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WHAT IS IT about Blu-ray backers that they can’t seem to shake the interest of anti-trust investigators?
Right before the July 4th holiday in the U.S., the Wall Street Journal broke the news that investigators for the European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, have stepped up their probe of Blu-ray and HD DVD.
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In July 2006, investigators also sent letters to the studios seeking information on how they came to decide to back one format or the other. That inquiry seemed to go quiet for awhile, but clearly hasn’t gone away completely.
In fact, investigators’ interest seems to have grown keener and to have narrowed its focus to Blu-ray.
Right before the July 4th holiday in the U.S., the Wall Street Journal broke the news that investigators for the European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, have stepped up their probe of Blu-ray and HD DVD.
-- snip --
In July 2006, investigators also sent letters to the studios seeking information on how they came to decide to back one format or the other. That inquiry seemed to go quiet for awhile, but clearly hasn’t gone away completely.
In fact, investigators’ interest seems to have grown keener and to have narrowed its focus to Blu-ray.
It's an article from a week ago, but I just saw it linked on Doom9 and thought it was interesting.