Blu-ray Disc (BD) News

ViXS HD Transcoding is core to new Pioneer Blu-Ray Recorders
Apr 22, 2009 – ViXS Systems has announced that the XCode™ 3000 series MPEG-4 AVC (MPEG-4 Part 10/H.264) Transcoder/Encoder/Decoder IC is being used by Pioneer for two new Blu-Ray Disc (BD) Recorder products: BDR-WD900 and BDR-WD700.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Pioneer, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVR, ISDB-T, Japan, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Adobe Extends Flash Platform to Digital Home
Apr 20, 2009 – Adobe Systems (Nasdaq:ADBE) has announced an optimized implementation of the Adobe® Flash® Platform that delivers high definition (HD) video and rich applications to Internet-connected TVs, set-top boxes, Blu-ray players and other CE devices.
News categories: Adobe Systems, Open Screen Project, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Media Player, NABShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

12 million Blu-ray players will ship this year
Apr 20, 2009 – Despite the economic downturn, global shipments of Blu-ray players, excluding PS3, are expected to total nearly 12m units this year, according to the new quarterly 'Blu-ray Hardware Performance' tracking service from Futuresource Consulting.
News categories: Futuresource Consulting, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research

German CE turnover remains positive in 2008
Apr 17, 2009 – In 2008 the turnover for Consumer Electronics (CE) in Germany remained positive. The market in total increased by 1.7% to a volume of approx. 23.7 billion Euros. 63% of this turnover came from traditional CE products.
News categories: GfK, Blu-ray, Camcorder, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, Germany, HD-DVD, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet

Home Entertainment goes 3D
Mar 31, 2009 – As more 3D movies are released in the cinema, technology is arriving that will allow viewers to enjoy the experience at home. Screen Digest believes that autostereoscopic technology will eventually become popular as it has one major advantage: no glasses.
News categories: Screen Digest, Blu-ray, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Market Research, Metaverse, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Digital Entertainment Companies in China to Support Dolby High-Definition Audio Technologies for Blu-ray Disc Format
Mar 19, 2009 – Dolby (NYSE: DLB) has announced that three companies in China - TCL, MIT Technology and Lite-On IT - have agreed to license Dolby® TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus for future Blu-ray Disc products.
News categories: Dolby, Blu-ray, China

TiVo and Alticast Announce Agreement
Mar 2, 2009 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) and Alticast have announced that they have entered into an agreement intended to reduce the time-to-market for pay TV operators seeking to harness TiVo's consumer experience in conjunction with the Alticast embedded software.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Alticast, Blu-ray, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Panasonic, Philips and Sony to establish One Stop Shop product license for Blu-ray Disc™
Feb 25, 2009 – Panasonic (Tokyo:6752; NYSE:PC), Philips (AEX: PHI; NYSE: PHG) and Sony (Tokyo: 6758; NYSE: SNE) are currently working with other Blu-ray Disc™ patent holders to establish a one-stop-shop license for Blu-ray Disc™ products.
News categories: Sony Corp, Royal Philips Electronics, Panasonic, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Licensing, Optical Disc Recorder, Patent

Broadcom Extends chumby® Platform to Internet-Connected TVs, Set-Top Boxes and Blu-ray Disc® Players
Feb 23, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) and chumby® have announced the integration of the chumby rich media Internet platform into Broadcom's latest digital television (DTV), set-top box (STB) and Blu-ray Disc® system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions.
News categories: Broadcom, chumby, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming