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Warner pulls DVD operations in South Korea

article published on 12 November, 2008

Warner Bros. has pulled its DVD marketing and distribution operation in South Korea and is handing over the business to a local licensee. The move seems to be in response to rampant Internet piracy in South Korea where 94 percent of homes have high-speed broadband connections. The company made the announcement in a statement on Tuesday. The company said it would make the transition in ... [ read the full article ]

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champman
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_ 		20. November 2008 @ 22:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well this looks like the first sign of downloads taking over & slowing DVD sales.

I'm pretty certain that even Blu-ray DVDs have only 10 to 12 years before downloadable films become the norm main source of getting our film fix. But will we be allowed to actually keep them on our hard drives or will the net be fast enough to be streaming films then ?

I hope until 2018-2020, the majority of the EU will have cable/fibre in at least 80% of homes, but for the UK it seems even thats too soon.
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