Vudu signs sales reps
JUNE 10 | FROM TWICE: Will sell VOD set-top in California, Arizona, Nevada and Michigan
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CinemaNow comes to Windows Media Center
MAY 23 | FROM TWICE: CinemaNow said its library of feature-length movies and TV shows is now available through Microsoft’s Windows Media Center software for Vista .
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TiVo launches Web video application
MARCH 18 | FROM TWICE: TiVo said Tuesday that its DVR subscribers will be able to watch video content from the Web directly on their television sets.
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Vudu adds control code partners
MARCH 14 | FROM TWICE: Internet distributed video service provider Vudu said home control and automation firms Control4, Crestron, Logitech, NetStreams, Philips, Universal Electronics and Universal Remote Control have agreed to integrate key products with Vudu’s HD-capable set-top boxes and other devices.
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Paramount becomes last to do Blu
FEB. 21 | FROM TWICE: As expected, former HD DVD exclusive studio Paramount officially announced it will now produce high-definition movies on Blu-ray Disc, a day after Toshiba pulled the plug on the HD DVD format.
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Blu-ray's player lead narrows
FEB. 11 | FROM TWICE: Despite aggressive price promotions on HD DVD players from Toshiba, sales of Blu-ray Disc players continued to outsell HD DVD units by a wide margin through the week ending Jan. 26, according to leaked NPD Group reports, but the gap has narrowed significantly from reports issued two weeks earlier.
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CES: Blu-ray shifts promo plans post-Warner
JAN. 9 | FROM TWICE: LAS VEGAS — Some members of the Blu-ray Disc Assn. were not declaring victory in the war of the high-definition disc formats Monday, but their actions seemed to be speaking louder than their words.
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CES: Web extras coming to Blu-ray
JAN. 7 | FROM TWICE: LAS VEGAS — San Francisco-based software developer Related Content Database is announcing at International CES here two new Blu-ray feature platforms — BD Live and BD Magic.
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LG ships second-generation super Blu player
DEC. 11 | FROM TWICE: ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.— LG Electronics is now shipping its second-generation “Super Blu” combination HD DVD/Blu-ray Disc player.
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Wii, DS hit holiday sales highs
NOV. 30 | FROM TWICE: Nintendo said it sold more than 350,000 Wii home video game consoles and 653,000 Nintendo DS handheld game players in the first week of the 2007 holiday shopping season (Nov. 18-24).
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Toshiba ‘Phases’ in new HD DVD promo
NOV. 20 | FROM TWICE: Toshiba kicked off its previously announced joint promotion with CBS Home Entertainment on Tuesday, offering purchasers of Toshiba HD DVD players and the season one HD DVD collection of Star Trek: The Original Series replica “Phaser” that acts as the player’s remote control.
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Warner remains loyal to dual high-def formats
SEPT. 12 | FROM TWICE: DENVER— Warner Home Video president Ron Sanders told VB sister publication TWICE at CEDIA Expo that the company has enjoyed strong sales in both HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc and will likely continue to support both until that changes. Sanders also revealed that Warner will be releasing all four Harry Potter movies on high-definition discs in time for the holidays
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Samsung unveils HD DVD/Blu-ray player
JULY 26 | FROM TWICE: Samsung formally introduced its latest high-definition optical disc player line, including the company’s previously announced first dual-format HD DVD/Blu-ray player.
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TiVo to release $299 high-def digital video recorder
JULY 25 | FROM TWICE: WASHINGTON —TiVo revealed before the Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing meeting held here Monday, that it has introduced a new high-definition digital video recorder for cable subscribers that will sell for $299 at retail.
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Nintendo claims videogame lead
JULY 25 | FROM TWICE: Nintendo said Monday that sell-in numbers of its Wii video game console continue to outpace the industry, and unit sales in the United States and Canada combined for more than 2.3 million over the first half of the year.
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