Céline Dion makes history as the only music DVD to be certified Triple Diamond status in Canada, over 300,000 units. Céline Dion - A New Day: Live In Las Vegas has held the number one position on the Music Video Chart since its release. Its debut captured the biggest sales week debut in Nielsen SoundScan history for a DVD only release.

Columbia records announces the release of "Celine Dion - A New Day: Live In Las Vegas," a DVD commemoration of Celine's historic record-breaking five-year Las Vegas engagement Deluxe Five Hour Double Disc DVD Collection Presents Full Las Vegas Show Shot In Spectacular State-Of-The-Art High Definition + Bonus Features Including Revelatory Behind-The-Scenes Footage & Highlights Drawn From The Historic Five Year Run of "A New Day"

Register at Toshiba for HD DVDs worth up to £75 at www.hd.toshiba.co.uk

London Symphony Orchestra's 'Handel Messiah' only for £12.99 include a bonus DVD. The bonus DVD features highlights from the performances in December 2006 and an interview with Sir Colin Davis.

The accolades keep coming for Australia's premier contemporary a cappella quartet The Idea Of North. The DVD launch will take place at Canberra Theatre, on Thursday, 25 October 2007, at 8:00 PM.

The Metropolitan Opera has made a deal with EMI Classics to release the first of its new and acclaimed high-definition (HD) transmissions on DVD. EMI has secured exclusive worldwide DVD distribution rights for an initial selection of five performances from the Met’s ground-breaking new series, all chosen from next season’s schedule of eight productions.

Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 HD DVD Player price and offers five movies for free in addition to the player.

Toshiba Corporation announced on July 5th that the Company filed a lawsuit in Germany against a German disc replicator of DVD discs on July 4, 2007.

Blockbuster is going to rent high definition DVDs only in Blu-ray format. 1450 new stores will be opened in July offering only Blu-ray rental.

Sony announced BDP-S300 DVD players in February. The price for a unit was announced to be $599 US. But now it is set to $499, just before a week before its release.

Target Technology Company, the optical disc chemical manufacturer, filed suit against Sony Corporation for violating its patents using reflective layer in Blu-ray discs.