In February 2008, Toshiba announced that it would stop manufacturing HD DVD players.Most companies cited Blu-ray's popularity with consumers (as reflected by higher sales) as the reason behind their decision. Warner Brothers' decision was followed by announcements from Netflix, Blockbuster and Wal-Mart to support Blu-ray exclusively.With this announcement, according to the New York Times, Blu-ray would control roughly 70% of the content market. In early 2008, Warner Brothers announced that while they will continue to release content in both formats until May 2008, they will move to the Blu-ray format exclusively after that. (which was acquired by Playboy Enterprises) and is also non-exclusively backed by Vivid Entertainment.
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