| (Unranked) | 'The Vampire Lovers' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 12/07/2012 5:00pm) |
| The 1970 cult horror will seduce Blu-ray next year. In an early announcement to retailers, Scream Factory is working on 'The Vampire Lovers' for Blu-ray in 2013. Buxom vamps and bloodthirsty beauties [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Interview Featuring Advanced Powerline Technologies, Inc., is Showcased at SmallCapVoice.com (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 9/21/2005 1:00pm) |
| Advanced Powerline Technologies, Inc., announced today that the company is being featured in an interview by SmallCapVoice.com. The interview covers all of the latest news for APWL and features insights and commentary about the company's growth to date. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Vampire Lovers' Blu-ray Detailed (High-Def Digest, 1/11/2013 5:00pm) |
| The 1970 cult horror seducing Blu-ray in a few months has been dated and detailed. As previously reported, Scream Factory is working on 'The Vampire Lovers' for Blu-ray in 2013, and now the date [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Review (Big Picture Big Sound, 9/18/2012 5:58pm) |
| The CW's supernatural drama is back with even more sex, violence and alcohol. Ready to sink your teeth [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Review: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - 3D (High-Def Digest, 10/24/2012 11:50pm) |
| The first thing I said to a colleague of mine when we walked out of the press screening for 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' was, "That was the best bad movie I've ever seen." I'm under no delusion [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | Interview: Samsung Says There's Life After Hollywood for HD DVD [Interview] (Gizmodo, 1/08/2008 1:18am) |
| We scored a sitdown with DongSoo Jun, Executive VP and General Manager of Samsung's Digital AV Division. Translation: He's Samsung's main man on Blu-ray and HD DVD. We asked him the big question: "Is... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Fourth Season' Dated and Detailed for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 6/10/2013 10:00pm) |
| The fourth season of the hit supernatural CW series arrives on Blu-ray in September. In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers is working on 'The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Fourth [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Interview with a Hitman' Blu-ray Dated and Detailed (High-Def Digest, 1/16/2013 9:00pm) |
| Perry Bhandal's thriller starring Luke Goss targets Blu-ray in March. In an early announcement to retailers, Well Go USA is prepping 'Interview with a Hitman' for a Blu-ray release on March 5. [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Live from the Engadget CES Stage: an interview with MakerBot's Bre Pettis (Engadget, 1/09/2013 9:30pm) |
| Yep, it's a big year from 3D printing, and no company's got a bigger piece of the spotlight than MakerBot. The [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Live from the Engadget CES Stage: an interview with Sculpteo's Clément Moreau (Engadget, 1/11/2013 9:30pm) |
| For a few years now, Sculpteo has taken a different approach to goal of mainstreaming 3D printing. While the [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | INTERVIEW: Arianespace Expects Asian Launches To Pickup (Dow Jones via Yahoo! Asia News, 6/20/2005 8:05am) |
| SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Arianespace (ARS.YY) expects to launch three satellites in Asia this year and four next year, marking a pick up after a slump that has lasted several years, a senior official at the European satellite giant said in a recent interview. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | CW app lets you watch Vampire Diaries, Arrow on Xbox 360 (Joystiq, 4/24/2013 1:00pm) |
| A free CW app on Xbox 360 allows Gold subscribers to stream full episodes of network shows and other content through their console. Episodes of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Live from the Engadget CES Stage: an interview with Formlabs' Maxim Lobovsky (Engadget, 1/11/2013 6:00pm) |
| We've already had a handful of 3D printing companies swing [...] (Read Full Article) |
| TiVo to Offer Subscription Only Model? An Interview with CEO Tom Rogers (Digg.com, 2/17/2006 12:34pm) |
| Bloomberg has an exclusive interview with TiVo CEO Tom Rogers where he discusses the possibility of a subscription only (no up front box to buy) model for TiVo, the increasingly important role of advertising to TiVo and what's next for the Series 3 standalone HDTV TiVo due out later this year. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Interview with TiVo CEO Tom Rogers (Slashdot, 2/18/2006 9:04pm) |
| Thomas Hawk writes "Bloomberg did an exclusive interview with TiVo's Tom Rogers this week where among other things he discussed the possibility of TiVo offering a subscription only pricing model (i.e. no upfront cost to buy a TiVo box), the increasingly important role that advertising, ironically, is playing in their current business model, and details on the upcoming Series 3 standalone HDTV ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Live from the Engadget CES Stage: an interview with 3D Systems' Avi Reichental (Engadget, 1/08/2013 11:30pm) |
| CES 2013 is shaping up to be the biggest year yet for 3D [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Technology - [itvt] Interview: Philips' Rob de Vogel on 3D VOD - InteractiveTV Today [itvt] (Technology Blog, 11/01/2007 1:15am) |
| Technology - [itvt] Interview: Philips' Rob de Vogel on 3D VOD - InteractiveTV Today [itvt] ... , entertainment, hdtv Bookmark to: Add 'Technology - itvt Interview: Philips' Rob de Vogel on 3D VOD ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | IBC 2012 Coverage: Pierre "Pete" Routhier Interview (Broadcast Engineering, 9/10/2012 2:19pm) |
| Phil Kurz speaks with Pierre "Pete" Routhier, Vice President 3D Excellence Technology, Techinicolor, on the 3D experience in the home.
