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Jazz Inmate

In Reply to: RE: Put down the Kool-Aid posted by 4season on August 23, 2007 at 12:25:46

MS gave Paramount $150 million.

What did big bad Sony give Blockbuster? Not a rhetorical question. I genuinely don't know. Enlighten me.

Yes, target got paid. Target is a RETAILER. Paramount is a STUDIO. Do you not see the difference? If a customer doesn't like Target's decision, they can go to another retailer. If I want Transformers on Blu-ray (I don't, but my point is still valid), I can't go to a different studio because Paramount owns the movie.

Do you not see my point? It's very simple.
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Think about this - 4season 16:58:25 08/23/07 (1)
I don't have details about all that went on with Blockbuster, but didn't it strike you as interesting that we heard about both Blockbuster's and Target's move from the Blu-Ray group PR machinery rather than Blockbuster or Target themselves? Not what I'd expect if Blockbuster's had been entirely their own internal business decision.

You can post a link to whatever MS-related article you want, but it ultimately doesn't matter where the $150M came: Microsoft, Toshiba, Intel, whatever: They are all Hollywood outsiders, so who cares? OTOH, The Blu-Ray group's hands are tied because Sony is both a major player in the Blu-Ray consortium and the motion picture industry. It'd be ironic as hell if Sony Pictures were forced to go format-neutral in order to keep the B-D consortium out of legal trouble.
- RE: Think about this - Jazz Inmate 17:39:42 08/23/07 (0)
  > > I don't have details about all that went on with Blockbuster, < <
  
  Then maybe you shouldn't insinuate Blockbuster's decision was motivated by anything other than sales/rental numbers and shelf space. Frankly, all of Blockbuster's decisions are motivated by that.
  
  > > but didn't it strike you as interesting that we heard about both Blockbuster's and Target's move from the Blu-Ray group PR machinery rather than Blockbuster or Target themselves? < <
  
  I don't know what you mean. Corporate PRs go out across the wire and are picked up by all kinds of news agencies. The fact that groups promoting Blu-ray trumpeted the news louder is an obvious consequence of this particular news. I think the original news source I saw for this was Associated Press.
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