This article is from the DVD Formats FAQ, by jtfrog@usa.net (Jim Taylor) with numerous contributions by others.
When DVD players became available in early 1997, Warner and Polygram were
the only major movie studios to release titles. Additional titles were
available from small developers. The other studios gradually joined the DVD
camp (see 6.2 for a full list, see 1.6 for movie info).
Dreamworks was the last significant studio to announce full DVD support.
Paramount, Fox, and Dreamworks initially supported only Divx, but in summer
1998 they each announced support for open DVD.
 
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