[5.5] Who can produce a DVD for me?

There are various steps to producing a DVD, but they can be split into two major parts: 1) authoring (creating the content and formatting a disc image), and 2) replication (cutting a master disc and stamping out hundreds or millions of copies). See 5 for more details.

[A] = authoring (including encoding, DVD-R duplication, and premastering).
[R] = replication (mastering, check discs, and mass production). Note that almost all replicators also have in-house authoring facilities or partnerships with authoring houses.
[D] = duplication (short-run copying onto recordable discs)

Other lists are available at DVDMadeEasy . Also see 5.8 for companies specializing in video/slides-to-DVD transfers.

• [A] 12CM Multimedia (Mountain View, CA, 650-564-9000; Santa Clara, CA 408-350-9000).
• [A] 24-7DVD (Mogger Hanger, UK), +44 (0) 7764 187388.
• [A] Abbey Road Interactive (London, UK), +44 171 266 7000.
• [A] Accelerated Post (Chicago, IL, 312-595-9100; Minneapolis, IN, 612-377-3100).
• [A] Acutrack (Pleasanton, CA), 888-234-3472.
• [A] Advanced Media Post (Burbank, CA), 818-973-1668.
• [A] Advanced Visual Communications (AVCOM Video) (Tampa, FL), 813-875-0888.
• [A] Alchemey Digital Video (Portland, OR), 503.735.1222.
• [A] All Post (CA), 818-556-5756.
• [R] Americ Disc [also see MPO], Salida, CA, 888-545-7350; Miami, FL, 800-364-0759; Drummonville, Quebec, Canada, 800 263-0419.
• [A] Ascent Media (Santa Monica, CA, 818-840-7235; Northvale, NJ, 201-784-2129; London, UK, +44 (0) 20 7208 1567). (Merger of companies including 4MC, Post Box, Stream, TVP, ToddAO, and POP)
• [A] asv multimedia (Mengen, Germany), +49 (0) 7572-78361.
• [A] Atelier Digital (Birmingham, AL), 205-263-7678.
• [A] AVCA (Austin, TX), 512 472-4995.
• [A] AVM Dialog AB (Goteborg, Sweden).
• [A] B1 Media (Sherman Oaks, CA), 818-905-9902.
• [A] BCD Associates (Oklahoma City, OK), 405-843-4574.
• [A] Blackcat Interactive (Cheltenham, UK), +44 1926-614675.
• [A] Blink Digital (New York, NY), 212-661-6900.
• [A] Blue City Digital (North Kansas City, MO), 816-300-0441.
• [A] California DVD (San Francisco, CA), 1-800-864-1957.
• [A] Cambridge Multimedia (Cambridge, UK), +44 (0) 1954 262030.
• [R] Canada Disc & Tape (Calgary, Canada), 403-277-9292.
• [A] CAT Technologies (London, UK), +44 (0)20 8332 6548.
• [A] CBO Interactive (Los Angeles, CA), 323-468-9580.
• [A] CDA (Albrechts, Germany), +49 (0) 36 81 / 3 87 - 1 53.
• [R] CD Digital Card (Rancho Cucamonga, CA), 800-268-1256 [specialize in shaped discs].
• [R] CDman (Vancouver, BC, Canada), 800-557-3347.
• [R] CD Press (Bergdietikon, Switzerland), +41 (0)1 745 90 60.
• [R] CD-ROM-Works (Portland, OR), 503-219-9331.
• [A] Chicago Recording Company (Chicago, IL), 312-822-9333.
• [R] Cine Magnetics (Armonk, NY, 914-273-7500; Studio City, CA, 818-623-2560), 800-431-1102.
• [A] Cinram/POP DVD Center (Santa Monica, CA).
• [R] Cinram (Huntsville, AL, 256-859-9042; Anaheim, CA, 714-630-6700; Richmond, IN, 800-865-2200; Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, 416-298-8190), 800-433-DISC.
• [A] CKS|Pictures (CA & NY), 408-342-5009.
• [A] ComChoice (Gardena, CA), 877-633-4241.
• [A] Complete Post (Hollywood, CA), 323-860-7622.
• [R] Concord Disc Manufacturing (Anaheim, CA) [Acquired 12/03 by Crest National]
• [A] COTOC (Stockholm, Sweden), +46 8 54568780.
• [A] Crafted Timbre (Cortland, NY) 607-756-4780.
• [A] CREATIVVIDEO & DIALOGOS (Moedling, Austria), +43(0)2236-48311.
