For instance, the new 3:1 sales figure being touted by the Blu-ray Disc Association in regards to Blu-ray to HD DVD sales is claimed by Wynendaele to be artificially inflated by free Blu-ray movie vouchers being redeemed by PlayStation 3 owners.
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European regulators have begun an inquiry into possible antitrust and anticompetitive practices by the Blu-ray Disc Association as it relates to agreements and restrictions on producing content for Blu-ray and its competing high-definition format, HD DVD.
ENGADGET: European Commission looks into Blu-ray studio agreements
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While we hope that the Blu-ray Disc Association can work out the kinks, there is real promise in the format.
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"Professional industries have expressed a desire to find optical disc solutions that enable them to transition away from magnetic media for their archiving needs, " said Victor Matsuda, Blu-ray Disc Association Global Promotions Committee chair.
Now that the PlayStation 3 has launched in North America several members of the Blu-ray Disc Association (Twentieth Century Fox, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Sony and Warner Bros.) are pushing the "Experience Blu" ad campaign via print, online and television.
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The Blu-ray Disc Association fired back to this blow after a few mixed retailer wins with Blockbuster, Target and BJ's by noting the strong supply of Blu-ray titles in the queue and the planned Blu-ray release of Disney's "platinum" titles, the crown jewels of the Magic Kingdom.
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Dr. RAY: The American Medical Association, if the case is brought to us, would be reviewed by the Council on Ethical Judicial Affairs concerning that physician's membership in the American Medical Association.
David Miles, the chairman of the radiotherapy specialist focus group of the Association of X-ray Equipment Manufacturers which formed to highlight the problem, says there has been a "collapse in critical investment".
Dr. PRISCILLA RAY (Chair, American Medical Association Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs): The AMA's position is that while a position on the death penalty is up to each individual person's moral and ethical beliefs, that physicians should not participate in executions.
Dr. Priscilla Ray is Chair of the American Medical Association's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs.
Ray Holloway, of the Petrol Retailers Association, said the price squeeze meant independent traders faced losing out once again.
But Ray Bowman of the Kentucky Goat Producers Association reckons that goat numbers in his state have risen by four- or fivefold in the past three years.
Ruben Canlas, Web Information Systems Consultant at the Asian Development Bank, Belina Capul, President of the South East Asia Pacific Audio Visual Archives Association (SEAPAVAA) and Ray Edmonson, Director of Archive Associates, Australia and a UNESCO Memory of the World Committee Member.
Ray Powell, president of the National Black Police Association said he was "disappointed" by the behaviour of a "handful" of recruits, who are featured in the programme.
Ray Story, chief executive of the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association, warned that tax rises on e-cigarettes would only benefit tobacco companies, to the detriment of public health.
Moreover, guidelines from the American Dental Association state that healthy adults should have a bitewing X-ray no more than once every two or three years, and that there is little reason to X-ray patients who do not have symptoms.
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