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Debbie Does
Blu-ray & HD-DVD
Vivid Entertainment announces
its first adult title on high-def DVD.
By Phillip Swann
Washington, D.C.
(January 12, 2007)
-- Vivid
Entertainment will release its first adult film on Blu-ray
and HD-DVD in late March or early April,
TVPredictions.com has learned.
The first release will be
Debbie Does Dallas... Again,
a
remake of the
classic
Debbie Does Dallas.
The film stars Stefani
Morgan as Debbie and is directed by Paul Thomas.
Vivid, which generates
$100 million in sales annually,
told TVPredictions.com
last November that it would release its debut HDTV DVD
on Blu-ray first and HD-DVD later.
"As of now, it
(the first release) will just be Blu-ray," said Vivid
CEO Steve Hirsch. "But that's not to say we won't
release it in HD-DVD later. Blu-ray seems to have the
momentum. But we're not in the business of picking
winners. We will produce content for all formats."

Stefani Morgan stars as Debbie in the upcoming HDTV DVD.
But a Vivid spokeswoman today said Debbie Does
Dallas...Again will be released in both formats on
the same day.
Asked if that reflected a change in position, the
spokeswoman said: "I don't know about that. We've been
talking only about releasing in both formats starting
with Debbie."
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The adult industry's
stance on the format war between Blu-ray and HD-DVD is being
closely watched as a possible barometer.
Digital Playground, another adult film studio, this week
reversed course and said it would release its films on HD-DVD
after earlier endorsing Blu-ray. And a few other adult film
makers said they were leaning to HD-DVD.
Click
TVPredictions.com
to see today's Swanni Sez.
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____________________________________________
Phillip
Swann is president and publisher of TVPredictions.com. He has been
quoted in dozens of publications and broadcast outlets, including
CNN, Fox News, Inside Edition, The New York Times, The Washington
Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Financial Times, The Associated Press
and The Hollywood Reporter. He can be reached at
swann@tvpredictions.com or at
703-505-3064.
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TVPredictions.com to read more news and features on TV
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