LOS ANGELES -- Video Business (VB), A Variety Group Publication, published by Reed Business Information, is launching a new Mini Site, VB Live (http://www.videobusiness.com/VBLive), for continuous coverage during major home entertainment industry events. VB Live will launch with reporting from the show floor of the 25th Annual VSDA trade show in Las Vegas on July 10-13, 2006.
Key highlights of VB's new Mini Site are news and photos from the show, product listings and editorial blogs including the following:
--On the Scene: Reports from the latest parties, seminars and trade show floor
--Retail Reaction: Our roving retailer gives his impression of the convention
"This year, thanks to our tremendous growth in readership online, more people received their industry news and product information from VB than ever before," said Kevin L.J. Davis, group publisher of RBI's Home Entertainment Group. "VB Live is just another in a series of new online products that we're creating to meet this growing demand and serve the tens of thousands of readers who cannot attend the events we cover in person."
VB Live features will be hosted for approximately two months after the show. In conjunction, VB will deploy special Show Daily E-newsletters with major stories from the trade show. Other VB Live events may include 2007 International CES and The Intersection 2007.
About VideoBusiness.com
Re-launched in July of 2005, the VB Web site (www.VideoBusiness.com) draws more than 90,000 unique visitors according to the January 2006 Audit Report prepared by eLogic Corp.
About Video Business
For 25 years, Video Business has been a leading source of news and data about the production, marketing, distribution and sales of home entertainment in packaged and digital forms. Video Business ranks 27th in the BtoB Magazine Annual Top 100 Trade Publications Special Report by 2005 revenue as compiled by IMS-The Auditor, Toronto. RBI is a member of the Reed Elsevier Group plc (NYSE: RUK and ENL), a world leading publisher and information provider operating in the science and medical, legal, education and business-to-business industry sectors.