Fox joins Blu-ray group
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com October 4, 2004, 11:57 AM PT. Twentieth Century Fox has joined a group developing one of two formats being promoted as a next-generation DVD technology.
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The battle to set the standard for next-generation digital recording media took another twist on Thursday with the announcement that Walt Disney would launch titles on the Blu-ray Disc format promoted by Sony and Matsushita.
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In the ongoing format battle between Blu-ray and HD-DVD, the main focus has been on consumer applications, and in particular, the home movie market. This week, in fact, Blockbuster announced plans to increase the availability of Blu-ray discs in its stores. The video rental company said that customers were favoring the Sony-backed format over the Toshiba-sponsored HD-DVD, leaving many quick to suggest that this marks the beginning of the end of the latest format war.
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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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TOKYO, Dec 22, 2004 (Kyodo via COMTEX) -- The Blu-ray Disc Association said Wednesday that Bandai Visual Co., known as a pioneer of animation software in Japan, has joined the group, which has been promoting the Blu-ray Disc as the format of next
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Microsoft is beginning to throw its weight around in the HD DVD/Blu-ray battle, announcing Monday it had teamed with Amazon.com to bring independent films to the format.
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Blockbuster Inc.  on Monday put its weight behind Sony Corp.'s Blu-ray DVD format, as the No. 1 video rental chain said it would boost its inventory of the high-definition discs to 1,700 stores by mid-July.
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Film studio Twentieth Century Fox announced the first eight movie titles it will publish on the new DVD format called Blu-ray, which also got support from Sun Microsystems and Time Warner.
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Disney announced yesterday that it would release its films on Sony&#39;s Blu-ray DVD format - a week after three other Hollywood studios backed rival Toshiba&#39;s HD-DVD.
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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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US film studio Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp will support the Blu-ray optical disc standard, helping the cause of Sony Corp and other members of the Blu-ray camp in a battle over the next generation of DVDs.
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Disney announced yesterday that it will support Blu-Ray as its choice for the next generation optical format, instead of the HD-DVD.
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US film studio 20th Century Fox yesterday waded into the battle over next-generation DVDs when it offered support to Blu-ray optical disc technology.
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Company, one of the core backers of Blu-ray, will also support its rival format.
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Movie rental giant says it sees a clear enough trend among its customers to pinpoint Blu-ray as its format of choice, adding clarification to the DVD wars.
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Warner Bros. Entertainment said Friday it will release movie discs only in the Blu-ray format, becoming the latest studio to reject the rival HD DVD technology and further complicating the high-definition landscape for consumers.
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Blu-ray takes the lead in the battle of the high definition DVD formats after Warner backs it.