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| (Unranked) | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Blu-ray Review) (Home Media Magazine, 10/17/2012 8:38pm) |
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| (Unranked) | 'Dark Shadows' Announced and Detailed for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 7/30/2012 11:50pm) |
| Tim Burton's reimagining of the classic vampire soap opera will sink its teeth into Blu-ray just in time for Halloween! In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers will be releasing 'Dark [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Byzantium' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 7/03/2013 8:00pm) |
| Neil Jordan's acclaimed vampire film will seduce Blu-ray in October. In an early announcement to retailers, MPI has indicated that 'Byzantium' is planned for Blu-ray on October 29. Two female [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D Dated and Detailed (High-Def Digest, 9/17/2012 6:00pm) |
| The undead-slaying presidential tale based on the New York Times Best Selling novel by Seth Grahame-Smith gets elected to both formats this October! In an early announcement to retailers, 20th [...] (Read Full Article) |
| MLB 2K8 PS3 Producer Interview (IGN, 12/15/2007 1:46am) |
| Major League Baseball 2K8 (PS3)We get some of the first details on 2K's upcoming baseball title for the PS3. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Blood for Irina' Dated for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 6/04/2013 10:00pm) |
| The acclaimed vampire thriller from director Chris Alexander will sink its fangs into Blu-ray this month. In an early announcement to retailers, Autonomy Pictures will be releasing 'Blood for Irina' [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony Goes to the 'Underworld' on Blu-ray this September (High-Def Digest, 7/18/2007 4:30pm) |
| Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced it will bring the Kate Beckinsale vampire opus 'Underworld' to Blu-ray in time for Halloween. The hit action-horror thriller will sink its fangs into Blu-ray... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Kiss of the Damned' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 4/16/2013 4:00pm) |
| The sensual horror flick will unleash its bloodlust on Blu-ray in July. In an early announcement to retailers, Magnolia is preparing 'Kiss of the Damned' for Blu-ray on July 23. Beautiful vampire [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 'Twilight' to Take Bite Out of Blu-ray this March (High-Def Digest, 1/09/2009 7:00pm) |
| Last year's biggest sleeper smash, the teen vampire sensation 'Twilight' will rise on Blu-ray this March. Based on the first of Stephenie Meyer's popular series of young adult novels, 'Twilight' proved... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New releases include Titanic 3D, Snow White, Spartacus: Vengeance, and The Vampire Diaries (HD-Report, 9/11/2012 5:42pm) |
| What’s new on Blu-ray Disc this week? Well, it started early yesterday with the release of the 15th Anniversary of Titanic. The film is now available in several editions including a Four-Disc Collectors Edition that packs Blu-ray 3D, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Specs (and a Street Date Bump) Revealed for '30 Days of Night' Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 12/24/2007 5:30pm) |
| Sony has unveiled a bloody good spate of extras for the upcoming February Blu-ray release of '30 Days of Night,' but fans will have to wait an extra week to seek their teeth into the vampire chiller. As... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | As Nintendo's Fils-Aime touts 3DS, he sidesteps Wii U's woes (CNET Blogs, 4/18/2013 5:54pm) |
| The president of Nintendo of America said in an interview recently that his company is a bit disappointed by the "pace of launches" of games for its console. (Read Full Article) |
| '30 Days of Night' to Bite Into Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 12/03/2007 7:00pm) |
| In an early alert to retailers, Sony has revealed it plans to bring the hit vampire thriller '30 Days of Night' to Blu-ray this February. Based on the popular graphic novel of the same name, '30 Days of...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/highdefdigestallnews/~4/194478594" height="1" width="1"/> ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | DPA Microphones deliver HD sound for HD pictures at IBC 2013 (Broadcast Engineering, 7/22/2013 6:13pm) |
| Broadcasters attending IBC 2013 will only need to stop at DPA Microphones’ stand D76 in Hall 8 to cover all HD broadcast microphone applications, from the single interview to the complete TV show.
