According to the Nikkei Economy Newspaper April 27th, Bandai Vidual announced a new sales policy: they will release anime Blu-ray Discs (BD) simultaneously in Japan, US, Europe and Asia from this fall. The contents of the BD are the identical in all the countries and have subtitles at least in English and French. The prices are also fixed the same everywhere. Accompanying with the BD sales, they will start a downloading service to sell anime titles online.
Source: AnimeAnime