MGM JOINS BLU-RAY CAMP

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MGM JOINS BLU-RAY CAMP
Thursday, November 10 2005

As expected, MGM has announced its support of Sony's Blu-ray high-definition DVD format against Toshiba's competing HD DVD system. The announcement came on Tuesday, roughly six months after Sony led an investment group in acquiring MGM from Kirk Kerkorian. Analysts had said at the time that one of the reasons for Sony's interest in the deal was MGM's vast library -- more than 4,000 titles -- which it could instantly convert to Blu-ray product. In a statement, Harry Sloan, MGM's recently appointed chairman and CEO, said, ""MGM's focus has always been to provide movie lovers complete access to the world's largest modern film library, in the most technologically advanced formats. Adopting this new Blu-ray technology, with its expanded storage capacity and increased interactive capabilities, allows us to continue to provide our customers with the best movie viewing experience available." Sony Chairman and CEO Howard Stringer added, ""This is a tremendous win for movie lovers everywhere. ... Consumers can now look forward to enjoying content from the world's largest library of modern films, including titles from franchises such as James Bond and The Pink Panther in this amazing new format."

FOR SONY, NO REPEAT OF BETAMAX DEBACLE
Friday, October 21 2005
In what appeared to be a climactic victory for Sony in its battle with Toshiba over the next-generation high-definition DVD format, Warner Bros. has agreed to adopt Sony's Blu-ray format. Until now, the studio had been part of Toshiba's HD DVD camp, and although it indicated that it would back both formats, the fact that the majority of films will now be released in Blu-ray -- Universal is the only studio that has not announced (more)

BLU-RAY LIKELY TO WIN FORMAT WAR, SAYS ANALYST
Thursday, October 20 2005
Sony is likely to win the high-definition DVD format war against Toshiba, according to an analysis by Forrester Research. In a report issued today (Thursday), Forrester analyst Ted Schadler said that the continuing war will only result in discouraging consumers from buying a high-definition DVD player. "The longer the battle continues, consumers don't benefit as much as they could because they might buy the wrong one," Schadler told Bloomberg News. Sony's Blu-ray system has been (more)