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Paramount denies it will drop HD DVD
...for now 8 January 2008 19:14 GMT
Paramount has moved to quash a rumour reported in the FT on Tuesday that said the movie studio would be dropping Toshiba's HD DVD format and return to Sony's Blu-ray format.

In an email to Bloomberg, Brenda Ciccone, a spokeswoman for Paramount, told the news...
Paramount about to dump HD DVD too?
HD DVD-only studio to fall in the format war 8 January 2008 4:17 GMT
The Financial Times is reporting that Paramount is poised to dump HD DVD following Warner's recent announcement of a move firmly into the Blu-ray camp.

Quoting "people familiar with the situation" the FT suggests that Paramount, and perhaps DreamWorks too,...
2007: A year in review, August
Facebook faces constant attacks, Apple launches new iMacs and the DSLR market has three top-end additions 29 December 2007 11:00 GMT
It was Facebook that had a hotter than hot summer, with constant stings and court cases.

First up, it was Vodafone and First Direct that took a pop at Zuckerberg and his crew.

Both companies opted to pull their adverts from Facebook after these...
Sky expands Anytime with major studio movie downloads
Warner Bros and Paramount deals announced 21 December 2007 9:39 GMT
Sky has announced it is to increase the range of movies available for customers to download after reaching agreements with Paramount and Warner Bros.

These deals mean that Sky Anytime on PC will be the first online download service to offer the latest movies...
O2 plans IPTV services for UK
With on demand content from Warner, Disney, HBO and Paramount 17 December 2007 14:07 GMT
Mobile operator O2 is planning to launch an IPTV service in the UK, The Guardian reports.

Spain's Telefónica, O2's parent company, already offers TV services in the Czech Republic and has video on demand film partnerships set up with Warner Bros, Disney, HBO...
Sony: Paramount will come back to Blu-ray camp
Pocket-lint chats to Rachel Banin, Sony's home video product manager 12 December 2007 14:26 GMT
As the Blu-ray camp celebrates the sale of the millionth Blu-ray disc movie, Pocket-lint chats to Rachel Banin, product manager of the home video business group at Sony to get an industry insider's perspective of what this means for the format war as a whole, and her thoughts...
Michael Bay says HD DVD is a Microsoft conspiracy
Transformers director still not with the program 5 December 2007 14:20 GMT
Michael Bay has not been shy to voice his opinions over the next-gen home cinema format war so far.

He was quick to speak out over his Transformers movie getting an HD DVD-only release and has since stated that his "critical eye" sees Blu-ray as the better...
80,000 access web features on HD DVD discs
Transformers owners go online 4 December 2007 16:26 GMT
HD DVD has announced that fans are "tapping into" the web-enabled communities offered by HD DVD.

"Transformers" from Paramount Home Entertainment and
"Heroes: Season One" from Universal Home Entertainment are among the titles that saw significant online...
Paramount's record-breaking HD DVD claims called into question
"Big ass, fat, stupid lie" 29 October 2007 8:41 GMT
A Hollywood reporter, Nikki Finke, is calling into question the HD DVD Group and Paramount's recent claim that Transformers on HD DVD sold as well as it did (190,000 copies) during its launch week in the States.

Finke states: "Two rival Blu-ray studios which...
Michael Bay still speaking out against HD DVD
"My critical eye is that Blu-ray is where my money is" 24 October 2007 9:30 GMT
Transformers director Michael Bay prompted a small scandal earlier this year when he criticised Paramount's choice of HD DVD over Blu-ray for his movies' home cinema releases.

At the time, in his personal blog, Bay stated that the decision had made him reconsider...
Transformers on HD DVD breaks records
Becomes top-selling week one HD release 23 October 2007 7:40 GMT
To put this in perspective, the HD DVD sales are still very low compared to standard DVD sales, with 4.5 million DVDs sold on day one compared to 100,000 HD DVDs, and there's no Blu-ray release for a true comparison, but it's still a milestone for the HD DVD camp...
Microsoft announces HDi logo to appear on HD DVD products
Players and discs to get interactive platform sticker 20 September 2007 16:02 GMT
Microsoft has announced that its trademarked HDi logo will soon appear on all Toshiba HD DVD players.