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| Interview: Why Warner Went Full Throttle With Blu-ray [Update] (Gizmodo, 1/05/2008 12:45am) |
| Warner announced earlier today it was 100 percent Blu-ray. We just talked a bit with Warner about some of the whys behind the decision. In a sentence: Because the format war is killing regular DVD... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Revolution to Sell for Less Than $300 (Addict 3D, 1/20/2006 5:39pm) |
| The Nintendo Revolution will go on sale later this year at a price of less than $300, the company's executive vice president of sales and Marketing Reggie Fils-Aime told CNET News.com in an interview earlier this week. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Review: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters - 3D (High-Def Digest, 6/11/2013 4:00pm) |
| After that Abraham Lincoln genre flick with the "Vampire Hunter" subtitle, I wasn't looking forward to the similar Hansel & Gretel movie with the matching "Witch Hunters" subtitle. The lifeless [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Exclusive: Zelda 3DS 'feels totally different,' needs to be played in 3D (CNET News, 5/01/2013 4:00pm) |
| In an exclusive interview, Zelda series director and producer Eiji Aonuma talks to CNET's Jeff Bakalar about the sequel to 1992's A Link to the Past on the Nintendo [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Tim Burton’s ‘Dark Shadows’ coming to Blu-ray (HD-Report, 7/31/2012 5:21pm) |
| Dark Shadows, Tim Burton's big screen take on the classic 60's vampire soap opera, will arrive in a Blu-ray/DVD/Ulatrviolet combo pack on October 2 at a suggested list price of $35.99. This campy/creepy comedy stars Johhn Depp as Barnabas Collins, a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | BotObjects 3D printer promises huge leap forward, attracts skeptics (CNET Blogs, 5/10/2013 7:54pm) |
| In an interview, BotObjects founders Mike Duma and Martin Warner stay tight-lipped about the groundbreaking claims for their new 3D printer, but they swear it's for real, and that we'll have more details soon. (Read Full Article) |
| Digital Spy: Tom Cruise spars with 'Today' show host (Digital Spy, 6/25/2005 2:11am) |
| An interview with Tom Cruise on NBC breakfast news show Today turned sour when the subject of psychiatry came up. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Review: Nitro Circus: The Movie - 3D (High-Def Digest, 11/19/2012 9:50pm) |
| During one of a few interview appearances in 'Nitro Circus: The Movie,' Johnny Knoxville compared his MTV reality series and films to the antics of this "action sport collective," which also had a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| 'Incredible Hulk' Blu-ray Planned with 70 Minutes of Cut Footage (High-Def Digest, 6/12/2008 6:00pm) |
| Fans hoping for an even bigger 'Incredible Hulk' need only wait for the upcoming Blu-ray release, which according to the film's director will come with over an hour of cut footage. In a recent interview... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 Blu-ray Review (Big Picture Big Sound, 2/27/2013 8:29pm) |
| Vampire heads pop off like champagne corks in the epic battle to end the Twilight [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Skype is working on 3D video call capability, is held back by current technology's limitations (Engadget, 8/29/2013 7:52am) |
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In an interview with the BBC (which has canned making its own 3D content), [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Sony won't abandon PS3 after PS4 launch, execs say (AfterDawn, 6/28/2013 10:18am) |
| With the launch of the PlayStation 4 console set for the holiday season, Sony is reassuring PS3 owners of potential buyers that the console has years left.In an interview with Japanese Weekly [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Adult Content Confirmed to Appear on Blu-ray, HD DVD (Digg.com, 1/17/2007 2:25am) |
