DVD (Blu-Ray, HD DVD, DVD-Recorder, …) News

DivX Strengthens Presence in Blu-ray Disc Market with Broadcom Chip Certification
Sep 16, 2008 – DivX (NASDAQ: DIVX) has announced that it has significantly expanded its influence within emerging Blu-ray players through the DivX Certification™ of Broadcom's BCM7440 chip.
News categories: DivX, Broadcom, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Media Player, Semiconductor

Osmosys & HitachiSoft Announce First Commercial Deployment for Interactive Blu-ray Software Platform
Sep 11, 2008 – Osmosys (SWX:ADBN) and HitachiSoft (NYSE: HIT; TSE: 6501) have announced the first commercial deployment of the companies' integrated Blu-ray Software Platform embedded in chipsets from Renesas in a new product introduction in the USA.
News categories: Osmosys, HitachiSoft, Renesas, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Middleware, USA

Sharp Selects ViXS XCode™ Video Processor for Three Blu-Ray Disc Recorders BD-HDW30/25/22
Sep 11, 2008 – ViXS Systems has announced that its XCode™ 3000 series advanced MPEG4 AVC (MPEG4 Part 10/H.264) Transcoder/Encoder/Decoder System-on-a-Chip (SoC) has been selected by Sharp (Tokyo: 6753) for three new Blu-Ray Disc (BD) Recorder products.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Sharp Corp, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor

ViXS XCode™ 3290 Video Processor works with Bluestreak's MachBlue Flash® Player
Sep 11, 2008 – ViXS Systems has announced that its XCode™ 3290 MPEG-4 AVC Transcoder/Encoder/Decoder SoC has been enabled with Bluestreak's MachBlue TV product. MachBlue offers a complete application environment, including Flash®, for CE and STB manufacturers.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Bluestreak, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVR, Home Server, IBCShow, Media Player, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Gemalto Combines SIM Card and DVD to Facilitate Mobile Internet Use for WIND Subscribers in Italy
Sep 11, 2008 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) has announced that it is providing Italian mobile operator WIND with Smart Video Card, a technological breakthrough that embeds a DVD-compliant optical disc into the card body of a regular SIM card.
News categories: Gemalto, WIND, CAM, Digital TV, DVD, IBCShow, Italy, Mobile

Philips shows 3D over existing infrastructures with 3D IPTV, 3D VoD and 3D on Bluray demos at IBC 2008
Sep 10, 2008 – Philips (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) will demonstrate 3D IPTV, 3D VoD and 3D on Blu-ray at IBC 2008. Each of the three demos will show how the company's 2D-plus-Depth content format can be distributed easily over existing infrastructures.
News categories: Philips, Blu-ray, Digital TV, IBCShow, IPTV, Metaverse

Switzerland digital TV: growth accelerates
Sep 8, 2008 – In Switzerland, about 22% of all TV households, or just under 700,000 homes, are equipped with digital television, however according to a Demoscope survey for Swisscable, digital TV is expected to experience strong growth in the coming years.
News categories: Swisscable, Demoscope, Blu-ray, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Streaming, Switzerland, Terrestrial

RealNetworks Introduces RealDVD
Sep 8, 2008 – RealNetworks® has unveiled RealDVD™, a PC application allowing consumers to save their DVDs to their hard drive. RealDVD is licensed DVD software that saves a secure copy of a DVD to the hard drive without removing or altering the CSS encryption.
News categories: RealNetworks, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVD, Streaming

Spain - September DTT monthly update released
Sep 5, 2008 – According to Impulsa-TDT, in just the two months of June and July 1.1 million DTV receivers were sold, with July being a record for IDTV purchases at 311,000 units, beating even the Christmas sales period.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial