Japanese stores go for Blu-ray
FROM VARIETY: Tsutaya will begin rentals at 10 outlets
By Mark Schilling of Variety -- Video Business, 3/19/2008
MARCH 18 | FROM VARIETY: Music and pic rental majors Tsutaya and Geo will start stocking Blu-ray discs in their stores in Japan.Tsutaya will begin rentals at 10 outlets in Tokyo and Osaka on Wednesday (its home delivery subsid will start sending out Blu-ray discs the same day). It plans to have Blu-ray discs in 1,300 stores by summer.
Geo will begin renting Blu-ray discs at nearly 800 stores on April 12.
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