Articles Listing – 2004 (January-February)
FEBRUARY Big store boost for online DVD rentals EC clears ODD-development merger File-swap blocking software enthuses music industry DivX Networks sets up European base King DVD overwhelms VHS in UK video sales Datarius kicks off Technology Seminar Series in Austria HP and Philips move in with 'copy-once' technology Netflix online rental model good Deluxe makes costly transition to DVD manufacture DVD Forum endorses Microsoft HD DVD technology US appeals court reverses DeCSS ban Cinram just grows and grows German DVD workshop attracts corporate audience Taiwan to produce 32-inch LCDs: price $1,500 Interactive potential of DVD-Video explored at Milia DVD Forum endorses HD DVD as format options grow DVD Forum grows, but will balance of power change? Blu-ray group under investigation In-car dashboard – hub of next-generation infotainment DVD+RW 9 solutions due in Q2 2004 Online duplication arrives in the US US court rules 321 Studios DVD copy software illegal Taiwan experiences mixed fortunes with DVD recorders Videmix offers BBC archive footage on personalised DVDs Report plots the inexorable rise of DVD recorders As a world leader, AudioDev reports on bullish market DVD and other rights available for music 'treasure trove' Interactive DVD a hot items for ZOO Digital Publishing DVD streamroller flattens VHS in French market Akimbo unveils largest VOD DVD-quality service for TV Technicolor offers DVD screener security solution DVD sales rocket in Germany, VHS nosedives Studios sue Chinese replicators AudioDev to measure Double Layer DVD+R media Taiwan races towards 16x DVD-dual burner production Europe is testbed for power line broadband Thomson CE division a tale of woe in 2003 Expanding CDA signs licence deals to protect clients DVD-based magazine appeals to offshore financiers Sun, economy and DVD hurt German boxoffice Disney to supply content to Microsoft's handheld device FACT launches Rental Rights Protection Programme Berlin Film Festival panel hails DVD France talks to China about DVD, content and media EU membership expansion means free flow of pirated DVDs Warner Home Video does the executive shuffle MediaMotion invites client to jail New service to enable last-minute DVD cuts DVD-Audio and SACD factors in classical music survival Asian DVD piracy surged in 2003, says MPA UK online DVD retailer growing fast TECHNOLOGY The PC in your living room UK retailer dumps devices that skirt DVD protection DVD piracy still rampant in South Africa New UK DVD label set by international partnership German DVD distributor expands into theatrical releasing Consumer unimpressed with Flexplay self-destruct discs JANUARY DVD sales and piracy grow in Italy Challenge to Sony Music/BMG music merger emerges Initial 2003 figures point to uneven DVD Euro-growth Global boom in slim DVD burners seen Korean OEM's innovate to grow share of DVD market US DVD software sales rocketed in 2003 Payback time for DVD Jon? US Justice Dept to investigate Blu-ray group Music downloads the talk of MIDEM Competitors watch DVD Island grow Recordable DVD bodies carry out compatibility tests New name reflects UK event's growing diversity Sonopress beefs up sales team A pointer in the SACD/DVD-A tussle for ascendancy The BBC protects its profits through FACT Netflix plans to move into the UK UK online DVD rental firms race for market share Rich pickings from DVD sales cues TV scheduling rethink DVD-Audio to roll out a show at MIDEM Sonopress ramps up SACD production New dye technology for blue laser DVD CDA opens French office Prospering AudioDev builds executive muscle MIDEM music market attracts DVD crowd Universal Pix launches ground-breaking CoolNightIn online service PERSPECTIVE China seen as double-edged DVD-on-Demand to offer content owners a new market Organised crime funded by film industry pirates, says FACT China showed off EVD at CES, Las Vegas DVD paces UK video sales in 2003 Global demand for blank media growing rapidly Sony Europe boss says PSP here by November Burgopak cuts prices to compete in the mainstream Verbatim on track for Spring release of DVD+RW DL discs UK DVD retail market shifts away from specialist stores Now Macrovision sues 321 Studios DVD-Audio in big push at CES Toshiba weighs in with red/blue laser HD DVD player French company marketing handheld video copier Iran poised to become major DVD replication hub New alliance to boost in-home CE networking Announcing FDV, another Asian Format Philips and Samsung – interoperable bedfellows US consumer spent $16.3bn on DVD software in 2003 UK film classification rules eased DVD Jon finally wins the day New DRM approaches to emerge at CES US presses Europe to revise intellectual property laws PERSPECTIVE Billions at stake in DVD format war Filmmakers' anti-piracy strategy questioned Boom in flat panel dplays encourages market entry
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