LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a further sign that Sony Corp.'s Blu-ray has won the
high-definition format war, Paramount Pictures home entertainment unit said
Friday it will release its last HD DVD titles on Tuesday.
The company intends to switch to Blu-ray after it offers "Things We Lost in
the Fire" and "Into the Wild" in HD DVD.
Paramount said it is in the process of determining its Blu-ray release
schedule.
Universal Studios said last week it was shifting its focus to Sony's Blu-ray
standard.
That announcement came after Toshiba Corp. said it would no longer develop,
make or market players and recorders in HD DVD, the standard it invented.
Blu-ray won another key battle last month when Warner Bros. Entertainment
chose it as the exclusive format for its releases.
Other Blu-ray backers are Sony Pictures, Walt Disney Co. and News Corp.'s
Twentieth Century Fox.
Paramount is a division of Viacom Inc.
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