Software may speed BD Live titles.

Video Business;  April 21, 2008 ;     368 words ......ray Disc development software, dubbed BD Live Platform, promises to save studios time...bonus features. The result could be more BD Live titles coming to market with beefed up interactivity this year. Rather than build BD Live features from scratch with each title...

BD Live launch starts with a whisper.(Sony Pictures Home Entertainment...

Video Business;  April 14, 2008 ;     244 words ......Entertainment is going to market its first BD Live, Web-enabled features slowly. The studio makes little mention of BD Live in TV ads or newspaper circulars for...upcoming titles.' Sony did launch a BD Live micro Web site on April 8 at SonyPictures...

Beauty makes the most of BD Live.

Video Business;  June 16, 2008 ;     525 words ......Oct. 7 with the format's most advanced BD Live interactive features to date. The title...relatively few major studio releases with BD Live have included only one or two Web-enabled...president Bob Chapek said of the studio's BD Live launch. 'Every subsequent Disney title...

Sony to debut BD Live players soon.

Video Business;  March 3, 2008 ;     253 words ......months. The manufacturer's first such BD Live player, the BDP-S350, will launch this...won't be able to actually playback the BD Live material until a firmware upgrade is made...to street in the fall as a full-fledged BD Live player. The BDP-S350 and BDP-S550 are...

Disney pushing Blu-ray's BD Live.(ENABLING TECHNOLOGY)

The Online Reporter;  July 18, 2008 ;     560 words ......with what's being called BD Live (Blu-ray Disc), the ability...obvious possibilities for BD Live. The article says that Disney...Lionsgate and Sony Pictures see BD Live as a killer app that will...the rival high-definition HD DVD disc technology out of the...disc ...

Disney to standardize on BD Live for all Blu-ray titles.(DIGIGRAMS)(Brief...

The Online Reporter;  July 25, 2008 ;     124 words ......unit, in a New York Times piece about BD Live, Blu-ray's interactive capability. It...director's cuts. Disney has committed to having BD Live on all its future Blu-ray products, starting...Sleeping Beauty in September. One might call BD Live Blu-ray's version of cloud computing...

Sony wants to add social network functions to BD live.(CLOUD COMPUTING)

The Online Reporter;  July 25, 2008 ;     333 words ...Sony hopes to make Blu-ray's BD Live even more interactive by adding social network functions...Sony Electronics chief Stan Glasgow. He said the dream BD Live would be one where you could interface and change things...users to socially interact with other people. Because BD Live devices ...

Panasonic lowers BD Live player prices.

Video Business;  September 22, 2008 ;     73 words ......Susanne Ault Panasonic will price its latest BD Live model, the DMP-BD35, at $399, which is $300...first Web-enabled DMP-BD50 model. Panasonic's BD Live pricing now matches that of current BD Live models for Sony and Samsung, which today rank...

BD Live on all Sony releases.

Video Business;  June 30, 2008 ;     61 words ......LAS VEGAS--Sony is pledging to feature BD Live interactivity on all of its future Blu-r...business development, demonstrated the BD Live interface it has made standard during...consumer reaction on the studio's first BD Live releases, Walk Hard and The Sixth Day...

BD Live set-tops ready for shelves.

Video Business;  July 14, 2008 ;     674 words ......capabilities, tackle PS3 competition The first BD Live Blu-ray Disc set-top players are finally...The PS3 boasts both a gaming system and BD Live-capable Blu-ray player for $399, undercutting the $699 price of Panasonic's straight BD Live player, the DMP-BD50. Panasonic's latest...

Sony to reward BD Live users.

Video Business;  October 6, 2008 ;     261 words ......Pictures Home Entertainment is launching a BD Live rewards program on Oct. 7 to coincide...points each time they register the studio's BD Live titles. Club members can use points toward...titles when connected to the studio's BD Live network. Also on Oct. 7, Walt Disney Studios...

Tinker Bell rings in with BD Live.

Video Business;  June 2, 2008 ;     219 words ......premiere Tinker Bell on Oct. 28 as one of the studio's early Web-enabled BD Live Blu-ray titles, following Sleeping Beauty , which bows with BD Live on Oct. 7. Tinker Bell 's BD Live enhancements revolve around a 'Tinker Trainer Game,' in which players...

HD DVD Rallies Consumer Audience in 2007 Driving Nearly One Million...

PR Newswire;  January 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ...HD DVD software sales increase during key holiday...Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the companies of the HD DVD Promotional Group recapped a breakthrough...format, reaching nearly one million dedicated HD DVD players sold in North America and delivering...

SWAYING THE SKEPTICS: Microsoft is in town to convert the masses to HD...

Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN);  September 30, 2006 ;     656 words ......toughest jobs in home technology. . As director of HD DVD Evangelism in Microsoft's Consumer Media Technology...parking lot. His semi trailer was loaded with HD DVD equipment, including a Microsoft HD DVD gizmo, piles of HD DVD discs and an arsenal of...

Toshiba Deploys New HD DVD Marketing Initiatives Based on Strong Fourth...

PR Newswire;  January 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Mass Market Acceptance Confirms that HD DVD is the Consumer's Choice for Next Generation...up its successful marketing campaign for HD DVD as it experienced record-breaking unit...designed to spotlight the superior benefits of HD DVD as well as the benefits HD DVD brings ...