Articles Listing – 2006 (July-August)
JULY Industry downturn forces 4M into consolidation Blu-ray patent holders hold first meeting Early Blu-ray sales fail to match HD DVD European launch for Blu-ray delayed to 2007 16x burner prices keep falling FACT tackles cinema camcording with new investigator Chinese pirate DVD sellers caught in UK swoop Chinese pirates offered legal copy swap deal Casino Royale makers use Cinea to protect film production Cinea extends S-View security to computers CinemaNow to launch first download-to-burn DVD service First PC software to ship on Blu-ray discs Datarius ventures into holographic territory Top design talent checks in at Designlab 27% choose DVD to watch ad-free movies, report says Disney to release Blu-ray titles DVD hardware, software sales stable DVDA UK chapter beefed up, Brilliance Awards launched EC probes licensing terms for next-generation DVD formats IBF/The Graden generates extra content for labels Grundig DVD recorder to integrate YesDVD feature HD DVD backers launch $150m campaign Next-generation disc copy protection hole found Imation ready to ship Blu-ray discs TAKT, Elsässer, Infodisc join IRMA anti-piracy programme 'Toshiba taking loss on initial HD DVD player shipments' Japan may ease 'copy once' rule Matsushita reports 1Q net profit increase MDV Packaging is latest casualty of tough market India's Moser Baer launches 15GB HD DVD-R discs Kiwi DVD online sellers strike deal with anti-piracy body Cinram founder and CEO Philosophe retires Picture quality issue for Samsung's Blu-ray player WHV exits Slovakia, Czech Rep. blaming piracy, saturation Protein-based DVDs could hold Terabytes DVD releases down in first-half 2006 Ricoh claims multi-format pickup device Blue laser disc market forecast to hit $28bn in 2010 DVD recorder manufacturers downbeat Sonopress ready to offer HD DVD services Sony unveils industry's lowest-priced Blu-ray Disc burner Sony launches disc/HHD-based hi-def camcorders Sony DADC acquires former Deluxe facilities in the UK Thomson ready for HD DVD, BD manufacturing, distribution Toshiba unveils first 1-Terabyte HD DVD recorder Growth rate of high definition titles in W Europe NBC Universal, BT strike download-to-own, VoD UK deals Verbatim Introduces Blu-ray media range in Q3 2006 Warner's novel release strategy to thwart China's pirates Indian multimedia company enters Europe market AUGUST Corel to buy multimedia DVD software company ANALYSIS The cover-mount DVD phenomenon 187m digital TV homes in Europe, US by 2010 predicted Philips uses DaTARIUS BD Stamper Analyzer EDC buys Deluxe Blackburn facility DGP cherry picks TMR recruits for DVD and graphics MIPS chip to support Dolby Digital Plus Taiwanese manufacturers plan FVD burners IMAGION produces first European HD DVD title IMATION pitches new HD DVD media to business market LG launches Blu-ray Disc PC burner LG drops dual format plans Memorex ships 15GB HD DVD discs Murdoch scion stakes $594,000 on DVD rental site Online pirate DVD seller raided in London OSTA, ECMA set optical disc archival testing standard body Petrol Digital Media lights the fuse PowerDVD gets Blu-ray, HD DVD verification Expanding DVD rental-by-post industry profiled Success for Rental Rights Protection Programme Screenselect to morph into LOVEFiLM No winner predicted in next-gen format war Sony unveils Blu-ray authoring software Sony’s Blu-ray players trailing HD DVD player by 6 months Stream invests in Blu-ray authoring system Swiss invent new video display Blu-ray, HD DVD forced into truce till 2007 Global online video market to grow ten-fold
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