International Business News - dvd http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Nearly a third of consumers pirate DVDs according to a new study released on Tuesday, suggesting a large revenue loss for content producers and legitimate channels of distribution. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/88192-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/nearly-third-conumers-pirate-dvds-study-futuresource-macromedia.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/nearly-third-conumers-pirate-dvds-study-futuresource-macromedia.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:36:24 EDT Malaysia's plan to use dogs to sniff out pirated DVDs suffered a setback after one of two Labradors trained for the task died of an unknown cause, officials said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/dvd-sniffing-anti-piracy-dog-dies-in-malaysia.htm Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:59:23 EDT Apple Inc. announced Thursday a new agreement with top Hollywood studios that will allow them to start selling movies through its iTunes Music Store on the same day as the titles are released on DVD. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/43284-apple-itunes.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/apple-itunes-movies-netflix-dvd.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/apple-itunes-movies-netflix-dvd.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 14:11:51 EDT A Beijing court has handed down the first jail sentence in the Chinese capital for copyright infringement, state media reported Saturday. Beijing is flooded with pirated DVDs and fake designer goods. The United States and European Union have been pushing China to do more to fight piracy, saying it costs their companies billions of dollars a year. The government has been trying to crack down ahead of the Beijing Olympics in August. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080426/beijing-court-imprisons-dvd-pirate.htm Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:47:00 EDT Toshiba Corp. is still evaluating how its decision to pull out of the HD DVD business will affect its earnings, the company said Thursday. "When we have determined if a revision to our earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending March is necessary we will release it as soon as possible," the Japanese electronics maker said in a statement. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080313/toshiba-still-assessing-hd-dvd-pullout.htm Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:43:13 EDT Film and television producer Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. said Monday that it is working with Apple Inc. to provide customers who buy certain DVD and Blu-ray movies with an included digital copy of the movie through iTunes as well. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080310/lions-gate-to-give-itunes-copy-on-dvds.htm Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:10:16 EDT Circuit City Stores Inc. is getting on the Blu-ray digital video format bandwagon by tripling the period in which customers who purchased a rival HD DVD player can return them. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080306/circuit-city-extends-hd-dvd-return-time.htm Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:12:28 EST Malaysian authorities said Monday they hope two specially trained dogs will help police sniff out pirated DVDs and clean up the country's reputation as an abuser of intellectual property rights. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080303/dogs-to-sniff-out-dvd-piracy-in-malaysia.htm Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:50:02 EST In a further sign that Sony Corp.'s Blu-ray has won the high-definition format war, Paramount Pictures home entertainment unit said Friday it will release its last HD DVD titles on Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080229/paramount-to-end-hd-dvd-releases.htm Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:11:34 EST Microsoft Corp. said it will stop making HD DVD players for its Xbox 360 video game system after Toshiba Corp. ceded the high-definition video format battle to Sony Corp.'s Blu-ray. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080224/microsoft-pulls-plug-on-hd-dvd-players.htm Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:33:27 EST Microsoft Corp. said it will stop making HD DVD players for its Xbox 360 video game system after Toshiba Corp. ceded the high-definition video format battle to Sony Corp.'s Blu-ray. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080224/microsoft-pulls-plug-on-hd-dvd.htm Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:30:58 EST A South Carolina man is thankful for a DVD that ended up taking a bullet for him. Colleton County Fire and Rescue Director Barry McRoy says he was leaving a Waffle House restaurant in Walterboro on Saturday morning when two men ran in fighting over a gun. Police say a bullet hit one of the struggling men, shattered a window and then hit McRoy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080219/dvd-in-firefighters-coat-blocks-bullet.htm Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:38:58 EST Sony's Blu-ray technology is emerging as the likely winner in the format battle for the next generation of DVD players after Toshiba appeared ready to ditch its HD DVD business. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/27486-japan-toshiba.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080218/sonys-blu-ray-dvd-format-could-prevail.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080218/sonys-blu-ray-dvd-format-could-prevail.htm Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:01:44 EST Sony's Blu-ray technology is emerging as the likely winner in the format battle for the next generation of DVD players after Toshiba appeared ready to ditch its HD DVD business. Such a move would help consumers know which system to invest in and would likely boost sales in Blu-ray gadgets, analysts say. But it will disappoint the 1 million people around the world estimated by Toshiba who have already bought HD DVD players. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/27276-japan-toshiba.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080218/sonys-blu-ray-dvd-format-could-prevail.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080218/sonys-blu-ray-dvd-format-could-prevail.htm Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:25:45 EST Toshiba may pull the plug on its HD DVD business, the Japanese electronics maker said Monday, in what would signal the almost certain defeat of its next-generation video format to rival Blu-ray technology. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/27090-japan-toshiba.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080217/toshiba-may-pull-plug-on-hd-dvd-format.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080217/toshiba-may-pull-plug-on-hd-dvd-format.htm Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:38:30 EST Toshiba may pull the plug on its high-definition DVD format but no decision has been made, the Japanese electronics maker said in a statement Monday. Toshiba Corp. has started a review of its HD DVD business, it said, amid reports by the Wall Street Journal and Kyodo News agency that Toshiba was considering pulling out after losing ground to the competing Blu-ray disc format. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080217/toshiba-says-it-may-end-hd-dvd.htm Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:08:17 EST Toshiba Corp. is highly likely to exit the high-definition DVD business early this week, The Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the situation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080217/report-toshiba-likely-to-exit-hd-dvds.htm Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:06:10 EST Toshiba Corp. is highly likely to exit the high-definition DVD business early this week, The Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the situation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080217/report-toshiba-likely-exit-dvds.htm Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:06:10 EST Dover Motorsports Inc. said its board declared a regular quarterly dividend of 1.5 cents per share on both classes of common stock. The motorsports events promoter said the dividend is payable on March 10 to shareholders of record as of Feb. 10. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080124/dover-motorsports-sets-dividend.htm Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:36:59 EST Consumer electronics maker Toshiba Corp said on Monday it is slashing prices of its HD DVD format players by between 40 to 50 percent as major Hollywood studios move to embrace Sony Corp's Blu-ray format high definition DVDs. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080115/toshiba-hd-dvd-blu-ray.htm Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:34:03 EST