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• Won't back down.

  - 2007-05-21

  By Jennifer Netherby Blu-ray claims victory, but HD DVD supporters hold their ground When it comes to next-generation movie discs, there's one thing every studio agrees on: one format will prevail. ...

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• Two better than one?

  - 2007-04-23

  By Paul Sweeting Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released some data on Blu-ray and HD DVD software sales the other day, courtesy of Nielsen/VideoScan's retail point-of-sale data collection system. Given studios' typical reticence to rel ...

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• WHV spins 2-in-1 disc.(Warner Home Video)

  - 2007-01-15

  By Jennifer Netherby Retailers show support Las Vegas--Warner Home Video plans to begin debuting all of its high-definition movies on its new Total Hi Def Total HD format in the second half of the year and...

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• Six Additional Titles From Warner Home Video Make Their High Definition Debut on November 14: CASABLANCA and MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY on HD DVD, MILLION DOLLAR BABY, THE LAST SAMURAI and ATL on Blu-ray Disc

  - 2006-10-18

  Forbidden Planet Released as a 50th Anniversary HD DVD and as Ultimate Collectors Edition in Unique Metal Alloy Collector's Case

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• Warner Home Video Makes a Triple-Play with Release of The Lake House in Three Formats on September 26; Marks the First Title to be Simultaneously Released on Standard DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray

  - 2006-09-13

  BURBANK, Calif. -- On September 26, Warner Home Video takes the next step in the high definition revolution when it releases The Lake House, a poignant, time-travel romance starring Keanu Reeves (Constantine, A Scanner Darkly) and Sandra Bullock (Crash, Miss Congeniality 2), on all three formats simultaneously day and date:...

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• Warner Home Video to Release Eight Additional High Definition DVD Titles Including Four New Blu-rays, Four New HD DVDs; Studio Offering Largest Selection of New HD Format Titles Debuts Latest September 5 and 12

  - 2006-08-17

  BURBANK, Calif. -- Continuing in their mission to provide consumers with the broadest choices for next generation home viewing, Warner Home Video will debut Blu-ray high definition versions of Lethal Weapon, Firewall, Blazing Saddles and Full Metal Jacket. On September 12 four more HD DVD titles will be released: Troy,...

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• Slow start on way to high-def fast track?(Digital Hollywood conference)

  - 2006-04-03

  SANTA MONICA, CALIF. -- The bumpy start for HD DVD and Blu-ray is likely to have little impact on either format's consumer launch, electronics execs behind both formats said during a panel at the Digital Hollywood conference here last week. &...

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• Warner joins Blu-ray camp: still also HD DVD.

  - 2005-10-24

  Minutes after a decision ensuring a continued battle over high-definition formats, Warner Home Video president Jim Cardwell acknowledged, "The cost of a format war will likely be significant." Cardwell last week announced that Warne Minutes after a decision...

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• Questions of faith: the studios have only encouraged the hardware camps to get more committed to their technologies.(Paramount, Universal City Studios Inc. Universal Television Div., Warner Bros.)

  - 2005-10-10

  With last week's announcement that Paramount will straddle the high-def fence, presumably to be followed in short order by Warner and Universal, the studios abandoned any pretense of influencing the future direction of their business. The res With...

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• Once more, with feeling: Fox and Warner officials have rarely let an opportunity to snipe at each other go by.(Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.)(Warner Bros.)

  - 2005-08-08

  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: * Fox's move to support Blu-ray reflects the ill will between the studio and HD DVD supporter Warner, which began during development of the DVD. * And the format war itself has been generated...

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