| Reports came in last week from Heise claiming that the adult entertainment has chosen HD DVD as the format of choice. The aforementioned report, however, conflicted with a DailyTech interview with Vivid Entertainment Group founder Steven Hirsh where the exec stated his company plans on backing both high-definition formats. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Stringer Stresses Support for Blu-ray (allthingsHiDef, 11/26/2007 9:29pm) |
| Sony Corp. CEO Sir Howard Stringer affirmed the company’s support for, and belief in, Blu-ray Disc , saying in an exclusive e-mail interview that the Sony-developed, next-generation disc format has both “the momentum and the scale†to ultimately triumph over rival HD DVD. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Loewe could integrate Blu-ray drives into future HDTVs (HDTV UK, 11/28/2008 11:32am) |
| ElectricPig has scored an exclusive interview with Loewe's CEO, Frieder Löhrer, who suggests that the upmarket TV manufacturer may well add integrated Blu-ray drives to their LCD TVs in the future. "Its a technique that we forsee not for the year 2008, but I would assume for early 2010," he said. He also spoke about the possibility of building OLED-based TVs, saying that the company was watchi ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba sez it wouldn't change a thing, still thinks HD DVD is better (Engadget, 2/19/2008 11:47pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
We've always heard that there's no need in regretting, and apparently, Toshiba is following said mantra after the collapse of its beloved high-definition movie format. In an interview with TechRadar, Toshiba's deputy general manager of HD DVD Olivier Van Wynendaele stated that it "wouldn't change anything that it did," and continued on to say that "cir ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft: No plans for Blu-ray on Xbox 360 (Punch Jump, 10/24/2009 3:35pm) |
| Microsoft Corp. this week reiterated it had no plans to release Blu-ray product for the Xbox 360 console.
Rumors of company plans to release Blu-ray peripherals were sparked in an interview with CEO Steve Ballmer in which he said consumers would be able to get Blu-ray drives as accessories.
Director of programming for Xbox Live Larry Hryb [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-Ray and Xbox 360? It's possible, says Moore (Joystiq, 1/10/2006 10:05pm) |
| Filed under: PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 With the announcement of an external HD-DVD drive for the Xbox 360, Microsoft looked to clearly choose sides in the format war. However, all is not black-and-white in the business, according to Peter Moore. In an interview with Japanese website ITmedia , Moore noted that, if the format war concluded with Blu-Ray as the clear winner, Microsoft ... (Read Full Article) |
| JVC Intros ProHD Line of HDV Camcorders Exclusive interview includes first-ever photos of the GY-HD100 camcorder By (Digital Video Editing, 4/08/2005 11:28pm) |
| (4/8/05) JVC plans to introduce ProHD, a new line of HDV -based products at NAB 2005. The new line of products includes two pro-level camcorders , an HDV videotape machine and more. (Read Full Article) |
| Interview - Mark Knox, Toshiba on HD DVD (HDBlog.net, 3/02/2006 1:39am) |
| HDTV Magazine Interviews Mark Knox, Toshiba on HD DVD
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| NEWS: LOVEFiLM: Blu-ray seeing good uptake in UK (Pocket-lint, 10/13/2008 11:17am) |
| Interview: Simon Morris, international marketing director, LOVEFiLMLOVEFiLM, the UK's largest online rental service, has told Pocket-lint that Blu-ray is proving to be a success despite some parties suggesting that downloads will supersede the format before it gets going.
