to DVD and to these online movie delivery
outlets.  Lack of available memory space on DVDs
has been stated as the reason why more
description tracks, created for theatrical
release in the over 300 movie theaters with
WGBH's Motion Picture Access® (MoPix®) systems,
are not making the migration onto DVDs. WGBH
maintains a list of DVDs that have description
tracks on them at the Web page listed with other
description-related links at the bottom of this post.

Advocacy is needed from the community of
description fans to make this transition
happen.  Please see the link below for a list of
Hollywood studios' home video/home entertainment
divisions.  Help show the providers of video on
these formats that there is a market and that you
would be willing to purchase movies with a
description track included as an optional feature.

For the next week (until May 12), DVS Home Video
titles remaining in stock will be sold at a deep
discount. Videos that previously were available
for $15.01 and above will be sold for
$10.  Videos retailing for $15 and below will be now be available for 
$5.

To access a list of available titles, please visit the Web site

http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/mag/resources/dvs-home-video-catalogue.html.


To hear a list of titles, and/or to place an
order, please call:  317 579-0439 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week)

All of us at the Media Access Group appreciate
the unyielding support our efforts have generated
over the years, and we are looking forward to the
next chapter.  Here is a list of links to
information about ongoing description work from WGBH:

DVS on Television
http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/mag/services/description/ontv/

DVS in Movie Theaters
www.mopix.org

DVS on DVD
http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/mag/resources/accessible-dvds.html

Link to Contact List for Hollywood Studios
http://ncam.wgbh.org/mopix/studios.html
(please include "Home Entertainment Division" in the address)

Contact:
Mary Watkins
Media Access Group at WGBH
617 300-3700
mary_watkins at wgbh.org



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