• [R] Crest National (Hollywood, CA), 323-860-1300.
• [A] CRUSH Digital Video (NY), 212-989-6500.
• [A] CruSh Interactive , (Houston, TX), 713-972-1133.
• [A] Cubist Post & Effects (Philadelphia, PA), 215-627-1292.
• [A] CustomFlix (San Luis Obispo, CA), (978) 626-1110.
• [A] Cut & Copy (Vienna, Austria), +43 1 523 98 24.
• [A] CVC (Los Angeles, CA), 818-972-0200. (Time Warner California Video Center)
• [A] D2 Productions (CA), 818-576-8113.
• [R] Davenport (Van Nuys, CA).
• [A] DAVID (Aprilia, Italy), 39-6-92704597.
• [R] Deluxe Video Services (Carson City, CA), 310-518-0710. (Formerly Pioneer Video Manufacturing)
• [R] Denon Digital [now MD Digital]
• [A] Designlab Systems , (London, UK), +44 (0) 207 437 5621.
• [A] Digidisc (Atlanta, GA), 770-925-1839.
• [A] Digisonics DVD (Northridge, CA), 818-882-3444.
• [A] Digital Farm (Seattle, WA), 206-634-2677.
• [A] Digital Group (London, UK)
• [A] digital images (Halle, Germany), +49 (0)345/2175-101.
• [A] Digital Media Group (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), +31-20-422-6317.
• [A] Digital Outpost (CA), 800-464-6434.
• [A] Digital Safari (UK), +44 (0)7092 144 480.
• [A] Digital Video Compression Corporation (CA), 818-777-5185.
• [A] Digital Video Dynamix (Seaford, NY), 516-826-6414.
• [A] Digital Video Mastering (Sydney, Australia).
• [R] Digital Video Technology 3000 (DVT) (El Segundo, CA).
• [A] Digitonium (Los Angeles, CA), 818-889-2215.
• [A] Digiverse (London, UK), +44 (0) 20 7287 3141.
• [R] DISC (Orem, UT).
• [R] Disc Makers (Pennsauken, NJ; Fremont, CA), 800-468-9353.
• [R] Disc Manufacturing Inc. (now part of Cinram).
• [R] DiscBurn.Com (St. Paul, MN), 612-782-8200.
• [R] Disctronics (Southwater, UK; Plano, TX; Saint Mande, France; Italy).
• [A] DGP (London, UK), +44 0 207 734 4501.
• [R] DOCdata (Tilburg, The Netherlands, +31 13 544 6444; Berlin, Germany, +49 30 467 0840; Sanford, ME, USA, 207-324-1124; Canoga Park, CA, USA 818-341-1124).
• [A] DownStream Digital (Portland, OR), 503-226-1944.
• [A] DVD Austin (Round Rock, TX), 800-831-3774.
• [A] DVD Labs (Princeton, NJ), 888-DVD-LABS.
• [A] DVD Master (Fountain Valley, CA), 714-962-4098.
• [A] DVD Masters (Calgary, Canada), 403-230-1505.
• [A] DVD Power (Auckland, New Zealand), +64 (9) 415 5639.
• [A] DVD Power (Singapore), +65 7796155.
• [A] DVD Recording Center (Acton, MA), 800-321-8141.
• [A] DVD Technologies (Sydney, Australia), 1-300-FOR-DVD.
• [A] DVD Transfer.com (Minneapolis, MN), 612-676-1165.
• [A] DVD Scandinavia (Copenhagen, Denmark), +45 3581-7585.
• [A] DVDworx (Philadelphia, PA), 215-238-9679.
• [A] DVData (Carson, CA) 310-513-0757.
• [R] DV Line (Seoul, Korea), 82-2-3462-0331.
• [A] DVM - Digital Video Mastering (Sydney, Australia), +61 2 9571 6767.
• [A] EagleVision (Stamford, CT), 800-EAGLE73.
• [R] Ecofina (Milan, Italy), +39 024816121.
• [A] EDS Digital Studios (CA), 213-850-1165.
• [A] Electric Switch (London), +44-0-131-555-6055.
• [A] E-M-S (Dortmund, Germany), 0231 442411-0.
• [A] Ent/Gates Productions (Buffalo, NY), 716-692-0064.
• [A] escape lab (Brussels, Belgium) +32 2 644 99 62.
• [R] Euro Digital Disc (Görlitz, Germany), +49 (0) 35 81 - 85 32 0.
• [A] FatDisc (Seattle, WA), 206-547-3055.
