Film and television producer LionsGate has said that it is working with Apple to provide customers who buy certain DVD and Blu-ray movies with an included digital copy of the movie through iTunes as well.

Microsoft is planning a brand new Xbox that will include a Blu-ray drive. Confirming that Sony and Microsoft are in talks, a senior Sony President has claimed that the move will not hurt the Japanese consumer electronics company.

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CMC Magnetics will not start commercial production of blank Blu-ray Disc (BD) discs until the global BD market emerges to some extent, according to company chairman, Robert Wong.

Plextor is extending its range of personal storage products with the new 320GB pocket hard disk ? Plextor PX-PH320US.

Last January Warner left the HD DVD format and immediately a destructive ball started spinning. Now that Blu-ray is the official high definition standard and the Blu-ray Disc Association owns the market, Toshiba could do two things: they could make their own Blu-ray drives, or buy one and integrate them in their notebooks/PCs.

Blu-ray's victory in the next generation disc market is all but assured. However, after years of a standards war, the major question for Sony and the Blu-ray camp is whether a physical format for HD still has any relevance to consumers in this era of Internet-delivered movies and video on demand, according to research firm iSuppli.

Microsoft said it will stop making HD DVD players for its Xbox 360 video game system after Toshiba ceded the high-definition video format battle to Sony's Blu-ray.

Gigastorage, a second-tier Taiwan-based maker of blank optical discs, has been fully utilizing its production capacity for DVD+R/-R discs during the first quarter of 2008, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Optodisc Technology, another second-tier maker, on the other hand, is set for a corporate restructuring to deal with tough times.

Following the demise of the HD DVD format, DigiTimes reports that Acer will "push" Blu-ray notebooks this year.

Major Japanese electronics stores have stopped selling HD DVD machines after their maker Toshiba conceded defeat to Sony's Blu-ray in the battle to set the next-generation DVD standard.

Demand for flat panel televisions is expected to more than double to 180 million units by 2012, driven by strong sales in China and the United States, a Japanese industry group said.

Shops are starting to heavily discount HD-DVD recorders in an attempt to reduce their stock mountains.

Now that Blu-ray Disc (BD) has become the next-generation blue-laser optical disc standard following Toshiba's decision to discontinue its HD DVD business, BD devices will become popular earlier than originally expected, according to Lite-On IT, which is the largest Taiwan-based maker of half-height optical disc drives (ODDs).

Catering to users who want to watch High Definition TV without requiring the purchase expensive LCD TVs, Asus has today released the new Asus HDTV Suite-HDMI.

British viewers will be able to download a selection of BBC programs from Apple's digital store iTunes, under a deal announced by the public broadcaster's commercial arm.

iPod shuffle, the popular wearable music player, is now more affordably priced at $49, while a new 2GB model of the iPod shuffle is also introduced today for $69.

An American man’s life has been saved by a DVD after it stopped a bullet for him.

In a strange move, LG has said it will continue to back, develop and offer HD DVD players.

It seems American DVD kiosks are set to invade Canada this year. The New Release (TNR), a Houston-based company, plans to add 1,000 of their Moviecube DVD rental kiosks in North America by the end of 2008. Specifically the kiosks are going to Canada, where they'll be installed in Loblaws grocery stores.