Disney adds Blu-ray extras

June 10, 2008 Live, onscreen chat functions for future installments of such titles as "Lost" and "High School Musical," exclusive conversations with filmmakers, and a suite of other Web-enhanced special features are among the next-generation extras Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has up its sleeves as the studio begins an aggressive push to transition consumers from standard DVD to Blu-ray Disc. During a presentation Monday night to officially unveil Disney's first BD Live title -- an elaborate 50th anniversary edition release of "Sleeping Beauty" -- division president Bob Chapek promised to add BD Live elements, which allow movie viewers to tap into the Web for a wealth of interactive options, to all upcoming Disney-branded releases beginning in the fourth quarter. To further hasten the transition to Blu-ray Disc, Disney is including a standard DVD with "Sleeping Beauty" to make it easy for consumers to understand the difference between the two formats.

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