Sony Pictures Entertainment is taking over Disney’s physical media business. Per Variety, Disney and Sony Pictures Entertainment have struck a deal for the latter company to take over the ...

Once at the forefront of next-generation DVDs, Sony Group Corp. will phase out shipments of Blu-ray Disc recorders, as demand has shrunk amid the rise of video streaming services and online data ...

As of February 2025, Sony will no longer manufacture and distribute blank recordable Blu-ray Discs. When you consider that Best Buy stopped selling physical media in 2024 and Target is about to pull ...

Disney is outsourcing a big piece of its home entertainment division to Sony Pictures Entertainment, which will manufacture, distribute and market the Mouse House’s DVDs and Blu-ray discs and other ...

Sony launched the world’s first Blu-ray recorder in 2003, with the format winning the war against HD DVD. -- Photo: Reuters TOKYO (Agencies): Sony Corporation said on Monday it has decided to exit the ...

Sony has announced that it will cease its production of all models of its Blu-ray disc media, recordable MiniDiscs, recordable MD Data, and Mini DV Cassettes in February 2025. The company added that ...

Blu-ray discs have been part of the digital media landscape for almost 20 years, but fewer and fewer people have optical drives to use them. As such, Sony doesn't see the need to keep pumping out ...

Sony, one of the biggest proponents of the Blu-ray format, announced that it is ending production of all Blu-ray disc media. Same goes for MiniDiscs for recording, MD data for recording, and MiniDV ...

Sony plans to eventually stop producing consumer-grade recordable Blu-ray discs, but commercial products such as game and film Blu-rays will still be produced. Sony Group will lay off 250 employees at ...

Sony says it will stop manufacturing blank Blu-ray discs for the Japanese market along with MiniDiscs and MiniDV cassettes that could be used to save media in a physical format. “We would like to ...