Warner supports exclusively Sony¡¯s Blu-ray DVD format Jan.04, 2008
Warner executives said on Friday that the studio would exclusively release its films in Blu-ray DVD beginning in June...
Warner's decision, on the eve of the annual Consumer Electronics Show, represents a major victory for Sony.
China cracks largest ever CD, DVD piracy case Apr.06, 2007
More than 1.81 million pirated CDs and DVDs were seized in a production factory in Guangzhou, China, the largest single crackdown on CD and DVD piracy in the country's history.
China's DVD Biz set for Explosive Growth Mar.05, 2007
The legitimate DVD market in China will grow fourfold in four years, according to forecasts from U.K. research house Screen Digest.
China shadow looms over U.S. film business Dec.15, 2006
The value of the Chinese B.O. will exceed that of the U.S. by 2050, according to a forecast from Irish media consultancy Research & Markets.
Firms say out with DVDs, time for EVDs Nov. 29, 2006
Nearly 20 leading Chinese manufacturers will stop making DVD players from 2008, replacing them with EVD (Enhanced Versatile Disc) players, the next-generation players based on a Chinese home-grown standard.
HP announces its first HD-DVD drive for the PC Nov. 27, 2006
HP has come out with their external HD-DVD drive. Repackaged under the HP name, the hd100 is a Lite-On manufactured drive capable of reading HD-DVD, DVDR/RW (single and dual layer), CDR/RW & CD-ROM discs
China seizes 58 million illegal publications in three months Nov. 27, 2006
The campaign lasted from the middle July to the end of October ... seized more than 58 million illegal publications, four pirated DVD production lines
and investigated 10,000 cases of intellectual property theft
Samsung Joins DVD6C in Licensing DVD Patents Nov. 20, 2006
Membership of SAMSUNG in the joint licensing program will benefit
existing and future licensees of DVD6C ...
EU ends its threat of DVD levies on Mainland China and Taiwan Oct. 12, 2006
The EU closed an inquiry into whether Chinese and Taiwanese exporters of recordable digital versatile discs sell in Europe below domestic prices or below the production cost, a practice known as "dumping."
New technology could nip DVD format war in the bud Sep. 28, 2006
The format war around next generation DVDs may be over before it has begun, thanks to a breakthrough from a British media technology company.
Sony Debuts Four Multi-Format DVD/CD Rewritable Drives Sep. 19, 2006
Sony Electronics today unveiled its fall line-up of DVD/CD burners, featuring three designs and four configurations packed with high performance and multiple format compatibility.
DVD chips 'to kill illegal copying' Sep. 15, 2006
DVDs will soon be tracked with embedded radio transmitter chips... behind the RFID chips used in the discs, announced today that production of the ...
