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• Microsoft stops HD DVD drives for Xbox 360

  - 2008-02-25

  SAN FRANCISCO AFP — Microsoft confirmed on Monday that it will no longer make HD DVD drives for its Xbox 360 video game consoles. The much-anticipated announcement comes in the wake of the format being abandoned by its creator, Japanese electronics giant Toshiba, as well as major Hollywood studios...

  Tags: Blu-ray, DVD, HD-DVD, Hollywood Studios, Microsoft Corp., Toshiba Corp.

• Major Hollywood Studios and Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Extend Blu-ray™ Consumer Promotion Through the Holidays

  - 2007-10-03

  18 Great Titles to Choose From in Blu-ray High Definition LOS ANGELES -- Six major Hollywood studios and six leading consumer electronics manufacturers are extending the highly successful 5 FREE BLU-RAY MOVIES promotion through the busy holiday season, when consumer purchase interest in high definition is expected to be...

  Tags: Blu-ray, DVD, entertainment, Hollywood Studios, MARKETING

• EU seeks answers in Hollywood disc war.

  - 2007-07-05

  Jul 05, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Some Hollywood studios have chosen to use the new Blue-ray DVD format, while Universal Studios has released its DVDs in the rival HD DVD format. The European Commission has written to the Hollywood studios, ...

  Tags: disc, DVD, European Commission, HD-DVD, Hollywood Studios, Universal Studios

• "Hollywood Embraces DVD Burning for Movie Downloads" by Yankee Group.

  - 2007-02-20

  M2 PRESSWIRE-20 February 2007-MarketResearch.com: "Hollywood Embraces DVD Burning for Movie Downloads" by Yankee GroupC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20022007 For fear of piracy, Hollywood studios have been reticent to allow consumers to burn download-to-own DTO movies to DVD, blocking consumers from...

  Tags: DVD, Hollywood Studios, movie, Sonic Solutions, The Yankee Group, TV

• Heat Index; Weekly rating (0-10) of sizzle & fizzle.(Brief article)

  - 2006-04-24

  9 People Time Inc.'s celeb weekly gets out first with the news that the TomKitten had arrived, and that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes named their new daughter Suri. Time to stake out Brangelina's babe. 7 Vivid Entertainment And lo, the porn stars shall lead...

  Tags: Cable, DVD, Hollywood Studios, Leadership, MARKETING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TVs

• DVD Disc Sales Value Slows, But New Technologies Will Spur International Growth

  - 2005-12-09

  DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c29289) has announced the addition of The Changing Face of Studio Video Sales: Grow New Markets, Push High Definition, Get Interactive to their offering. The major Hollywood studios are facing a changing landscape for the consumption of their home video products. Sony...

  Tags: disc, DVD, HDTV, Hollywood Studios, SALES, TVs

• DVD Disc Sales Value Slows, But New Technologies Will Spur International Growth.

  - 2005-12-08

  M2 PRESSWIRE-8 December 2005-Research and Markets: DVD Disc Sales Value Slows, But New Technologies Will Spur International GrowthC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09122005 Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c29290) has announced the addition of The Changing Face of Studio Video Sales:...

  Tags: DVD, HDTV, Hollywood Studios, SALES, TVs

• Four More Studios Back HD-DVD (TWICE)

  - 2004-12-06

  TOKYO -- As expected, the next-generation DVD format called HD DVD received independent commitments of support from four major Hollywood studios, announced Toshiba, one of the system's developers. The studios include Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Studios, Toshiba said. ...

  Tags: DVD, HD-DVD, Hollywood Studios, Toshiba Corp.

• Hollywood studios endorse new DVD format.

  - 2004-11-30

  By Dawn C. Chmielewski, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Dawn C. Chmielewski, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

  Tags: DVD, Hollywood Studios

• Toshiba Announces the Next-Generation DVD Format Endorsement by Major Hollywood Studios

  - 2004-11-29

  TOKYO -- Toshiba Corporation disclosed today that the company has received separate commitments of support from Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, New Line Cinema, and Warner Bros. Studios, respectively for the next-generation, high-definition DVD disc format, HD DVD. HD DVD is the newly developed high definition DVD disc standard being...

  Tags: disc, DVD, HD-DVD, Hollywood Studios, Toshiba Corp.