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Scooby Blu · 05-07-2008, 02:21 PM

From the Digital Bits

In other news today, we've finally gotten official confirmation of the amount that Paramount was paid by Toshiba for their exclusive support of HD-DVD, in a story about Paramount's (and parent company Viacom's) 1st Qtr financial earnings at Variety. It appears the final settled amount was $29 million. Not that it matters anymore, but there's the final word for completion's sake.

We heard the rumor for months now we KNOW it's true !!!

Joe Cain · 05-07-2008, 02:32 PM

Never thought of it as a rumor: Philippe Dauman's non-denial ("I won't comment on that number") was all the confirmation needed.

Nice to see it in numbers, though. Shame there's a whole segment of the population that will discount the Variety story simply because Bill Hunt wrote about it.

jw · 05-07-2008, 03:23 PM

Max Power posted something similiar pertaining to that. Evidently it was disclosed in the financials
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=48969

05-07-2008, 02:21 PM	#1
Scooby Blu Power Member Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Apr 2008 Home Theater Gallery:7	Paramount Payoff ! From the Digital Bits In other news today, we've finally gotten official confirmation of the amount that Paramount was paid by Toshiba for their exclusive support of HD-DVD, in a story about Paramount's (and parent company Viacom's) 1st Qtr financial earnings at Variety. It appears the final settled amount was $29 million. Not that it matters anymore, but there's the final word for completion's sake. We heard the rumor for months now we KNOW it's true !!!

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05-07-2008, 02:32 PM	#2
Joe Cain Power Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:The Tragic City Blu-ray collection:79	Never thought of it as a rumor: Philippe Dauman's non-denial ("I won't comment on that number") was all the confirmation needed. Nice to see it in numbers, though. Shame there's a whole segment of the population that will discount the Variety story simply because Bill Hunt wrote about it.

05-07-2008, 03:23 PM	#3
jw Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Apr 2007 Location:USA Trading Score:519	Max Power posted something similiar pertaining to that. Evidently it was disclosed in the financials https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=48969

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