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In Reply to: RE: Do you want me to post the NYT article? posted by Jazz Inmate on August 23, 2007 at 12:56:30

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.

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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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