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Carl Samrock, a former VP National Publicity for Warner Bros Pictures and home video executive who also was a photojournalist for The New York Times, died October 1 of pancreatic cancer. He was 81. His wife of 44 years, Carol Andelman Samrock, confirmed the news. Samrock joined Warners in 1982…

Bingo, Fleegle, Drooper and Snorky, the zany collective better known as The Banana Splits, are coming back with a vengeance — and with a body count? As revivals go, this one may be as audacious as it is unexpected: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Syfy are bringing back the Banana Splits, the trippy-dippy…

After 13 years with Warner Home Video, Jeff Baker, EVP and General Manager who oversaw restored releases of films like Gone With The Wind and The Wizard of Oz, will be retiring at the end of the month. Jim Wuthrich, the studio’s President of the Americas, made the announcement in a company-wide memo. Baker’s tenure…

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros Home Entertainment has laid off several employees working in the DVD division of the business, Deadline has learned. We’re told that the cuts involved backroom functions related to the DVD supply chain; the disc business has been steadily in decline in the industry thanks to digital delivery…

The Wizard Of Oz is getting a major brand revitalization this fall. The Technicolor classic will return to screens on September 20 for an exclusive one-week IMAX 3D engagement commemorating its 75th anniversary, with dozens of promotional partnerships bringing the Oz brand to apparel, jewelry, collectibles…

Burbank, Calif. (March 8, 2012) – Rosemary Markson has been appointed to Senior Vice President, TV and Special Interest Marketing, Warner Home Video, it was announced today by Jeff Brown, Executive Vice President and General Manager, TV, Family & Animation, Warner Home Video. In her newly expanded role, Markson will…

The bottom seems to have fallen out of the DVD market according to a startling report out this week from SNL Kagan. The research firm says that studio shipments of DVDs fell 43.8% to 226 million discs last year. Wholesale revenues fell about the same amount, 43.9%, to $4.47 billion. The study compared 415 titles…

Los Angeles, CA, July 21, 2010 – The British Academy of Film and Television Arts/Los Angeles (BAFTA/LA) has teamed up with Warner Bros Pictures and Warner Home Video, The County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation (Parks After Dark) and The City of Los Angeles, Office of The Mayor, Antonio R…