universal went blu ray?

[Zinn]

For what I know Microsoft own/ has a stake in MSNBC And its brother channel is NBC. NBC and UNIVERSAL is the same company?

[Jeff®]

Originally Posted by Zinn

For what I know Microsoft own/ has a stake in MSNBC And its brother channel is NBC. NBC and UNIVERSAL is the same company?

That's probably one of the issues/influences. The whole who-owns-what-percentage-of-each-Universal-division problem almost gave me a headache an hour ago, so I stopped looking into it.

[Konrad]

For me this is one of the best news in quite a while. Universal Music has one of the best music titles ever, especially in the field of opera. For me, it would have been the only reason to for a second think of getting HD DVD too, if they released their stuff on HD DVD. I always hoped that it would not be so as Universal Music is part of the Vivendi group and not a 100% subsidiary of Universal studios as far as I know.

I just think of the 2005 "La Traviata" at the Salzburg Festival in blu-ray and dts lossless. I know this is a minority program but this is really something I would want to have. And HD DVD is definitely not nearly up to it! I hope that M$ is not capable this time of forcing an inferior product upon the world. It is their money and their commitment that still keeps this ridiculous junk afloat.

[Konrad]

Originally Posted by Jeff®

That's probably one of the issues/influences. The whole who-owns-what-percentage-of-each-Universal-division problem almost gave me a headache an hour ago, so I stopped looking into it.

I checked it now and I was right:

Universal Music Group is a 100% subsidiary of Vivendi Group. See here: http://www.vivendi.com/corp/en/group/profile.php

The shareholder structure of Vivendi consists of various French financial institutions: http://www.vivendi.com/corp/en/group/structure.php

Universal Music has nothing to do with Universal Studios.
So there is no problem for them being with blu-ray to which they have committed already.

[Blue]

Originally Posted by Zinn

For what I know Microsoft own/ has a stake in MSNBC And its brother channel is NBC. NBC and UNIVERSAL is the same company?

NBC is owned by Universal. They are both GE (General Electric) companies - nothing to do with M$ except a joint venture or two. You won't find it on NBC or Universal. Go to GE and work down.