In addition, Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment will include the HDi logo on packaging for HD DVD movie titles beginning...
Toshiba comments on Paramount/DreamWorks HD DVD decision
"Clearly significant" 23 August 2007 10:54 GMT
Toshiba has released a statement to the press about Paramount and DreamWork's recent decision to go HD DVD only.

It says that Toshiba Corporation welcomes the announcement from Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation SKG that they will exclusively support...
Transformers director U-turns on HD DVD Blu-ray spat
Director gets in line with HD DVD release 22 August 2007 12:54 GMT
Transformers director Michael Bay, has made a drastic U-Turn on his announcement that he would not be committing to making a sequel to Transformers because of the lack of Blu-ray support following Paramount and Dreamworks announcement that it would only be supporting the...
Transformers director says no to sequel over HD DVD Blu-ray spat
Michael Bay not happy about format support or lack of it 21 August 2007 14:12 GMT
Michael Bay, the director of Hollywood blockbusters such as The Rock and Bad Boys, has waded into the HD DVD Blu-ray format war by saying that he will not sign up to direct Transformers 2 because of Paramount's move to only support HD DVD.

"I want people to...
Comment: Why has Dreamworks and Paramount dropped Blu-ray?
Who cares - downloads are the way of the future 21 August 2007 13:48 GMT
Every time you think there is going to be a winner in the Blu-ray HD DVD battle, one of the camps pulls something out of the bag and stuns the industry.

The latest is the announcement from Dreamworks and Paramount that it will only be backing HD DVD from now...
Paramount and DreamWorks go exclusively HD DVD
Blow to Blu-ray as major movies studios swing the other way 20 August 2007 18:09 GMT
Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation have both announced today that they will exclusively support the HD DVD next-gen format on a worldwide basis.

The exclusive HD DVD commitment will include all movies distributed by Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks...
Microsoft adds Paramount to TV offering on Xbox 360
New films, but only for the US 28 March 2007 10:52 GMT
Microsoft have today announced that it is expanding its video and TV offering via its Xbox Live service with deals with Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros, A&E Network, ADV Films, National Geographic and TotalVid.com in the US.

The move will mean films such as...
BitTorrent signs content deals with Paramount and Fox
P2P filing system offers speedier downloads 29 November 2006 14:30 GMT
BitTorrent is going fully legit having signed deals with Paramount and Fox to distribute videos for them this spring.

Set for launch in February, BitTorrent's new video store will offer content for a fee from Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate, and Fox, as well as...
Studios announce bonus high-def content for HD DVDs
HD-DVDs to feature exclusive content 9 August 2006 15:50 GMT
HD-DVD-supporting studios will start including uniquely high-def content on discs released this autumn.

Paramount’s headlining HD-DVD will be “Mission Impossible: III” which will feature bonus content originally shot in high-def, as well as picture-in-picture...
BT signs BBC, Warner Music and Paramount to TV over broadband offering
BT has announced its first content deals for next generation TV via broadband with BBC Worldwide, Paramount and Warner Music Group all signing up to the service 9 December 2005 2:07 GMT
BT has announced its first content deals for next generation TV via broadband with BBC Worldwide, Paramount and Warner Music Group all signing up to the service.

The agreements bring the launch of BT's TV over broadband service an step closer. Starting Autumn...
Paramount sides with Blu-ray in next generation DVD battle
Paramounts sides with Blu-ray over HD DVD 3 October 2005 11:08 GMT
Paramount Home Entertainment, one of the biggest movie studios has announced that it will be releasing high-definition movies on Sony's Blu-ray format next year. The company had previously announced that it would be releasing titles in the competing format created by Toshiba...