Topic: News

All over the world people are worried about the economy, and now some say that the recent downfall could kill the Blu-ray format.

A free music-label-slash-download-site has had its plug pulled by its own hosting service due to copyright infringement of its own songs.

The BBC and Sky are today trumpeting a new arrangement that will see the latter stuff links to iPlayer shows into its own web TV service.

According to the New York Post, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is considering getting into the digital-music business.

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is the latest studio to test day-and-date releases on DVD and video-on-demand.

As we recently reported, both Dell and Pioneer have unveiled plans to build burners that support the download-to-burn technology of Qflix. Now, too, have Lite-On.

Aleratec is offering the new 1:15 DVD/CD Tower Publisher SLS featuring high throughput rates.

Plextor has launched the latest update to its external DVD Rewriter family – the high-end Plextor PX-830UF.

All four of the major television networks joined with iTunes this morning to offer primetime programs in high definition.

The credit crunch, global financial turmoil, rising unemployment and rocketing household bills is good news for the home entertainment industry and cinemas across Britain.

Lite-On had originally planned to begin volume production of 6x Blu-ray Disc Combo drives about now but have decided to postpone till the start until November.

In explaining why his new computers didn't come with Blu-ray drives as some were expecting, Apple chief Steve Jobs described Blu-ray as a "bag of hurt".

Sony has announced the launch of its own PlayStation branded YouTube channel, that will deliver video content to the platform's community worldwide.

Sonic Solutions announced Qflix download and burn technology for DVD nearly a year ago. Now, following Dell's lead, Pioneer has announced its own Qflix compatible burners.

The $120 Dell Qflix DVD Burner lets you make copies of DRM-protected downloads that you can watch from your PC or TV.

Sony's Bravia Internet Video Link will receive its first movie premiere, Hancock, on October 28, before it is released on any other media.

Sharp will introduce into the Japanese market the 16-model AQUOS DX Series (including 52V-, 46V-, 42V-, 37V-, 32V-, and 26V-inch models), the world's first series of LCD TVs equipped with Blu-ray Disc Recorders.

JVC have debuted their new Blu-Ray Recorder, the DR-BX500, which uses a 500GB hard disk drive to store video content in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format.

The European Union has told music lovers to turn down the volume of MP3 players, saying they risk permanent hearing loss from listening too long at maximum levels.

YouTube has started screening full 50-minute episodes of the Star Trek series - 5 of them to be precise - heralding a new era in content advertising.