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08-21-2007, 11:47 AM
The European Commission is probing the two high-definition disc formats amid an investigation that could seriously shake up high definition in Europe. The Commission has demanded access to all files relating to Hollywood movie studios' deals with Blu-ray and HD DVD .
There is some suspicion surrounding the exclusive deals that the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) has signed with some of the movie studios. The feeling is that these exclusive deals could be anti-competitive, and that unfair tactics could have been used by the BDA to seal the deals.
Currently, the Sony-led Blu-ray camp is supported by every single Hollywood movie studio apart from Universal Pictures. Blu-ray is backed exclusively by studios including Sony Pictures, Disney, Twentieth Century Fox, Lionsgate and MGM.
These studios have been ordered by the European Commission to hand over all files relating to their decision to support Blu-ray exclusively.
http://www.tech.co.uk/home-entertainment/high-definition/news/blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-probed-in-eu-investigation?articleid=607814368
This would mean all company's would go natural,altough it looks like blu-ray will loose out the most....HD DVD will loose out the most with the huge userbase blu-ray has allot of universal blu-ray movies will be picked up....lots by me :)
There is some suspicion surrounding the exclusive deals that the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) has signed with some of the movie studios. The feeling is that these exclusive deals could be anti-competitive, and that unfair tactics could have been used by the BDA to seal the deals.
Currently, the Sony-led Blu-ray camp is supported by every single Hollywood movie studio apart from Universal Pictures. Blu-ray is backed exclusively by studios including Sony Pictures, Disney, Twentieth Century Fox, Lionsgate and MGM.
These studios have been ordered by the European Commission to hand over all files relating to their decision to support Blu-ray exclusively.
http://www.tech.co.uk/home-entertainment/high-definition/news/blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-probed-in-eu-investigation?articleid=607814368
This would mean all company's would go natural,altough it looks like blu-ray will loose out the most....HD DVD will loose out the most with the huge userbase blu-ray has allot of universal blu-ray movies will be picked up....lots by me :)