Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Thomson Licensing, Toshiba Corporation and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (BD4C Licensing Group) announced that they have commenced a worldwide joint licensing program beginning on March 1, 2010 for Blu-ray Disc (BD) and DVD patents essential for BD decoders, BD encoders, BD players, BD read-only discs, BD recordable discs, BD drives, BD/DVD hybrid [...]
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Bow Tie Cinemas to Deploy Technicolor 3D
Technicolor announced that it has reached an agreement with New York City-based Bow Tie Cinemas to install Technicolor 3D in all Bow Tie locations on 25 of its 150 screens.
Warner and Redbox Announce Multi-Year Distribution Agreement
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group and redbox announced a new multi-year distribution agreement that will make Warner Bros. new release DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) titles available to redbox customers after a 28-day window. The agreement also marks the end of the lawsuit that redbox filed against Warner Home Video in August 2009. According to [...]
Standard & Poor’s Downgrades Cinram Ratings
Standard & Poor’s announced that it has lowered its ratings on Cinram International Inc. (Cinram), including the long-term corporate credit rating to ‘B-’ from ‘B’. In addition, it placed Cinram’s ratings on CreditWatch with negative implications.
Technicolor Partners with Warner Bros
Technicolor announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Warner Bros. covering a broad number of areas. According to the statement, Technicolor and Warner Bros. have entered into a long term contract covering replication and distribution services for DVD and Blu-ray discs, which is expected to start generating material revenue for Technicolor in [...]
Warner Home Video Ends Cinram Relationship
Cinram International Income Fund (Cinram), a major manufacturer and distributor of prerecorded DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, audio CDs, and CD-ROMs, announced that it has received written notice from Warner Home Video Inc. (WHV) that WHV has exercised its option to terminate its service agreements on July 31, 2010. The notice covers all Cinram entities globally and [...]
Warner and Netflix Agree on DVDs, Blu-ray and Streaming
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group and Netflix, Inc. announced new agreements that will continue to make Warner Bros. new release DVD and Blu-ray titles available to Netflix members while adding to the selection of direct to video titles and catalog movies available to be streamed instantly to TVs and computers.
