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Zack Snyder To Host Watchmen Screening Over BD Live
2:20AM Mark Wilson | Warner Bros is super, super smart about marketing their Blu-ray discs. First they had Christopher Nolan host a community screening for The Dark Knight. Now director Zack Snyder will do the same for Watchmen. More »
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Warner Offering Up Blu-rays in Exchange for HD-DVDs with Red2Blu Program
2:40AM Adam Frucci | Still sitting on a pile of HD-DVDs that grow more and more embarassing by the day? Warner Bros. has just started up a new program that’ll let you swap them out for Blu-ray versions. AU: US only, unsurprisingly. More »
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12:12PM Nick Broughall | au, It may have taken more than 12 months since the US have had the same ability with iTunes, but Warner Home Video has just announced that they will be offering movies to download through iTunes, BigPond, Foxtel Box Office and other digital download services on the same day and date that they are available on DVD. The first Warner movie to enjoy this freedom? The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. More »
Warner Offering Digital Downloads On The Same Day As DVD Release
12:12PM Nick Broughall | au, It may have taken more than 12 months since the US have had the same ability with iTunes, but Warner Home Video has just announced that they will be offering movies to download through iTunes, BigPond, Foxtel Box Office and other digital download services on the same day and date that they are available on DVD. The first Warner movie to enjoy this freedom? The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. More »
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12:39PM Nick Broughall | According to Reuters, Warner Music Group has ordered YouTube to pull down all music videos by its artists, which could affect hundreds of thousands of videos. The reason? Money (what else could it be?). Apparently Warner aren’t exactly impressed by the paltry return they’re getting from the video site, a site they believe they helped build when they agreed to share their music video content before Google dropped billions of dollars buying them out.
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Warner Music Gets Huffy And Pulls Music Videos From YouTube
12:39PM Nick Broughall | According to Reuters, Warner Music Group has ordered YouTube to pull down all music videos by its artists, which could affect hundreds of thousands of videos. The reason? Money (what else could it be?). Apparently Warner aren’t exactly impressed by the paltry return they’re getting from the video site, a site they believe they helped build when they agreed to share their music video content before Google dropped billions of dollars buying them out.
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Warner Bros. to Offer DivX Downloads
11:00PM John Mahoney | Already the format of choice for, ahem, somewhat clandestine distribution of digital video files, DivX has now officially partnered with Warner Bros. to distribute video in the format. Sony beat WB to the punch by about 9 months, and we’ll have to wait even longer for Warner to come around to HD DivX, which won’t be ready until September of next year. SD downloads are expected to become available this month. Full details follow. More »
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The Dark Knight Blu-ray: Crushing Nielsen Ratings December 9th
3:45AM Mark Wilson | Rumours and logic speculated that Warner would release The Dark Knight in time for the holiday season, and the Blu-ray two-disc and collectible limited edition will indeed go on sale December 9th, the same day as the standard DVD release. The standard, two-disc edition will be Warner’s first BD Live disc, and it’ll pack all sorts of Baterrific extras. From HiDef Digest: More »
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Warner Bros. Cutting Blu-ray Movie Prices This Fall
3:20AM Matt Buchanan | Is this is it? The beginning of decent Blu-ray movie prices? Warner Bros. is going cut prices on a smorgasbord of Blu-ray movies for retailers in September (some as low as US$11), meaning you should see the them slide at least a couple of bucks. More »
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First Warner Bros. BD-Live Discs to Arrive in Christmas Stockings
1:58AM Matt Buchanan | Warner, the studio that sunk HD DVD’s ship as it climbed aboard Blu-ray’s, will be one of the slowest to jump on BD-Live, Blu-ray’s online interactive content. Its BD-Live discs will arrive around Christmastime, with features like real-time viewing (?), a search engine, library access, and a recommendation tool–all pretty boring compared to Fox’s BD-Live plans, which include a multiplayer game for Alien vs. Predator. None of the titles are named yet, but hopefully they come up with something more awesome for The Dark Knight, which would be hitting around that time. [High-Def Digest] More »
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Universal Won’t Support HD DVD Exclusively, Blu-ray Victory Imminent Says Variety
12:00AM Jesus Diaz | The end of the war is near: Hollywood insider Daily Variety has confirmed that Universal will not longer exclusively support HD DVD. Following Warner defection to Blu-ray and reports clause that opens the door for Paramount to publish Blu-ray titles too, the end of Universal’s exclusivity deal may be one blow to many for HD DVD. However, Universal is not going to stop publishing movies in the latter format: More »
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