From what I understand, the BDA was willing to help but then Weinstein pushed to far. I believe these details were provided by Penton or Maxpower in our old Insiders Thread.
The BDA offered to give Weinstein money to go Blu-ray exclusive. That was agreed to in principal. Then Weinstein came back and said, "we'll take the money to go Blu-ray exclusive AND we want more money to actually RELEASE titles on Blu-ray." The BDA at that point basically said "hell no" and the deal fell threw.
So I blame this all on Weinstein; they are hurting financially so it makes sense they want to keep pushing for cash but common guys.
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