LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter)- Paramount Pictures, which last year cast its lot exclusively with the ill-fated HD DVD home video format, is getting ready to re-enter the Blu-ray business.
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Washington, D.C. (April 30, 2008) — Paramount Pictures has finally released its list of Blu-ray high-def movie releases for the year. The studio, which once was neutral in the high-def disc format war, shocked the industry last year when it decided to endorse HD DVD exclusively.
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Arriving in stores that day are Blu-ray versions of Face/Off, Next and Bee Movie , a DreamWorks Animation title that was initially supposed to be released in March on HD DVD, the same day as the standard DVD. But when Toshiba threw in the towel on HD DVD in February, those plans were scrapped and […]
TOKYO, 29 APRIL 2008 - Sony and Samsung, two of the biggest backers of the Blu-ray Disc format during its battle with rival HD DVD, are releasing new Blu-ray Disc products with the anticipation that consumers are finally ready to start upgrading to high-definition video discs.
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Although not everyone agrees with the prediction, analysts at ABI Research are now saying that the Blu-ray high definition DVD market won’t “kick into gear” for another 12 to 18 months.
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Paramount Home Entertainment is getting ready to re-enter the Blu-ray Disc business it abandoned last year just before “Transformers,” with an initial slate of catalog titles it will begin rolling out May 20.
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It has been a quarter since HD DVD lost its contest with Blu-ray, and the market has absorbed the consequent impacts while remaining open to changes. To clear inventory, HD and universal players are selling at deep discounts; HD and universal drives will no longer ship after 2008, leaving HD DVD discs orphaned, and Best […]
NEW YORK, BUSINESS WIRE — It has been a quarter since HD DVD lost its contest with Blu-ray , and the market has absorbed the consequent impacts while remaining open to changes.
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