Blu-ray Disc (BD) News

France - SIMAVELEC holds annual press conference
Feb 4, 2008 – At a SIMAVELEC press conference held on February 4, 2008, its Chairman, Mr. Benedict Lelièvre, CEO of Philips Consumer Lifestyle, said that industrialists in the sector were confident for the year 2008 - the year of HD.
News categories: SIMAVELEC, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, France, HD-DVD, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet, Terrestrial

Zoran Corporation Reports Record Results for the Fourth Quarter and Year End 2007
Jan 28, 2008 – Zoran Corporation (Nasdaq GS: ZRAN) has reported results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2007.
News categories: Zoran, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, HD-DVD, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Alticast's AltiCaptor Blu-ray Disc Solution Integrated in HitachiSoft Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD Universal Player Platform
Jan 8, 2008 – Alticast has announced that its AltiCaptor Blu-ray™ Disc Java (BDJ) solution was selected by Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. (HitachiSoft) for its future Blu-ray Disc customers.
News categories: Alticast, HitachiSoft, Broadcom, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor

Paramount Denies Report It Will Drop Toshiba's HD DVD
Jan 8, 2008 – Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures denied a newspaper report that the studio is poised to follow Time Warner Inc. in abandoning Toshiba Corp.'s HD DVD technology.
News categories: Paramount Pictures, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, HD-DVD

Blu-ray Disc Movie Titles Outsold HD DVD by Nearly 2-to-1 in the United States and Nearly 3-to-1 in Europe During 2007; Blu-ray Totally Dominates Japanese Market
Jan 8, 2008 – Blu-ray Disc movie titles outsold HD DVD in the United States by a nearly 2-to-1 margin last year, according to sales figures from Home Media Research, an independent market research firm.
News categories: Blu-ray Disc Association, Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, DVD, Europe, HD-DVD, Japan, Market Research, USA

Alticast's AltiCaptor™ Blu-ray Disc Selected to Power Samsung's BD-UP5000 Duo HD Player
Jan 7, 2008 – Alticast has announced its AltiCaptor Blu-ray™ Disc Java (BDJ) solution was selected by Samsung for its BD-UP5000 Duo HD Player.
News categories: Alticast, Samsung, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Korea, Middleware

Broadcom's Media PC Technology Enables High Quality Blu-ray Disc® and HD DVD Playback for Acer's Aspire® Notebook Computers
Jan 7, 2008 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that Acer has selected its media PC technology for a new line of affordable Aspire® notebook computers.
News categories: Broadcom, Acer, Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, DVD, HD-DVD, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor

DivX Certifies Blu-Ray Capable ''UniPhier'' Chip Platform from Panasonic
Jan 7, 2008 – DivX (NASDAQ:DIVX) has announced the DivX® Certification of Panasonic's UniPhier® System LSI. The UniPhier is a platform that enables high-quality video, such as DivX playback, in products such as Blu-ray DVD players and recorders, digital TVs, mobile phones and in-car devices.
News categories: DivX, panasonic.co.jp/, Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, DVD, Media Player, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Dolby Displays Cutting-Edge Audio and Image Technologies for Digital Entertainment
Jan 7, 2008 – At the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB), is demonstrating technologies that transform images and sound to elevate the digital entertainment experience.
News categories: Dolby, Blu-ray, CES2025, DVD, HD-DVD, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming