Confirmation of Pathe and Studio Canal joining BD Camp?

[Tekman]

Another big announcement is that as well as HP, Dell and Lenovo all supporting Bluray, Acer will now also be, meaning the top 4 laptop manufacturers are all committed to the format.

From the Blu-ray disc ass. press conference

More news: China's Huahu Group are also becoming a BDA member. And if you've got no idea who they are, you're not alone. Suffice to say, they're the biggest audio and video device and content manufacturers in China, so them joining is going to make a huge difference to the bottom line.

In terms of where Bluray is now, we're told that there have been 2 million discs sold so far. Interestingly, whilst it took 10 months to reach 1 million, it only took 3 months to hit the 2 million mark.

More stats: Bluray discs are outselling HD-DVD 3:1 in Western Europe at the moment, since the launch of the PS3.

There have been a load of European independent film studios signed up - if you're an educated film buff that probably means load to you, but all I recognized was Pathe and Studio Canal. Still, good news.