Samsung UK is to look for ways to add value to its 3D TV and Blu-ray products other than exclusive content deals with studios and their 3D Blu-ray portfolios.
Consumers have long complained that deals between movie studios and CE companies, restricting 3D Blu-ray releases to give-aways with new equipment, have hamstrung the format before it has had a chance to take root.
And while Samsung doesn’t exactly agree that 3D uptake has been hampered by content exclusivity, it has suggested to Pocket-lint that those days have come to an end, at least for the UK: “[Exclusivity deals are] managed on a global basis, so there may well be discussions by them on that,” said Andy Griffiths, vice president of consumer electronics UK.