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Posted by boodybandit on 01/11/08 00:45
"The alMIGHTY N" <natlee75@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:2b4cec7e-723b-40c5-9e70-c096cb138a1a@v67g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> On Jan 10, 12:51 pm, Lloyd Parsons <lloydpars...@mac.com> wrote:
>> In article
>> <1cd7f435-86ff-4426-925e-193b9b56d...@j78g2000hsd.googlegroups.com>,
>> The alMIGHTY N <natle...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> > On Jan 9, 10:12 pm, Jordan <lu...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> > > On Jan 9, 9:00 am, Nomen Nescio <nob...@dizum.com> wrote:
> I assume, then, that you're not one of the people clamoring for proof
> that there was any money involved for fear that it may taint their
> beloved format. What's equally funny to me are the people acting as if
> this alleged "bribe" was actually that bad a thing considering any
> rumor about Sony et al bribing Warner is always accompanied by the
> notion that they simply beat out Toshiba et al at their own game since
> Toshiba also offered a substantial payout.
Oh I don't know. Maybe people like me think it's all bullshit speculation
until proven wrong?
I have seen zero credible information that Sony paid off Warner to make
BluRay exclusive but I have seen this article from Warner stating the
opposite.
http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/1327
Warner: No Payoff for Move to Blu-ray
Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 07:56 PM ET
Warner Home Entertainment President Kevin Tsujihara says the studio took no
pay-offs to exclusively back Blu-ray.
In a post-announcement conference call, Tsujihara flatly denied rumors that
studio had accepted anywhere from 250M to $500M in exchange for dropping its
HD DVD format support.
According to the exec, Warner's sole motivation in dropping its HD DVD
format support was to ensure growth of the "category" and the long-term
health of the industry.
"The packaged media business is a $42 billion dollar business worldwide at
the retail level, and we [Warner] have the largest market share of anybody,"
said Tsujihara. "From our perspective, the most important piece of this
whole puzzle is, "How do we get growth back into this category?" That far
outweighed anything else."
This [decision] was one hundred percent around what makes the most sense for
the consumer, the retailer and the industry. This was not a bidding war.
This was all about what was best, strategically, for us."
Stay tuned for more news from the Tsujihara conference call shortly...
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