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BAFTA Cancels 2008 Video Game Awards

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 17, 2008 - 11:48am.

London - The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has cancelled its annual video game industry awards for this year, citing a scheduling error that put the event too close to the holidays to draw enough quality submissions from developers, MCV UK reported.

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"Sims" Creator Will Wright Awarded BAFTA Fellowship

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 15, 2007 - 1:14pm.

London - The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced that Will Wright, creator of "SimCity" and "The Sims," will be the first game industry recipient of a BAFTA Fellowship, the academy's highest honor. Wright will be honored at The British Academy Video Games Awards, to be held on Oct. 23.
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Screener DVD Regional Coding Snafu Hurts BAFTA Chances for "Munich"

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 12, 2006 - 3:45am.
London - A regional coding conflict on DVD screener copies of Steven Spielberg's film "Munich" sent to voters for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts means that the film -- not yet released in Britain -- will likely not garner many BAFTA Awards nominations, which close today, the Associated Press reported. The DVDs sent to BAFTA voters bore the regional code of the United States, meaning they would not play in U.K. DVD players. Regional coding of DVDs is intended to stymie foreign DVD imports and maintain the studios' home video release windows. Premier PR, the firm representing U.K. distributor United International Pictures, claimed fault for the mistake. Premier's Sara Keene acknowledged to the Associated Press that the error could very well reduce the film's chances for awards nominations.
tags: BAFTA | Snafu | Munich | DVD Regional Coding |

Redbus to Use Cinea Anti-Piracy on BAFTA DVD Screeners

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 15, 2005 - 5:24am.
Reston, Va. - Cinea, a unit of Dolby Laboratories that develops film anti-piracy technology, announced on Tuesday that European film distributor Redbus, a division of Lions Gate Entertainment, will use its technology on the DVD movie "screeners" it sends to voting members of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Cinea distributed special DVD players to BAFTA members, which are the only devices that can play the encrypted DVD screener copies of Redbus' "Good Night, and Good Luck" and "A Cock and Bull Story."
tags: DVD | Anti-Piracy | Cinea | Redbus | BAFTA | Screeners |