Group (UMG), the world's largest music company, today announced its commitment
to make music available on DVD-Audio (DVD-A). Beginning with twenty U.S.
releases slated for the second half of 2003, UMG plans an ongoing program to
make a combination of best-selling artists and core catalog titles available on
DVD-Audio in major markets worldwide.
Most recordings will be re-mixed and remastered from the original multi-
track masters to take advantage of the superior Advanced Resolution surround and
stereo sound quality now possible with DVD-Audio. Many of UMG's DVD-Audio discs
will take advantage of the format's ability to include bonus enhanced content
including photos, biographies, lyrics, discographies and videos. UMG DVD-Audio
discs will also play on existing DVD-Video players using Dolby Digital(TM)
surround sound.
"Universal has always played a leading role in the development and
implementation of new technologies and formats," said Larry Kenswil, President,
eLabs, Universal Music Group. "Over the past five years DVD has established
itself as one of the fastest growing formats. The huge penetration of DVD makes
DVD-Audio a natural progression for music lovers who are already owners of DVD
players, taking them from the familiar world of stereo to the 21st Century world
of multi-channel surround sound."
About Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is the world's leading music company with wholly- owned
record operations or licensees in 63 countries. Its businesses also include
Universal Music Publishing Group, one of the industry's largest global music
publishing operations.
Universal Music Group consists of record labels Decca Record Company,
Deutsche Grammophon, Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Island Def Jam Music
Group, Lost Highway Records, MCA Nashville, MCA Records, Mercury Records, Motown
Records, Philips, Polydor, Universal Music Latino, Universal Records, and Verve
Music Group as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its
record company subsidiaries around the world. The Universal Music Group owns the
most extensive catalog of music in the industry, which is marketed through two
distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Strategic
Marketing & Commercial Affairs (outside the U.S.). Universal Music Group
also includes eLabs, a new media and technologies division.
Universal Music Group is a unit of Vivendi Universal, a global media and
communications company.
For further information, please contact: Kelly Mullens, +1-212-331-2569, or
Bob Bernstein, +1-310-865-0589, both of Universal Music Group.
Source: Yahoo.com
