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Warner offers Blu-ray "upgrade" for old HD DVDs
Disc amnesty for those that backed the wrong format 24 April 2009 14:43 GMT
In the States, Warner is offering movie collection salvation for those that backed the losing format in the recent high-def disc war.

The studio, that backed the Toshiba-led HD DVD format until it u-turned to Blu-ray in January 2008, is offering a kind of amnesty...
Digital Copy take-up "low but growing"
Studios to axe DVD version as Blu-ray proves more popular 30 March 2009 10:48 GMT
The number of consumers who use the "Digital Copy" of a movie bundled with their purchased disc is described as "low but growing".

2009 figures are up from last year with the most recent stats showing between 10% and 15% accessing the digital version, compared...
Tesco Digital signs Sony and Warner
For TV and film downloads 13 November 2008 16:15 GMT
We've reported on Tesco's plans to expand its Tesco Digital online service to include film and television, and it seems the some major partnerships have now been agreed.

Sony Pictures Television International and Warner Bros. have signed up as launch partners...
MySpace and Warner launch new comedy channel
MySpace Comedy UK - beta now live 1 August 2008 15:29 GMT
Warner has teamed up with MySpace to create a new website that showcases comic talents.

The new online comedy channel is called MySpace Comedy UK and will host Comedybox.tv, an online comedy platform developed by Warner.

MySpace will host the overall...
Neil Young to release back catalogue on Blu-ray
Rock legend looking forward to next-gen format 7 May 2008 10:01 GMT
Neil Young is to become the one of the first music artists to release his entire back catalogue on Blu-ray discs.

Because Blu-ray discs can hold more data that CDs or DVDs, the coming-soon collections will boast high-resolution audio as well as more extras...
Apple announces same-day iTunes movies
Goes day-and-date head-to-head with DVD 1 May 2008 15:08 GMT
We'd heard it was to be the case via a rumour, but it is now so for American consumers - Apple has announced that new movie releases from both major film studios and independent studios are now available for purchase on the iTunes Store on the same day as their DVD release....
Vodafone customers get Madonna's album a week early
"Hard Candy" exclusive 18 March 2008 8:36 GMT
Vodafone customers are to be granted early access to Madonna's new album. Hard Candy, the pop legend's 11th studio album for Warner Bros records, is due to launch globally on 28th April, but Vodafonies will be able to listen a week early.

Starting on 21 April...
Hulu to make debut tomorrow
YouTube and iTunes rival launches 11 March 2008 12:06 GMT
It was announced way back in March last year but now News Corp and NBC's rival to both iTunes and YouTube is going to launch in the US tomorrow.

The site will show both full episodes and clips from television shows - available free of charge - but advertising...
Blu-ray movies get 85% of market in week after Warner news
Sales figures look bad for HD DVD 18 January 2008 10:23 GMT
Home Media Magazine has revealed that last week in the American next-gen DVD sales charts Blu-ray nabbed 85% of high definition disc sales against HD DVD's 15% market share.

Depending on which stats you believe, Blu-ray discs have outsold HD DVD by a 2-1 margin...
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,...
CES 2008: Toshiba "disappointed" by Warner Bros
"We've been declared dead before" 6 January 2008 18:29 GMT
Toshiba's CES press conference kicked of with CEO of Toshiba, Atsutoshi Nishida, taking the stage and stating straight away that Toshiba has always enjoyed a "long history of technical innovation and market leadership".

Nishida stated that in 2007 both the Regza...
New Line follows Warner goes Blu-ray exclusive
Follows sister company Warner Bros. in ditching HD DVD 6 January 2008 0:01 GMT
Warner Bros. sister company New Line who's films include The Lord of the Rings Triology, has confirmed it will shift its allegiance to Blu-ray rather than HD DVD following Warner Bros. announcement that it was ditching the HD DVD format later this year.

