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They’ve already taken potshots at iTunes, now European antitrust regulators are focusing their attention on the licensing arrangements behind the next generation HD disc wars, in an attempt to see if Sony and Toshiba are stifling competition by tying movie studios to exclusivity deals for either Blu-ray or HD DVD. According to a report in [...]

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Lionsgate has announced its second slate of Blu-ray releases, due August 22. The movies, Stargate, The Devil’s Rejects, Total Recall and Stir of Echoes, will all sell for 30 dollars and come with no extra material.

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Studios Shift to Digital Movies, but Not Without Resistance Hollywood has finally embraced digital moviemaking, with some of this summer’s biggest blockbusters being shot on tape, including Superman Returns and Miami Vice. But not all film-makers are fans, as a report in the New York Times reveals (click the link above). Both Steven Spielberg and [...]

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Matsushita Electric, parent of Panasonic, has posted strong revenues in its first quarter financial results, with plasma and digital camera divisions performing particularly well. Explaining the figures, the company cited substantial sales gains in its audio visual products; domestic Japanese sales amounted to 1,061.9 billion yen, with overseas sales up 9 percent, to 1,075.0 billion [...]

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Microsoft music player to take on Apple’s iPod Micosoft’s much publicised Zune offensive against the Apple iPod is going to be an uphill struggle, says Michael Gartenberg, research director at Jupiter Research. Microsoft will find that “creating such a lifestyle device is going to be a battle,” he says. “It’s going to be hard to [...]

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It’s official, the world loves the DS. In the US alone, Nintendo has sold more than 21 million handhelds since its debut late 2004. Nintendo says that the equivalent of 23 DS units are sold every minute. Nintendo expects to sell 17 million Nintendo DS machines worldwide during the current financial year. The company reported [...]

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BT has inked a major content deal with Universal Pictures and NBC for its BT Vision download store, launching July 31, and its upcoming BT Vision IPTV service. The agreement will make NBC Universal content available for both purchase (via download-to-own) or rental (via video-on-demand); a total of 150 Universal titles will be made available [...]

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Warner has jumped on the US iTunes bandwagon, offering a selection of its shows for download for as little as 1.99 dollars per episode. The network follows CBS, ABC and Fox who are already offering programming for viewing on iPods and PCs. Amongst the usual collection of back catalogue items (Friends and Babylon 5), there’s [...]

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