• [A] Film- und Videotechnik B. Gurtler (Munchen, Germany).
• [A] Firefly (Ireland).
• [A] Fitz.com (Santa Monica, CA) 310-315-9160.
• [A] Flare DVD (London, UK), +44 (0) 20 7343 6565
• [A] Forest Post Productions (Farmington Hills, MI), 248-855-4333.
• [A] Full Circle Studios (Buffalo, NY), 716-875-7740.
• [A] FULLSTREAM DVD (Dallas, TX), 214-969-1820.
• [R] Future Media Productions (Valencia, CA), 661-294-5575.
• [A] Future Disc Systems (West Hollywood, CA), 323-876-8733.
• [A] G9 Interactive (Monrovia, CA), 626-358-0859.
• [A] Gateway Mastering Studios (Portland, ME), 207-828-9400.
• [R] Gema OD (Madrid, Spain), +34 91 643 42 55,
• [A] Gnome Digital Media (Burbank, CA), 818-563-6539.
• [R] GoldenROM (Canonsburg, PA), 888-757-3472.
• [A] GTN (Oak Park, MI), 248-548-2500.
• [A] GVI (Washington, DC), 202-293-4488.
• [A] HAVE (Hudson, NY), 518-828-2000.
• [A] hdmg (Minneapolis, MN), 952-943-1711.
• [A] HD Studios [DVD-Audio only] (CEDEX, Suresnes, France).
• [A] Hecker & Schneider GmbH (Dortmund, Germany).
• [A] HNC Video/DVD Production (Chicago, IL), 847-338-6560.
• [A] Hoboken Entertainment (Los Angeles, CA), 310-470-9440.
• [A] Hoek & Sonépouse (Diemen, The Netherlands), +31 020 - 69 09 141.
• [R] Home Run Software Services (Huntington Beach, CA), 714-375-5454.
• [A] Ibis Multimedia (Suffolk, UK), +44 01473 288865.
• [A] IBM InteractiveMedia (GA), 770-835-7193.
• [A] IBT Media (Merriam, KS), 913-677-6655.
• [R] Imation (formerly 3M) (WI), 612-704-4898.
• [A] Immediate Impact (UK), +44 01322 553 505.
• [A] Instinct Video & Film Productions (Orlando, FL), 407-647-9555.
• [A] International Digital Centre (IDC) (New York, NY), 212-581-3940.
• [R] IPC Communication Services (Foothill Ranch, CA), 949-588-7765.
• [A] JamSync (Nashville, TN), 615-320-5050.
• [A] Javanni Digital Video (Atlanta, GA), 704-795-7712.
• [R] JVC Disc America (Sacramento, CA), 310-274-2221.
• [R] KAO Infosystems (Fremont, CA), 800-525-6575.
• [R] Kao (Ontario, Canada), 800-871-MPEG.
• [A] kdg mediatech (Elbigenalp, Austria, +43 (0) 5634-500; Parc d'Activités, France, +33 (0) 3 29 58 40 70).
• [A] k-kontor[Hamburg] kommunikations (Hamburg, Germany), +49-40-850-9021.
• [A] The Lawrence Company (Santa Monica, CA), 310-452-9657.
• [R] LaserPacific (CA), 213-462-6266.
• [R] Lena Optical Disc (Hong Kong), 852-2556-8198
• [A] Look and Feel New Media (Kansas City, MO), 816-472-7878.
• [A] The Machine Room (London, UK), +44 171 734 3433.
• [A] Mares Multimedia (Nashville, TN), 615-356-3905.
• [A] Marin Digital (Sausalito, CA), 415-331-4423.
• [A] Main Point Interactive (Oley, PA), 610-987-9320.
• [R] Marcorp (Pittsburgh, PA), 800-284-6277.
• [A] Mastering Studio München (Munich, Germany), +49-89-286692-0.
• [R] MD Digital Manufacturing (Madison, GA), 706-342-3425.
• [R] Maxell Multimedia (now MD Digital).
• [R] Maxwell Productions (Scottsdale, AZ).
• [R] Media Group (Fremont, CA), 815-356-9484.
• [A] Media Tech (Denver, CO), 303-741-6878.
• [R] Megalodon (Ashland, OR), 888-234-2283.
• [R] Memory-Tech Corporation (Tokyo, Japan).
• [A] MEP Medienhaus (Frankfurt, Germany), +49 (0)69 78960202.
• [R] Mercury Entertainment (Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia).
