ADV Films go Blu-ray as future of DVD releases still unclear
Paul •
Following up our report on ADV halting their UK DVD sales and distribution while they transition to a “third party distributor”, the company has continued its back-stage revamps in the US by removing all mention of a number of its current and future releases from its official website. An official statement from the company, the only communication from ADV Films through out this entire controversy, explains that they are working through a number of “few short-term challenges”, contrary to a leaked article on ICv2, which suggested the company is encountering financial difficulties with its primary investor from Japan, Sojitz.
While there is still no word as to the future of several of ADV Film’s future and current DVD releases (in the US and indeed, in the UK too), the company has recently announced its intentions to move ahead with high-definition Blu-ray (as opposed to HD DVD) releases in the US as soon as spring 2008.