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| (Unranked) | Mighty Switch Force 2 coming to 3DS eShop (Joystiq, 2/25/2013 3:30pm) |
The latest episode of Destructoid's Sup, Holmes? interview show was the venue for the surprise announcement of a sequel to WayForward's Mighty Switch Force. Director Austin Ivansmith told host Jonathan Holmes that Mighty Switch Force 2 will [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Kaz Hirai of Sony talks 'PS3 Online" (Joystiq, 7/06/2005 3:29pm) |
| Kaz Hirai gave an interview to US gaming mag ‘EGM’ in which he talks about Sony’s aims for the PS3 as an online console. Apparently Kaz thinks that web surfing from your console will be possible with the Playstation 3, due to the console having a USB port which you can plug a keyboard into (erm, don’t most USB keyboards have like a 1 meter cord?). Also he thinks the emergence of HDTV will ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony's Glasgow speaks out about Blu-ray, IPTV (AfterDawn, 7/13/2008 3:47am) |
| In a recent interview with TWICE, Sony Electronics president Stan Glasgow spoke out about his thoughts and the company's views on Blu-ray and IPTV and he had some interesting observations.
Last week, Sony CEO Howard Stringer announced that the new blockbuster movie "Hancock" would be streamed in HD to owners of Sony Bravia HDTVs, through the "Bravia Internet Video Link", days before it hit ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony underestimated 80GB PS3 demand (Joystiq, 4/03/2008 1:45pm) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Business
Sony America VP of marketing, Scott Steinberg, admits in an extensive interview with GameDaily that the company underestimated the demand for the 80GB PS3. He says the $100 extra for the 80GB model at $499 didn't seem "that big of a deal" to certain consumers. Beyond the price and obvious drive space difference, the 80GB enjoys backwards compatibility ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Engadget Joystiq Interview: Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft (Engadget, 5/25/2005 5:04pm) |
| Yesterday afternoon Joystiq editor Ben Zackheim and I sat down with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to discuss the Xbox 360 . We talked with him about what he thinks it’s going to take for the Xbox 360 to be a success (he thinks they’re going to swipe the top spot from Sony), his take on the PlayStation 3, why we might see one or more new versions of the Xbox 360 next year (hint: never say never ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Engadget Joystiq Interview: Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft (Joystiq, 5/19/2005 3:05pm) |
| Yesterday afternoon Joystiq editor Ben Zackheim and I sat down with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to discuss the Xbox 360 . We talked with him about what he thinks it’s going to take for the Xbox 360 to be a success (he thinks they’re going to swipe the top spot from Sony), his take on the PlayStation 3, why we might see one or more new versions of the Xbox 360 next year (hint: never say never ... (Read Full Article) |
| SCEA exec: PS3 is going to 'stand the test of time' (Joystiq, 3/20/2009 1:20am) |
| In a recent interview with GameDaily, SCEA Senior Vice President of Marketing Peter Dille responded to the multitude of rumors claiming the PS3 will see a price drop in the coming months. Simply put, Dille explained that Sony's profit strategy for the PlayStation brand "limits the playbook when it comes to pricing and promotion." Rather than talk about price cuts, SCEA is attempting to "commun ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Engadget Interview: Bre Pettis talks MakerBot's Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner (Engadget, 3/08/2013 10:36pm) |
| The job of kicking off this year's South [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Sony execs talk backward compatibility, PS3 comeback (Joystiq, 2/14/2008 5:45pm) |
| Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, BusinessOne year after EGM's infamous BattleStation cover feature on the PS3's problems, the latest issue has a feature that's quite a bit more bullish about the system's chances in the coming year. Included in that feature is an interesting interview with two PlayStation executives that reveals some interesting thoughts on the future of backward compatibility ... (Read Full Article) |
| This Week in Wall Street Reporter: Syntax-Brillian CEO Details Aggressive Plans to Grow into a Tier-1 Digital ... (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance, 10/22/2007 3:37pm) |
| NEW YORK, Oct. 22, 2007 -- Wall Street Reporter delivers an exclusive interview with James Ching Hua Li, President and CEO of Syntax-Brillian , in which he reveals expectations for continued growth and plans for the young HDTV manufacturer and distributor to become a Tier-1 consumer digital entertainment company. ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Engadget Interview: Bill Gates (again!) (Engadget, 2/06/2006 8:00am) |
| Filed under: CES, Desktops, Gaming, Handhelds, HDTV, Home En ... (Read Full Article) |
| Netflix CEO Hastings speaks about YouTube, iPhone, Xbox 360 (AfterDawn, 9/23/2009 4:09am) |
During an interview with Reuters, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings spoke out about the future of the physical DVD, as well as Netflix's plans for the iPhone, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and possible competition from YouTube
The interview in its entirety:
Reuters: What will Netflix subscribers gain from the improvements in the recommendation system?
