Articles Listing – 2006 (November-December)
NOVEMBER AudioDev launches after sales support programme Broadcom unveils industry's first Blu-ray/HD DVD chip solution Disney's Cars DVD sells 5 million copies in 2 days China to replace DVDs with homegrown next-gen format CiRCLE develops Sony BMG’s first interactive DVD Copyrights exemptions let teachers rip off DVD content DATA Selected tables from DVD and Beyond conference DATA Global market take-up of next-generation DVD formats DGP bags top DS editor, promote audio head Next-gen formats to co-exist for a while, analysts say Survey shows solid growth for surround sound systems 2006 DVDA Brilliance Awards nominees announced Tough 4-year sentence for DVD pirate in UK Kagan predicts 98 million hi-def DVD US homes by 2015 ODS buys Deluxe Media Services Scandinavia, goes hi-def ODS buys Deluxe Media Services companies, infringed MPEG-2 patents Technicolor loses Universal DVD contract to ODS QOL replicates Pathé’s first HD DVD title Samsung joins DVD6C in licensing DVD patents Sony DADC gears up for dual-layer BD production Testronic Labs acquires competitor PMTC Thomson secures Paramount distribution agreement Interest in video downloading yet to materialise, says survey Toshiba launches 2nd generation HD DVD players in Japan Verbatim launches first dual-layer 8x write speed media Spending on digital downloading to reach £500m by 2011 DECEMBER AGI Media plans to close Birmingham site in Spring Bollywood goes high definition with HD VMD 2006 DVDA Brilliance Awards Winners Counterfeit Sony 16x DVD burners found Copyrights exemptions let teachers rip off DVD content Chinese unveil domestic next-generation EVD players Croatian policy crack down on CD/DVD pirates 'HD DVD takes early lead over Blu-ray,' Cymfony reports DaTARIUS unveils BD-ROM analyzer kit Designlab Systems goes into liquidation DVD rental kiosks take aim at traditional video stores eBay DVD film pirate has record £55,000 assets seizure Convicted man generated £122,000 worth of counterfeit DVDs Six jailed in UK for Internet film piracy conspiracy Memory-Tech to roll out Chinese HD DVD discs India's Nimbus plans DVD rental market entry Global affiliation to deliver hi-res Planet Earth DVD Roxio launches Blu-ray authoring software Two arrested for theft and distribution of screeners ANALYSIS An assessment of Europe's DVD market Sonic helps Toshiba in European HD DVD launch Six 50GB Blu-ray lines running at Sony DADC European launch for Toshiba's newest HD-DVD player University researchers develop high capacity DVD system
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