In a press release sent over Business Wire, Warner Home Video have announced that they secured a deal to release Transformers on DVD within China. Here's the full release.

Warner Home Video Signs Deal to Distribute Paramount and DreamWorks Animation Titles in China - Launching with the Release of ''Transformers'' and ''Shrek the Third''

BURBANK, Calif., Nov 07, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- At a press conference today in Beijing Warner Home Video (WHV) announced it has signed an agreement with Paramount and DreamWorks Animation to distribute DVDs in China. WHV will leverage its distribution infrastructure and expertise to provide high quality, studio-authorized copies of these blockbuster films on DVD. DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount's "Transformers" and DreamWorks Animation's "Shrek the Third" will be the first two new release titles distributed under the new partnerships.

"The addition of two major Hollywood studios' product in China - Paramount and DreamWorks Animation - further strengthens our efforts in building a legitimate video business in China," said Mark Horak, executive vice president & general manager, worldwide operations & new packaged media for Warner Home Video. "By providing a wide selection of high quality, competitively priced DVDs, we will be offering consumers a more attractive alternative to lower quality, pirated product."

CAV Warner Home Entertainment, a joint entertainment distribution venture between Warner Home Video and China Audio Video, will use its established relationships with retailers throughout China to distribute select Paramount and DreamWorks Animation titles in more than 50 cities and up to 20,000 outlets. On November 1 the first film distributed under the new agreement, "Transformers," hit shelves. The biggest original film of the year during its theatrical release, the DVD has become a top-selling title in China. "Shrek the Third" will be released on November 28, 2007. All titles will be distributed on competitively priced, Mandarin language DVDs.

"Warner has demonstrated that securing key retail outlets in China is necessary to supplant pirated content with legitimate product to fight piracy in the market," said Dennis Maguire, President, Paramount Home Entertainment International. "Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation believe that consumers in China deserve to see their films at the best quality and most affordable price. Our relationship with Warner Bros. allows us the best opportunity to reach the most consumers with two of the year's most highly anticipated releases of "Transformers" and "Shrek the Third"."

"We are pleased to welcome Paramount and DreamWorks into our growing distribution network in China," said Philippe Cardon, president of Warner Home Video International. "This agreement further strengthens our value proposition to readily provide inexpensive, quality DVDs, which appeal to consumers who are used to purchasing cheap pirated products."

The press conference, held today in Beijing, China, was hosted by Warner Home Entertainment, CAV Warner Home Entertainment and Paramount.

About CAV Warner Home Entertainment

Shanghai based CAV Warner Home Entertainment Co. is a joint venture between Warner Home Video and China Audio Video. The venture marks the first U.S. studio to create an in-country DVD/VCD distribution and marketing operation in China. CAV Warner Home Entertainment was established to address China's enormous consumer demand and growing appetite for legitimate alternatives to poor quality pirated goods. In addition to distributing Warner Bros. home entertainment titles, the joint venture distributes home entertainment titles from Universal Pictures International in the region.

About PHEI

Paramount Home Entertainment International (PHEI) is part of Paramount Pictures Corporation, a unit of Viacom (VIA)(VIA.B), a global entertainment company that produces and distributes filmed entertainment through the Paramount Motion Picture Group. PHEI is responsible for the international sales, marketing and distribution of home entertainment products on behalf of various parties including: Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks SKG, Paramount Vantage, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and CBS and for providing home entertainment fulfillment services for DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment.

SOURCE: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group