Hastings: ItÂ’s doubling the quality of our movie recommendation and that helps our subscribers get more enjoyment from movies. Because more often they love the movie they watch. More often the movies recommended will will turn out to be movies that you love. If you watch a couple of movies and donÂ’t like many, you start to watch (sports and other programming). If every movie is incredible, you start to watch more.
Reuters: Netflix video streams on MicrosoftÂ’s Xbox Live system. What about the PS3 and Wii?
Hastings: Eventually we want to be on all the game consoles, all the Blu-ray players, all the Internet TVs. So we are working in parallel with all of those efforts. Currently our Xbox deal is exclusive and we havenÂ’t characterized it more than that.
Reuters: Any plans to work in partnership with Apple and the iPhone?
Hastings: itÂ’s something thatÂ’s likely to come over time. But nothing in the short term. (With) movie watching, we are not focused on mobile yet, but (instead) on the TV, on Blu-ray and on the video game consoles. We will get to mobile eventually, including the iPhone.
Reuters: What of YoutubeÂ’s potential movie service?
Hastings: I think there will be a lot of competition in this market: Hulu, Apple, Amazon, Youtube, Blockbuster. Internet video is a huge opportunity. And there will be a lot of people engaged, and that is going to be great for the consumer. All of us are going to innovate and compete with each other and provide more and more value to the consumer.
Reuters: How far along are we on the transition to all digital video watching?
Hastings: There will be people doing DVD-by-mail in 15 or 20 years, so I think DVD will last a long time. Our best guess is that DVD will peak for us in 5 or so years. But it is continuing to grow. And the streaming is exploding. So we are getting nice growth in the DVD side and huge growth on the streaming side.
Reuters: What do you make of BlockbusterÂ’s store closing plan?
Hastings: Blockbuster and Redbox really compete on doing the inexpensive new releases, and we are much more the streaming and the catalog. Their closings donÂ’t really benefit us. It will benefit Redbox more than it does us.
Reuters: Have you been approached about an acquisition or partnership?
Hastings: We donÂ’t comment and any acquisition prospects.Permalink | Comments
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| Microsoft denies Blu-ray on Xbox 360 (AfterDawn, 10/25/2009 9:18pm) |
Earlier this week we reported that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made comments that implied that the company would be bringing Blu-ray accessories to the Xbox 360.
At the time, the notoriously tongue-tied Ballmer had said: "Well I don't know if we need to put Blu-ray in there -- you'll be able to get Blu-ray drives as accessories."
The company has since released a statement denying the rumor and adding that Ballmer was speaking instead of PC accessories.
"During an interview yesterday, Steve Ballmer was asked about Blu-Ray and the Xbox 360. I wanted to clear something up. Steve was referring to Blu-Ray accessories for the PC. As we have said in the past, we have no plans to introduce a Blu-Ray drive for the Xbox 360. In fact, the future of home entertainment starts very soon when Xbox 360 becomes the first and only console to offer instant-on 1080p streaming HD movies. With a library of thousands of TV shows and movies to choose from, Xbox 360 owners can instantly watch the movies they want, when they want, in the highest form of high definition," says the post on MajorNelson.
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| PSA: Microsoft not planning Blu-ray drive for 360 (Joystiq, 10/22/2009 11:55pm) |
Today has seen several reports that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has confirmed a Blu-ray drive accessory for the Xbox 360. The purported revelation came from a Gizmodo interview, during which Ballmer said that 360 owners wanting a Blu-ray player could purchase "Blu-ray drives as accessories."
Clearing the air, Microsoft's Larry Hryb (a.k.a. Major Nelson) has gone on the record saying that the company has "no plans" for a 360 Blu-ray drive, adding that Ballmer was actually referring to Blu-ray drives for PCs. Hryb reiterates -- as did Ballmer -- that the main push for the Xbox 360 will be streaming media, noting specifically that the upcoming Dashboard update will bring instant 1080p streaming, a feature of the Zune Video Marketplace.
Now, say it with us (one more time): Blu-ray isn't coming to the Xbox 360.PSA: Microsoft not planning Blu-ray drive for 360 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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