As it turns out, Paramount was paid 50mil and Dreamworks 100mil for going exclusive.

Holy shit.

Didn't this first originate from bluray.com or something as "rumored".

anyways, it's not really surprising at all if true.  I wonder how much universal, blockbusters, target, fox, and disney were paid too.  There's gotta be something consumers like us don't know about. 

Common people , I bet , that this exclusivity is for a year tops , and not more . So wel have to wait for our Transformers copy untill 08 ... so what ?

ohhhhh
transformers ? shrek ?
some exclusivty on the HD DVD side ? this will allow them to SURVIVE ONLY :

http://www.dvdtown.com/news/fox-and-mgm-gets-back-in-the-blu-ray-game/4679

LOS ANGELES – August 20, 2007 -- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (TCFHE) today unveiled an aggressive global Blu-ray Disc release strategy including 29 new release and "must-have" catalog titles that runs through the end of the 2007 calendar year. Among the many highlights of the impressive worldwide slate are six day & date BD/DVD new theatrical releases from Fox including the $241 million box-office family favorite FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER and the $335 million box-office action powerhouse LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD, four day & date BD/DVD (U.S. only) new theatrical releases from MGM, 19 ´must-have on BD´ films from the two studios´ libraries, Fox´s first-ever TV release on BD – PRISON BREAK -- and Fox´s intention to release at least one state-of-the-art title per month featuring numerous BD ´firsts.´

The only high-definition packaged media universally supported by the film, music, gaming and computer industries, BD is the #1 selling high-definition packaged media. In fact, on a worldwide basis, BD is averaging nearly 70% market-share per week of all high definition titles sold this year and, in the U.S., it is out-performing HD DVD by a margin of 115%.

"Given that Blu-ray has consistently outsold HD DVD all year, and this is the case for any titles released by any studio in both formats, we believe that the time is right for us to accelerate our activities and help convert the nearly 60 million high definition households worldwide into Blu-ray households," noted Mike Dunn, President Worldwide, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. "By the end of this calendar year there will be expansive availability of technically vibrant releases featuring never-before-seen, advanced BD-J interactivity as well as a broad offering of playback devices at attractive prices that will prove to any doubting consumers once and for all that Blu-ray is the only way."

"And as Blu-ray continues to grows stronger, it has become survival of the fittest which is most apparent in the retail landscape where our eager and growing global Blu-ray consumer base has caused a shift that is forcing the allocation of more space to the format that is selling the best. And, in many recent instances of note, top retailers in North America are choosing to promote the Blu-ray format exclusively in their stores," continued Dunn.

Among the BD industry ´firsts´ from the Studios´ upcoming global release slate are picture in picture capability, enhanced viewing and surround sound modes with the ability to mix and match picture and sound, direct access to in-movie features through one of the four colored buttons on the BD remote and the most technically vibrant BD-Java interactive multi-player challenge and trivia games to date. The Studios´ slate also takes full advantage of BD-Live functionality this fourth quarter. Internet-connected consumers will enjoy unique, title specific "web-enabled" interactive features and games and "web-exclusive" downloadable content with the ability to connect and interact with other broadband BD users worldwide.

Cementing its leadership position within the industry - previous BD releases NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM and X-MEN THE LAST STAND rank in the Top 20 best-sellers - the vast majority of the Studios´ upcoming global slate will be presented on 50 GB dual-layer discs with advanced BD-J interactivity and feature numerous Blu-ray exclusive high-definition bonus materials that further realizes BD´s incredible potential. Consumers will enjoy the superior video and audio elements of AVC encoding and Lossless HD audio on many of the coming titles as well as enhanced and integrated menus, personal scene selections, search indexing, trivia and other title specific games and high-definition bonus materials.

Upcoming BD-J features exclusive to priority catalogue titles from Fox and MGM include an "Alien Scavenger Hunt" (INDEPENDENCE DAY) that challenges players to earn points by identifying the correct number of aliens in select scenes to unlock additional bonus features; a "Global Warming Trivia Track" (THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW) where users must correctly answer questions about global warming to keep the Earth´s temperature from rising and being destroyed; and a historical and geographical pop-up map (MASTER & COMMANDER) that tracks the location of Captain "Lucky" Jack Aubrey and his enemies.

@libellule
why are you posting the same article in two different forums. anwyays, old news. fox was alwasy bd exclusive so nothing special there.

 Its one thing to say, its another to act on it.

1/ it is not old news, dated, 20/08/07

2/ I posted it because I saw this thread on the main page and I remember the time when some PS3 fan decided to start it some months ago.
I realize that this article was typically article they wanted to put on this thread.
So I put it on this thread.
It was not an attempt to spread the article but more to put it at the right place

3/I dont post thing about BR/HD DVD usually, but when I see all the crazy basher/poster we have on the other side I think that It will be interesting to make them realize BR is far from being dead.

4/ Overall, sorry Delusional to have post it 2 times, you are right, there is no problem

Old news as in Fox was ALWAYS behind BD so them saying they still support BD doesn't really mean much compared to the news of Paramount dropping Bluray.

Anyways, I don't think I have seen anyone mention Bluray is even close to being dead.  The only point people are trying to make (or at least I am) is that HD DVD is FAR from dead and it's only getting interesting because seems like in terms of studio support, they are on par for the two formats.  Which may piss some people off since it means the war is still not close to an end.  But it's good because it'll only mean more price wars to drive the cost down for everyone.

Isn't Microsoft trying to kill optical media completely, and make themselves the only source of media through digital downloads? Maybe they are trying to let the format war kill off optical media, so they can replace DVDs with digital downloads.

This way, they can also enforce regional controls better - make sure Americans aren't seeing as much Anime as they would like and make sure Europeans pay more than Americans for the same movie.