Will Hollywood turn Blu?

The latest salvo in the war between the Blu-ray and HD DVD camps over which high definition format will replace the ubiquitous DVD may be little more than pop and flash - but effective nonetheless. Sony's Blu-ray and Toshiba's HD DVD formats have various technology industry supporters behind them, but the biggest backers come in the form of the Hollywood studios.

By Chris Maxcer

9 Jan 2008

HD DVD is supported by DreamWorks, Paramount and Universal. Blu-ray is bolstered by Columbia, Disney, Fox, Lions Gate, Miramax, New Line and Sony. Until last week, Warner Bros. released movies for both Blu-ray and HD DVD, but that studio's public move to Blu-ray was a big win for the Sony-backed format. It may have also opened the door for Paramount to ditch HD DVD.

According to a report in the Financial Times, Paramount is planning to drop support for HD DVD because of a contract clause that would let it switch sides after Warner Bros. moved solely to Blu-ray - giving the Blu-ray camp an industry lead in Hollywood output.

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