HI-DEF VIDEO GROUPS SET TO WAGE WAR

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	FORMAT WAR LIKELY TO BREAK OUT OVER HIGH-DEFINITION DVD'S Jun 27 2005
	With the first high-definition DVD players due to be introduced in the U.S. and Japanese (more)
	HYBRID HIGH-DEFINITION DVD SYSTEM IN WORKS Apr 21 2005
	After spending three years trying to gain support from the major studios for their rival (more)

HI-DEF VIDEO GROUPS SET TO WAGE WAR
Tuesday, August 23 2005

A format war between two different high-definition DVD technologies appeared inevitable today (Tuesday) as Tokyo's Yomiuri Shimbun reported that backers of the two technologies have given up efforts to develop a unified format. Toshiba, backed by NEC and Sanyo, intend to proceed with plans to start manufacturing devices using its HD DVD system, while Sony, Samsung and Matsushita (which manufacturers sets market under the Panasonic brand) plan to proceed with their introduction of sets using the Blu-ray format. Toshiba has said it wants to introduce its sets in time for the holiday season, while Sony said that it will do so early next year. A majority of home-video distributors supports the Blu-ray format.

VIVENDI-UNIVERSAL AND NBC-UNIVERSAL DIVIDE OVER NEXT-GENERATION DVD'S
Wednesday, August 17 2005
As a result of G.E./NBC's acquisition of most of Vivendi-Universal's entertainment assets, with the exception of the Universal Music Group, two media companies bearing the name Universal following the hyphen were created. And, as if to demonstrate the permanence of the split, Vivendi Universal's music company announced Tuesday that it will back Sony's Blu-ray DVD format over Toshiba's HD DVD format, which is backed by NBC-Universal. Meanwhile, Toronto-based Lions Gate was expected to announce today (more)

TOSHIBA IN HIGH-DEFINITION DVD ALLIANCE WITH MICROSOFT
Tuesday, June 28 2005
Like belligerents preparing for war, Sony and Toshiba are continuing to announce powerful new allies backing their incompatible systems for high-definition DVD's. Toshiba announced its latest ally on Monday as its president, Atsutoshi Nishida appeared at a news conference with Microsoft's Bill Gates in Tokyo where the two said they plan to develop high-definition DVD players together and also cooperate in developing a new line of mobile PCs. Toshiba has developed the HD-DVD format, which (more)