Articles Listing – 2006 (September-October)
SEPTEMBER Amazon launches 'Unbox" movie download service Apple unveils online movie download service, bridge to TV AudioDev releases test, calibration discs for Blu-ray, HD DVD Movie downloads will hit High Street retailers 'within 3 years' Matsushita Electric to make DVD recorders, cameras in Brazil DVDA Brilliance Award to debut in London DVDA Brilliance Awards to debut at Digital Hollywood Europe Enhanced 2007 Encyclopaedia Britannica DVD out New Chip-On-Disc technology to prevent piracy Straight-talking seminar on DVD's future announced DGP Audio rise to the 5.1 challenge with studio refurb Disney hires EMEA anti-piracy chief DTS-HD on simultaneous HD DVD, Blu-ray, DVD releases Essex DVD counterfeiter behind bars Fiji law enforcers learn how to tackle piracy DVD International releases special-interest HD DVD titles Hollywood losing $6.1bn a year to piracy Price sensitivity for iTunes movie downloads kdg expands logistics business with new unit Blu-ray player debuts in Korea with hitch LOVEFiLM International expands into Germany NME technology puts competing HD formats on single disc Philips' DVD recordable royalty cut puts pressure on Taiwan makers Blue laser pickup shortage delays PS3 Europe launch Blu-ray hardware, software ready for European rollout Rollout of movie download services slow, study predicts 13.5% fall in French publishers' revenue in H1 2006 Sonic Solutions readies European facilities for HD launch Toshiba announces HD DVD players for Europe Traxdata launches first HD DVD recordable media Triple-format disc invented New UDO-DMD format for HD DVD content mastering Ex-Warner president backs hi-def red-laser VMD format ZOOtech speeds up DVD authoring with new tools OCTOBER Early adopters poorly informed about next-gen DVD China alliance to push fledgling EVD format 13-year jail sentence for China counterfeiters China alliance to push fledgling EVD format Czech anti-piracy union launches campaign DVD Forum to draw up HD DVD-ROM format for China Stars shine at Mipcom 2005 DVD Awards EU lifts tariff threat on DVDs from China FACT appoints new director general Glasgow film pirate jailed for 22 months Funai to make DVD recorders in Europe Next-gen video driven by games, not HD players, says Interpret Global DVD consumer spending on a par with US Media center PC market growth forecast by IDC US independent media manufacturers back HD DVD Kagan: Hi-def DVD a $18.3bn business by 2015 Malaysian authorities seize $350,000 of counterfeit DVDs Maxell showcase holographic storage at NAB NEC sells consumer PC arm Packard Bell NME unveils HD VMD player, content deal, appointment Philips squeezes 75GB of data on a 12-cm disc 3-year jail sentence for pirate caught on film Sonic, Macrovision link on copy protection system Sony announces Japanese launch of Blu-ray recorders New video delivery research unveiled at London seminar New next-generation DVD encoder unveiled VidaBox unveils first HD DVD/Blu-ray media center Top US adult publisher to bring hi-def DVD titles Warner halves 2006 HD disc sales forecast to $750m UK film industry launches film theft prevention toolkit ZOO Interactive Entertainment launched
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