Studios taking sides in fight for successor to the DVD
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LOS ANGELES Three top Hollywood studios are throwing their considerable weight behind one of two competing formats for the next generation of high-definition DV-Ds, citing in part the need to stem rampant piracy.
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A patent application has been filed for  a disc that would play two competing high-definition DVD  formats which, if successful, could help appease a battle that  has divided Hollywood and confounded consumers.
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Blu-ray takes the lead in the battle of the high definition DVD formats after Warner backs it.
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Disney is weighing in on the next generation DVD format battle with its support of the Blu-ray Disc format. Disney--along with its home-video division, Buena Vista Home Entertainment--announced late Wednesday
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The popular video rental service casts its vote in the DVD format war.
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Punches continue to be thrown in the fight over which next-generation DVD format will be established as the industry standard. (And there will be an industry standard, right corporate bigwigs?
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Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Studios will be using the new 30 GB DVD disc format, created by the DVD Forum, an international group of hardware and software companies and content providers.
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More than a week after  being dealt a potentially mortal blow by the defection of  Warner Home Video to the Blu-ray Disc camp, HD DVD developer  Toshiba is striking back.
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Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures and Warner Brothers have all thrown their weight behind high definition DVD, which was developed by Toshiba and NEC.
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HD DVD is gaining momentum with Hollywood studios. Several studios have announced their intentions to go with the Toshiba format, among them New Line Cinema, Paramount
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Here's a timeline of the format battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc.
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TOKYO, Sep 22, 2004 (AFX-Europe via COMTEX) -- The dispute over next-generation DVD formats will continue for some time, Kunitake Ando, chairman of the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association and president of Sony Corp, said in
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Movie studio won't commit to a format for releasing its films, however.
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Hollywood has made legal moves against two chip makers in its bid to combat DVD piracy.
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Hollywoodâs squabble over which of two technologies will replace standard DVDs skewed in the direction of Sony Corporation on Friday, with Warner Brothers casting the deciding vote.
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Hardware manufacturers are in fix when it comes to settling down for a standard for DVDs. Toshiba, NEC and Sanyo are favoring a next-generation DVD standard called HD (high-definition) DVD while Sony and other
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Three Hollywood studios are to use next-generation DVD technology backed by Toshiba, snubbing a rival product promoted by Sony.