• [R] Metatec (Dublin, OH, 614-761-2000; Milpitas, CA, 408-519-5000; Breda , Netherlands, +31 76 5333 100)
• [A] Metcom Video (London, UK), +44 (0)207 836 2772.
• [A] Metropolis Group (London, UK), +44-20-8742-1111.
• [A] Microsoft Studios Digital Video Services (Redmond, WA).
• [A] Mills/James Productions (Columbus, OH), 614-777-9933.
• [A] Mirage Video Productions (Boulder, CO), 303-786-7800.
• [A] MPEG Production (Stockholm, Sweden), +46-8-324030.
• [A] MPL Media (Nashville, TN), 800-844-1675.
• [R] MPO (Europe, North America, and Asia), +33 01 41 10 51 51.
• [R] MRT Technology [Ritek partner] (City of Industry, CA), 626-839-5555.
• [R] Multimedia Info-Tech [Ritek partner] (Belfast, Ireland), +44 (0) 2890 300883.
• [R] Multi Media Replication (Andover, UK) +44 (0)1264 336 330. 
• [R] Nimbus CD International (see Technicolor).
• [A] NOB Interactive (Netherlands), +31 (0)35-677-5413.
• [A] NordArt Video & Multimedia (Sundbyberg, Sweden), +46 8764 66 90.
• [R] Nordisc (Rjukan, Norway), +47 35 08 01 00.
• [A] Oasis Post (Kent Town, South Australia), +61 8 8362 2888.
• [A] Oasis Television (London, UK), +44 (0) 20 7534 1808.
• [R] OEM (Charlotte, NC), 704-504-1877.
• [R] Optical Disc Corporation , 562-946-3050. (LaserWave DirectCut DVD recorder for creating single copies.)
• [R] Optical Disc Media (CA).
• [R] Optimes (L'aquila, Italy), +39-0862-3311.
• [A] Option Facilities (Mechelen, Belgium), +32/15/28 73 00.
• [A] The Other Side [nee TwoPlusOne] (London, UK), +44 (0) 207 494 8290.
• [A] OUTPOST (Charlotte, NC), 704-344-3577.
• [A] Pacific Coast Sound Works (CA), 213-655-4771.
• [R] Pacific Mirror Image (Melbourne, Australia).
• [A] Pacific Ocean Post (CA), 310-458-9192. (Now part of Liberty Livewire)
• [A] Pacific Video Resources (CA), 415-864-5679.
• [R] Panasonic Disc Services Corp (Torrance, CA; Pinckneyville, IL; Guadalajara, Mexico; Youghal, Ireland), 310-783-4800.
• [A] Paris Media System (Paris, France).
• [A] Paul Stubblebine Mastering and DVD (San Francisco, CA), 415-469-0123
• [A] The Pavement (London, UK), +44 (0) 207 426 5190.
• [A] Performance Digital Labs (San Diego, CA), 800-253-3085.
• [A] Phaebus (Manchester, UK), +44 (0) 161 950 8105.
• [A] PIMC (Professional Interactive Media Centre) (Diepenbeek, Belgium), +32 11 303690.
• [A] Pioneer France (Nanterre, France), 33 1 47 60 79 30.
• [R] Pioneer Video (Kofu, Japan).
• [A] Pixel Farm Interactive (Minneapolis, MN), 612-339-7644.
• [A] Positive Charge Ltd. (Warszawa, Poland), +48 22 632 97 32.
• [R] Pozzoli (Milan Italy) +39 02 954341.
• [A] PRC Digital Media (Jacksonville, FL), 904-354-5353.
• [A] Prime Disc [Ritek partner] (Wiesbaden, Germany), +49-611-9628644.
• [A] Provac Disc Media (Toronto, Ontario), 800-876-9013.
• [R] Racman Avdio Video Studio (Ljubljana, Slovenia), +386 1 5819 201.
• [A] Rage DVD & Multimedia (Dallas , TX), 214-358-2588.
• [A] Riccelli Creative (Fort Worth, TX), 817-332-7777.
• [A] The Richard Diercks Company (Minneapolis, MN), 612-334-5900.
• [R] Ritek (HsinChu, Taiwan, ROC, +886-3-598 5696; Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, +886-2-8521-5555). [Also see MRT U.S.), Multimedia Info-Tech (Ireland), Prime Disc (Germany), and Ritek Australia.]
• [R] Ritek Australia (Alexandria, Australia), +61-2-9669-3311).
• [A] Rivetal (Provo, UT), 801.818.2222.
• [A] RTF-FX and Video Services (Nashua, NH), 866-843-3611.
