November 12th, 2012 Hollywood, CA – Sycamore Entertainment Group, Inc. (SEGI), a leadinginnovator in hybrid film distribution, is pleased to announce it has launched itshome entertainment division: SYCAMORE ENTERTAINMENT HOME VIDEO. The newly-formed division will launchwith the release of the DVD and Blu-ray of the award-winning drama “The Eye of the Storm,” directed by FredSchepisi, on January29th, 2013. “In this new era of distribution, we are thrilled to bring “The Eye of the Storm” to DVD and Blu-ray through our new homeentertainment division,” says Ed Sylvan, CEO of Sycamore. He goes on to say “DVDand Blu-ray sales account for a significant portion of revenues in a film’slife cycle. We created this division to maximize the revenue from this marketwhile the industry transitions to more digital platforms.”SYCAMORE ENTERTAINMENT HOME VIDEO has hired BrianW. Brown as director of Sales. Brown, a 25-year veteran of the homeentertainment industry, has overseen home entertainment divisions at New YorkerFilms and, most recently, Music Box Films, where he spearheaded the campaignsand sales for such high-profile titles as “The Girl With theDragon Tattoo” trilogy and Guillaume Canet’s “Tell No One.” Brown has begun promotionand a specialized marketing campaign for the film. “Sycamore’svision of the film distribution market place allows me to utilise my tenuredexperience to its fullest” says Brown. He goes on to say, “This is a fantasticfirst release into the home video industry; we are receiving a veryenthusiastic response from home video wholesalers and retailers nationwide.”The film placed inthe top 50 independent movie downloads on ITunes and is garnering attention inthe industry with its campaign for awards this season. TheHollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg’s blog ‘THE RACE’ has recently added GeoffreyRush as “Possible” in the category of best actor. Sylvan continues, “The timing ofthe launch of our new division and DVD release could not have been better. As aresult, we are now able to leverage our awards campaigninto greater publicity for the DVDrelease.”Currently negotiating several titles including “Free Angela Davis and All PoliticalPrisoners,” Sycamore intends to release six to eight films a year theatricallyand 12 to 15 films a year through its new home entertainment banner.Investors can also follow Sycamore onLinkedIn: SycamoreEntertainment Group and Twitter: SycamorefilmsContact: info@sycamoreentertainment.com AboutSycamore Entertainment Group.(SEGI):Sycamore Entertainment is a diversifiedentertainment company that specializes in the acquisition, marketing andworldwide distribution of quality finished feature-length motion pictures.Sycamore’s management team utilizes its long-standing relationships to providemarket-specific publicity, promotion, media buying, theatrical placement and printand advertising financing for theatrical domestic release. Visit: www.sycamoreentertainment.com / Forward-Looking Safe Harbor Statement
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