Warner Music is new 'Blood' in film distrib'n

April 06, 2007 Nascent music and DVD label Warner Music Entertainment stepped into the crowded U.K. theatrical distribution ring Thursday, announcing plans to roll out the boxing documentary "Blue Blood" in theaters. WME is the newly launched video content division created through Warner Music's recent acquisition of the Rights Co. and the merger of Warner Vision and Warner Music International's existing DVD distribution unit. The newly formed unit is making its first theatrical outing with "Blood," which revolves around five Oxford students who join the amateur boxing club and train with their blue-collar coach to fight Cambridge University in the annual Oxford vs.

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