20th Century Fox Joins Blu-ray DVD Group

News Corp.’s 20th Century Fox said it would join a Sony Corp.-led group of companies developing the Blu-ray DVD format, said Michael O’Neill, a special advisor in Fox’s optical media division.

Fox will join the Blu-ray Disc Assn., which includes Sony, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., and Dell Inc., to promote Blu-ray as the standard for next-generation DVDs.