Sony, Others Win Tech Emmy for Blu-ray

Panasonic, Philips, Sony, and TDK will jointly share an Emmy award for their contributions to the Blu-ray standard, the companies announced Monday.

Since its introduction in 2006, over 1,400 million Blu-ray pre-recorded discs, 188 million Blu-ray recordable/rewritable discs, 50 million Blu-ray players and recorders, 41 million PlayStation 3 units and over 25 million Blu-ray PC readers and writers have been manufactured, according to a statement released by the four firms.