• [A] Saga Productions (New York, NY), 646-825-9063.
• [R] Saturn Solutions (Markham, Ontario, 905-470-0844; St. Laurent, Quebec, 514-856-5656; Provo, Utah, 801-370-9090; Dublin, Ireland, +353-1-403-8599).
• [A] ScreamDVD (New York, NY), 212-951-7171.
• [R] SDC Group (Brabrand, Denmark), + 45 87 45 45 45.
• [A] Sharpline Arts (Glendale, CA), 818-500-3958.
• [R] SKC (Chonan, South Korea).
• [R] SNA (Tourouvre, France), +33 (0) 2 33 85 15 15.
• [R] Sonopress (Gütersloh, Germany, +49-5241-80 5200; Weaverville, NC, USA, 828-658-2000; Dublin, Ireland, +353 1 840 9000; Madrid, Spain, +34-91-6 71 22 00; Forbach, France, +33-1-53 43 82 32).
• [R] Sony DADC (Niederalm, Austria), +43 624 688 0555.
• [R] Sony Disc Manufacturing (Terre Haute, Indiana), 800-358-7316.
• [A] Sound Chamber Mastering (North Hollywood, CA), 818-752-7581.
• [A] SOUNDnVISION (Milano, Italy), +39 02 55 18 02 45.
• [R] Spool Multi Media (Deeside, UK), +44 (0) 1244 280602.
• [A] Squash DVD (London, UK) +44 (0) 20 7292 0222.
• [A] Star Video Duplicating (Phoenix, AZ), 602-437-0646.
• [A] Stay Tuned (Brussels, Belgium), +32 2 7611100.
• [A] Stimulus (Calgary, Alberta).
• [A] Sté EXILOG (Vendoeuvres FRANCE), 33 02 54 38 30 95.
• [A] Stonehenge Filmworks (Toronto and Ontario, Canada), 416-867-1189.
• [A] Stream AV (Melbourne, Australia), +61 3 9376 6444.
• [A] Studio Reload (Boise, ID), 208-344-4321.
• [A] Sunset Post (CA), 818-956-7912.
• [A] Super Digital Media (Santa Clara, CA), 408-727-5091.
• [A] Sync Sound (NY), 212-246-5580 (5.1 audio).
• [A] Syrinx music & media GmbH (Hamburg, Germany), +49-40-63709230.
• [A] Systeam (Rome, Italy), +39-06-508141.
• [A] Tape House Broadband (New York, NY), 212-557-4949.
• [R] Takt (Warsaw, Poland), +48 22 874 35 75.
• [R] Technicolor (Camarillo, CA, 805-445-1122; Charlottesville, VA, 804-985-1100; Cwmbran, Wales, UK, 44-1163-465-000), 800-732-4555).
• [A] Tobin Productions (New York, NY), 212-727-1500.
• [R] Tocano (Smoerum, Denmark), +45 44666200.
• [A] Tree Falls (Los Angeles, CA), (323) 851-0299.
• [D] US DigitalMedia (Phoenix, AZ), 877-992-3766.

• [R] Universal Manufacturing & Logistics (Blackburn, UK, +44 (0) 1254 505300; Langenhagen, Germany, +49 (0) 511-972-1755).

• [A] US DVD (San Jose, CA), 408-259-1495.

• [A] Valkieser Solutions (Hilversum, Netherlands), +31-35-6714-300.
• [A] VDI Multimedia (Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco), 323-957-7990.
• [R] VDC Group (Wembley, UK), +44 (0)208 903 3345.
• [R] Japan Victor (Kanagawa, Japan), 45-453-0305.
• [A] Video Movie Magic (Laguna Hills, CA), 949-582-8596.
• [A] Video Replay (Chicago, IL),
• [A] Video Transfer (Boston, MA), 617-247-0100.
• [A] Visible Light Digital (Orlando, FL), 407-327-7804.
• [A] Visom Digital (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), +55 21 539-7313.
• [A] The Vision Factory (St. Louis, MO), 314-963-7887.
• [A] Vision Wise (Irving, TX), 888-979-9473.
• [A] The Zak Studio (Paris, France), +33 1 49823773.
• [R] Zomax , (Plymouth, MN, 612-577-3515; Fremont, CA, 510-492-5191; Indianapolis, IN, 510-492-5191; Dublin, Ireland, 353-1-405-6222; Langen, Germany, 49-6103-9702-23).
• [A] Zuma Digital. Now part of Tape House Broadband .