The...
Warner Bros drops HD DVD for Blu-ray
Says two formats confusing 4 January 2008 21:03 GMT
Warner Bros. has announced that it will drop its support for HD DVD chosing instead to go exclusively with Sony's Blu-ray format.

The move which will happen later this year was announced today by Barry Meyer, Chairman & CEO, Warner Bros. and Kevin Tsujihara,...
2007: A year in review, January
Apple announces iPhone, Vista is launched while dual-format HD players and discs mark a possible solution to the format war 26 December 2007 9:00 GMT
2007 started off with a high profile lawsuit and a change in UK law.

Apple is never far from the gadget world's headlines but this time it was splashed over the nationals' front pages with news of alleged stock options backdating. The lawsuit claimed that "improper...
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...
Archos 605 WiFi Harry Potter special edition announced
Limited release to be bundled with pre-loaded films 17 December 2007 13:21 GMT
Warner Bros and Archos have teamed up to produce an Archos 605 WiFi that will be available pre-loaded with Harry Potter films.

The special edition 20GB Archos 605 will be pre-loaded with
the first four films while the fifth, "The Order of the Phoenix",...
Warner puts HD DVDs in Potter Blu-ray box set
Special "purple" editions reported by irate customers 14 December 2007 8:51 GMT
In what looks like a small scale manufacturing mix-up, some consumers splashing out for Blu-ray edition of Warner's "Harry Potter Years 1-5 Giftset" have actually found an HD DVD version of the "Goblet of Fire" disc packaged in the set.

Folk on both AVSForum...
Xbox 360 Marketplace Video Store goes LIVE
Silver and Gold members get movies from today 11 December 2007 11:49 GMT
The Xbox LIVE Marketplace Video Store service has now launched in five new countries - Canada, France, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

All Xbox 360 owners connected to the Internet in the included countries can now download to rent both high definition...
Warner withholds catalogue from Nokia Music Store
Over file-sharing concerns 5 November 2007 6:29 GMT
It's being reported that Warner Music Group has decided to withhold its music from Nokia's newly-launched music store over fears of illegal file-sharing.

Despite the other major labels - Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, and EMI - happily signed up, it seems...
Warner announces DVDs with digital versions for PC and PMPs
Harry Potter release in December will be first to feature multiple formats on single disk 11 October 2007 8:51 GMT
Warner Home Video has announced what will be the the first DVD to provide multiple formatted versions of the same film on a single disc.

The release of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" on December 11th in the States will include both the full-size...
COMMENT: "300" sales show Blu-ray ahead, but still along way to go
High-def accounts for just 5% of sales for day one 3 October 2007 23:27 GMT
Warner Bros is claiming that new movie 300 has "set new standards in the sales of high definition formats", with the total number of HD units sold on the day of release the highest on record, eclipsing the cash sales generated by Casino Royale; previously the most popular...
Harry Potter movies to see launch on HD DVD and Blu-ray
Plus special edition "trunk" 12-disc gift boxset 19 September 2007 13:27 GMT
Some advance warning for you to get ready for another little bit of Potter-mania heading our way.

Nicely timed for appearance on little muggle's Christmas lists, Warner Home Video are launching the entire series of Harry Potter movies as special boxsets which...
Warner Home Video boss: commitment, Blu-ray and those bribe rumours
"We’re talking to both sides and it's crazy right now" 14 September 2007 9:49 GMT
Following new hardware launches and strategy revelations at IFA 2007 and the recent CEDIA Expo, the high-def video format battle is raging harder than ever.

And, with the crucial Christmas period looming large, it's only going to get more heated with Toshiba's...
Buy Matrix Trilogy box set, get free Toshiba HD DVD player
Well, sort of... 4 September 2007 17:35 GMT
To mark the HD DVD launch of The Complete Matrix Trilogy, Warner Home Video and Toshiba have teamed up with HMV to host a special event at its flagship store on Oxford Street from 8am on Monday 10th September 2007.

The first 150 fans who buy The Complete Matrix...