Lions Gate Home Entertainment announced yesterday that they will be releasing content for the BD (Blu-ray Disc) format. LGHE will be releasing new films, TV programming, and “other titles” when BD hardware launches in North America.

You may recognize some of LGE’s movies:

• Punisher
• T2
• Rambo
• Total Recall
• Stargate
• Dirty Dancing

More details about which exact titles will get the BD treatment and when are forthcoming. And we can probably expect their support quickly once BD players ship: “The studio was the first after Sony to support the UMD format, the first to release product on DVD-9, DVD-18, DVD+CD, the first to utilize Microsoft Windows Media 9 and one of the frontrunners in acquiring VOD rights throughout its catalog.”

One of the reasons Lions Gate mentioned for supporting the BD format was the existence of BD support in the PS3.

This is great news for the BD format and its supporters. Hopefully more studios will announce support for BD.

PRNewswire - Lions Gate Entertainment to Support Blu-ray Disc Format