In recognition of the many smaller independent labels producing content, who don't have the budget or sales volumes of the major Hollywood studios, the Blu-ray Disc Association has introduced the 'BD Light' license agreement, which reduces the fee from $3000 to $500.
“The independent sector is key to the long-term success of the Blu-ray Disc format and we have been working hard within the association to create a licensing channel that works for these companies,” commented David Walstra, Vice Chairman, BDA European Promotion Committee. “With ‘BD Light’, these independent content providers can release titles on Blu-ray Disc using all the logos that the format provides. This is key to the format’s continued growth and prosperity since it will enable a diversity of special interest programmes, movies and other content to be published on Blu-ray. We believe this is a key development in BD’s introduction process,” continued Walstra.
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