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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is the home video distribution arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation. It was established in 1978 as Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment.  launched its first slate of Blu-ray Disc A Blu-ray Disc (also called BD) is a high-density optical disc format for the storage of digital information, including high-definition video. Overview
The name Blu-ray Disc is derived from the blue-violet laser used to read and write this type of disc.
 titles. The seven titles were released to coincide with the delivery of the first commercially available Blu-ray player by Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics (SEC, Hangul:삼성전자; KSE: 005930, KSE: 005935, LSE: SMSN, LSE: SMSD) is a South Korean multinational corporation and the world's largest and leading electronics and information technology company. , which provides higher resolution than standard DVDs. The discs include "50 First Dates," starring Adam Sandier, Luc Besson's "The Fifth Element," and "The Terminator," starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Blu-ray is competing against HD-DVD HD-DVD High Definition Digital Versatile Disk , which is supported by Toshiba Corp. The Sony unit is based in Culver City.
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Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
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Date:Jun 26, 2006
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