Blu-ray Disc Sales Up 68 Percent

Media Control GfK International announced the release of its Third Quarter Home Video Retail Sales Report. According to the statement, third quarter combined retail sales of DVD and Blu-ray titles increased 8.8% over the previous quarter in Western Europe and Japan. In addition, year-over-year third quarter combined DVD/Blu-ray sales were down 3.8% while Blu-ray sales …

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Rovi Expands TotalGuide in Europe

Rovi Corporation (formerly Macrovision) announced that it has established new relationships with more than 19 European content providers, growing the number of services eligible to deliver their content through TotalGuide in Europe to more than 34 providers.

Acetrax Delivers Movies to Samsung TVs and Blu-ray Players

Acetrax announced that it will deliver movies and TV shows to Internet@TV enabled Samsung TV and Blu-ray devices in the UK, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Austria. According to the statement, movies on the Acetrax service will be available in Q4 2010 for 24-hour rental or purchase. Acetrax gives customers the option to rent and buy …

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Apple Sells Two Million iPads

Apple announced that iPad sales have topped two million in less than 60 days since its launch on April 3, 2010. According to the statement, Apple began shipping iPad in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK this past weekend. iPad will be available in nine more countries in July and …

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