# Paramount Pictures sides with HD DVD in format war

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**Created:** [August 21, 2007, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/paramount-pictures-sides-with-hd-dvd-in-format-war/236472 "2007-08-21T08:24:39Z")
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#### Post date: [August 21, 2007, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/paramount-pictures-sides-with-hd-dvd-in-format-war/236472/1 "2007-08-21T08:24:39Z")

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Japan’s Toshiba and its partners gained a much-needed boost in the next-generation DVD format war after Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation said they would exclusively support HD DVD. The decision to drop the rival Blu-ray format is a blow to Sony Corp. and its partners, who have scored some valuable points recently in the tussle in high-definition DVDs. Movies distributed by Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Animation and Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Nickelodeon Movies and MTV Films will be released exclusively in HD DVD, the companies said in a statement late Monday. The move will include DreamWorks Animation’s blockbuster “Shrek the Third”.

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