The CEO of Disney Iger has branded those movie studios who are not supporting Blu-ray as greedy and shortsighted. He didn't mention any names but he's obviously seething about Paramount and Dreamworks being paid off to exclusively support HD-DVD.
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Iger said Blu-ray's eventual victory over rival platform HD DVD is a "no-brainer," given that the former is outselling the latter by 2-to-1.
That, though, didn't stop Viacom's Paramount and DreamWorks from dumping Blu-ray last month in favor of HD DVD.
"Those studios are largely taking easy money, and it will cost them in the future," Iger said Tuesday at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference in New York.
Earlier at the confab, News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch said that Paramount essentially accepted money from Toshiba to go exclusively HD DVD. He even put a price on the payment: $150 million.
Disney and News Corp.'s 20th Century Fox, along with Sony and MGM, are exclusive to Blu-ray, while Universal is with HD DVD only and Warner Bros. backs both formats.
That, though, didn't stop Viacom's Paramount and DreamWorks from dumping Blu-ray last month in favor of HD DVD.
"Those studios are largely taking easy money, and it will cost them in the future," Iger said Tuesday at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference in New York.
Earlier at the confab, News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch said that Paramount essentially accepted money from Toshiba to go exclusively HD DVD. He even put a price on the payment: $150 million.
Disney and News Corp.'s 20th Century Fox, along with Sony and MGM, are exclusive to Blu-ray, while Universal is with HD DVD only and Warner Bros. backs both formats.