Articles Listing – 2005 (March-April)
MARCH China selectCinram’s 2004 revenues hit $2 billion Video game's DVD-Audio track first to use MPEG-4 aacPlus format Digital content protection market to reach €1.5bn in 2009 DaTARIUS appointments beef up research, management DGP bolsters design team in response to new business wins New DivX version to improve consumer video experience DualDisc officially launched in Europe DVD6C announces changes to DVD licensing programme DVD Jon strips Apple’s iTunes DRM Taiwanese add HDD to DVD recorders Renting retail products falls foul of UK law State-of-the-art software helps reveal piracy facts Philips' software identifies pirated films on the web Global music retail sales flat in 2004 Europe's DVD revenues will hit $17bn in 2009, In-Stat says Global DVD recorder unit shipments to reach 68m in 2009 'DVDs to remain popular; HD-DVD, Blu-ray to both win,' says In-Stat Sonopress Ireland, latest plant to get IRMA seal of approval. kdg to handle logistics for leading music distributor CEO Küstner leaves CDA over strategy clash Macrovision launches patent licensing programme Mexico piracy raid net tons of hardware, software MPO consolidates UK, Ireland manufacturing in Dublin CMC, Ritek move production bases to Asia from Europe China's rampant piracy jeopardises world video market status Germany tops Europe's DVD homes league Sonic, Philips & BenQ debut Blu-ray disc burning at CeBIT STEAG HamaTech to unveil hi-def DVD making tools at Media-Tech Stelios launches easyCinema online DVD rental for £1.99 First Swede prosecuted for sharing files on net Taiwan Forward Versatile Disc (FVD) format debut China's TCL surprise launch into DVD+R/-R production DVD Association to launch UK Chapter at London due Verbatim 8.5GB DVD+R DL writes in under 15 minutes Verbatim/MKM unveils development plans for Blu-ray media New staff to expand Virgin DVD business in UK, Ireland VMD elbows its way into High Definition
APRIL 3-Plus to create interactive DVD titles 30m DVDs protected with Sony DADC's ARccOS Sweden's AudioDev names Engström to head US operations Australian game developer wins Disney contract for Europe Q&A with the DVDA President Buena Vista releases titles on Sony's UMD format Because of lax laws Canada is paradise for DVD pirates Cinram International considers becoming income trust Survey: Consumer will buy HDTVs and next-gen DVD players DivX opens up Video Vault INTERVIEW How to dispose of optical discs Dolby, MLP technologies selected by Blu-ray Association DVD awards adds sport, games and music DVD-RAM soon to spin at 16x speed Over 100 help launch DVD Association's UK Chapter If you can't beat them, hire them! French court rules DVD anti-copy device illegal Krauss-Maffei names new sales manager M2 Engineering organised roadshow on Blu-ray, HD-DVD Warner to release HD-DVD titles using Windows Media Video 9 Total music market outlook in Western Europe Macrovision's first Fellow Award goes to Newman Philips, Matsushita join others in HD battle resolution Power and Warner Vision International strike DVD deal Adult video distributor Private reports 2004 revenue fall Sanyo, Sharp join DVD6C in licensing DVD patents Screen Digest-MIPTV data ZOOtech finds its own Smoking Gun Sonic demos advanced interactivity for HD Disc formats Sonopress signs 5-film deal with Summit/I.S.Film Distribution Sony Europe expands 8cm DVD media range Sony, Toshiba reported to seek hi-res DVD consensus STEAG HamaTech takes technical seminar to Korea Verbatim/MKM named No 1 in CD, DVD media markets DivX opens up Video Vault Close windows to beat piracy, say Hollywood execs ZOOtech's interactive tool to support next-generation formats
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