Blu-ray could win high-def battle

FROM VARIETY: HD DVD backers could switch sides soon

By Diane Garrett and Ben Fritz of Variety -- Video Business, 1/10/2008

JAN. 10 | FROM VARIETY: The two remaining studios backing HD DVD could switch sides soon, ending the high-def format war instantly.

Daily Variety has confirmed that Universal's commitment to backing HD DVD exclusively has ended. And Paramount has an escape clause in its HD DVD contract allowing it to release pics on Blu-ray after Warner Bros.' decision to back that format exclusively.

Neither studio is ready to throw in the towel immediately, however. Universal is committed to a series of promotions for the high-def format in coming months, and Par has said its current plans are to keep supporting HD DVD, which it backed exclusively in August.

Read the full story on Variety.com.

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