Blu-ray Disc (BD) News

NEC Electronics Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter Ended September 30, 2009
Oct 28, 2009 – NEC Electronics (TSE: 6723) has released results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. Although sales of the company's 'EMMA' series, especially for blu-ray, increased, semiconductors for game consoles and home appliances declined year-on-year.
News categories: NEC Electronics, Blu-ray, Gaming, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

DEG Releases Third Quarter U.S. Home Entertainment Results
Oct 19, 2009 – DEG has released third quarter U.S. sales figures for the home entertainment industry. Blu-ray Disc software sales continue to show dramatic growth with overall sales up 83 percent for the year and playback devices in 11.7 million U.S. households.
News categories: Digital Entertainment Group, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, USA

Overall Market for Consumer Device Semiconductors Declines in 2008
Oct 13, 2009 – According to IDC, the worldwide semiconductor market for consumer devices declined 2.6% from $44.0 billion in 2007 to $42.9 billion in 2008.
News categories: International Data Corp, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Gaming, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet

Sigma Commits Android™ Support Across Its Line of Consumer Media Processors
Oct 6, 2009 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq: SIGM) has announced its commitment to broad scale support of the Android™ operating system on its media processor SoCs.
News categories: OESF, Sigma Designs, MIPS Technologies, Blu-ray, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Over-the-Top TV Revenue to Top $5.6 Billion by 2014
Sep 14, 2009 – According to a new report from The Diffusion Group, revenue from the delivery of Internet video to the TV will grow nearly six-fold in the next five years, from a meager $1 billion in 2009 to $5.7 billion in 2014.
News categories: TDG, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Set Top Box, Streaming

ViXS® SoC Provide Mobile Phone Video Support in Sharp Blu-Ray PVR/Recorders
Sep 11, 2009 – ViXS Systems has announced that Sharp's latest Blu-Ray Disc (BD) PVR/recorder products have taken advantage of the video processing flexibility of the XCode® 3000 series to enable broadcast video conversion for mobile phone support.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Sharp Corp, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVR, Japan, Mobile, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor

New Sony Blu-ray Player Integrates Streaming Internet Video
Sep 9, 2009 – Sony (Tokyo: 6758; NYSE: SNE) has introduced the BDP-N460 networked Blu-ray Disc™ player. Beside playing Blu-ray Discs and DVDs, the device instantly streams one of the largest collections of on-demand entertainment from the BRAVIA™ Internet Video platform.
News categories: Sony Corp, Blu-ray, Streaming, USA

LG Adds VUDU HD Movie Service to Wireless Blu-ray Disc Player
Sep 9, 2009 – LG Electronics has announced the addition of the HD streaming movie service from VUDU to the LG Wireless Network Blu-ray Player (model BD390). With VUDU, consumers can instantly buy or rent from an extensive library of movies and TV titles.
News categories: LG Electronics, VUDU, Blu-ray, Streaming, USA

BRAVIA™ Internet Video to arrive in Europe
Sep 2, 2009 – Sony (Tokyo: 6758; NYSE: SNE) has announced its European launch plan of new BRAVIA™ TVs, Blu-ray Disc players and Blu-ray home cinema systems with a new feature, BRAVIA™ Internet Video.
News categories: Sony Europe, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Europe, IFABerlin, Smart TV, Streaming