DreamWorks, Paramount and Universal are betting that HD DVD's powerful tools for interactivity will let them make a tonne of money out of selling all manner of online services to customers who buy their discs.
"The president believes that it's time for the vice president to get out and make the case, let the country know who he is, where he wants to take the country, " Lockhart said.
" For this version, however, it was important to simplify: "We obviously wanted this app out before the holidays, which we managed to do in December, so there was a lot of time pressure to get it out but we didn't want to make compromises so we said is let's focus on the key use cases which I think we nailed.