{"id":2295832,"date":"2026-02-23T17:58:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2295832"},"modified":"2026-02-23T17:58:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:58:43","slug":"voting-is-open-for-the-2026-home-entertainment-media-play-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/voting-is-open-for-the-2026-home-entertainment-media-play-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Voting Is Open for the 2026 Home Entertainment Media Play Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<p>\t<!-- .page-header --><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-332561\" class=\"post-332561 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-awards category-digital category-marketing category-mpn-promotions category-news category-physical-media category-streaming category-studios category-top-news-story category-transactional-vod tag-home-entertainment-media-play-awards\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<p class=\"author-name\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/author\/mpnstaff\/\" title=\"Posts by Media Play News\" class=\"author url fn\" rel=\"author\">Media Play News<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-date\">February 23, 2026<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- --><\/p>\n<p>Fan voting has begun for the 2026 Home Entertainment Media Play Awards. This is the 16th year of the annual home entertainment industry honors, and the ninth year they have been presented by <em>Media Play News<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Through March 31, film and TV fans and home entertainment enthusiasts can visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/awards\/ballot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MediaPlayNews.com\/awards\/ballot<\/a> to select their favorite home entertainment releases of 2025 as nominated by studios, distributors and home entertainment industry professionals.<\/p>\n<p>The awards cover a wide array of home entertainment options, including streaming, from SVOD to AVOD and FAST channels; DVD, Blu-ray Disc and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray; premium video-on-demand (PVOD) and digital sellthrough.<\/p>\n<p>The results of the consumer vote will be combined with ballots submitted by a panel of expert judges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBest of show\u201d winners are then selected from among all eligible submissions for Packaged-Media Title of the Year, TV Disc Release of the Year and Best Blu-ray Disc. A \u201cFan-Favorite\u201d trophy also will be awarded for the single title receiving the most consumer votes. Judges may also present awards based on special merit.<\/p>\n<p>Winners will be announced in the April issue of <em>Media Play News<\/em>, scheduled for release April 20.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/home-media-award-winners-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Last year\u2019s Home Entertainment Media Play Awards<\/a> saw the Warner Archive Collection\u2019s remastered 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray of John Wayne\u2019s <em>The Searchers<\/em>\u00a0earn the top prize, voted Title of the Year among its five trophies, including Blu-ray Disc of the Year, Best Restoration, Best Audio\/Visual Quality, and Best Release of a Western.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/dgLnU5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe HERE to the FREE <em>Media Play News<\/em> Daily Newsletter!<\/a><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"gf_browser_chrome gform_wrapper gform_legacy_markup_wrapper gform-theme--no-framework\" data-form-theme=\"legacy\" data-form-index=\"0\" id=\"gform_wrapper_70\">\n<div class=\"gform_heading\">\n<h3 class=\"gform_title\">Home Entertainment Media Play Awards Ballot 2026<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rp4wp-related-posts\">\n<h3>Related Posts<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"rp4wp-related-post-content\">\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/redefining-home-entertainment\/\">Redefining Home Entertainment &#8211; Welcome to Media Play News!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Media Play News, dedicated to informing, educating, and entertaining everyone involved in the business of bringing entertainment home. We have launched a new responsive website filled with the latest news, research and analysis, reviews, and blogs essential for\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"rp4wp-related-post-content\">\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/base-revamps-home-entertainment-awards\/\">BASE Revamps Home Entertainment Awards<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The British Association\u00a0for\u00a0Screen Entertainment (BASE), the U.K. home entertainment trade group, Jan. 11 announced it is rejiggering its annual awards show to better reflect changing consumer and category trends. Scheduled for June 7 in London, the 2018 BASE Awards will\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-footer --><br \/>\n<\/article>\n<p><!-- #post-## --><\/p>\n<p><!-- .comments-area --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.mediaplaynews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media Play News February 23, 2026 Fan voting has begun for the 2026 Home Entertainment Media Play Awards. This is the 16th year of the annual home entertainment industry honors, and the ninth year they have been presented by Media Play News. Through March 31, film and TV fans and home entertainment enthusiasts can visit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2222831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[444933],"class_list":["post-2295832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-home-entertainment-media-play-awards"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nomination-Period-Is-Open-for-2026-Home-Entertainment-Media-Play.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2295832"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2295833,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295832\/revisions\/2295833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2222831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2295832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2295832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2295832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}