Back in June I told you about the promotional offer wherein you could get five free movies with the purchase of specific models of Blu-ray player. Well, that offer expired on September 30 - yesterday. In what should be of no surprise to anyone, today there is a new Five Free Blu-ray Movies offer which runs from October 1, 2007 through January 31, 2008. As before, the offer is at BluRaySavings.com.

You can select five films from a list of 18, in five groups (you can only pick one per group). Some of the titles carried over from the first promotion, but many are new:

Eligible players are:
PlayStation3: CECHA01, CECHE01/98137, CECHG01
Sony Electronics: BDP-S300/301, BDP-S1, BDP-S2000ES, HES-V1000, BDP-S500
Samsung: BD-P1200, BD-P1400, BDP1400C, BD-P2400
Panasonic: DMP-BD10K, DMP-BD10AK, DMP-BD30K
Pioneer: BDP-94HD, BDP-95FD
Philips: BDP9000/37

Interestingly, on the PlayStation3, those are the 60GB and 80GB models - and an as-of-yet unannounced model. There are many rumors swirling that a $399 40GB PS3 will be announced on October 12th as Sony has called a press conference for that day with the promise of a big announcement.

If you submitted the previous offer, you can check on the status of your claim at this site. Thanks to Blu-ray.com.

In other Blu-ray news, in their September 27, 2007 newsletter (PDF) the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) claims that Blu-ray is establishing itself in Europe even more rapidly than predicted. They claim that BD movie sales across Europe are moving ahead of HD DVD sales, and in the UK BD is outselling HD DVD by a margin of 4 to 1 - even better than the 2 to 1 margin in the US.

Also picked up from Blu-ray.com.

TiVo continues to aggressively pursue advertising as a revenue stream. They kicked out this press release today, announcing a new internal group designed to help promote TiVo as an advertising platform. Hit the link for the full release.

TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), the creator and a leader in advertising solutions and television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), today announced the formation of the Interactive Direct Response Advertising Group designed to help the DR community better understand the advertising challenges they face in the age of the DVR while educating them about the benefits of TiVo’s innovative Interactive Advertising Platform. TiVo’s ad solutions target the needs that direct response advertisers seek; the ability to relate to customers directly from the remote control.