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Vestel Elektronik announced 1H07 IFRS consolidated results
Sep 25, 2007 – Vestel Elektronik announced total revenues of US$1,538mn (€1,158mn) and net loss of US$28.7mn (€21.6mn) in 1H07. The Company was able to increase its flat TV sales by 45% YoY to approx. 1.2mn units in 1H07.
News categories: Vestel, 1H07 IFRS financials, Digital TV, DVD, Optical Disc Recorder, Results, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Turkey

Japan - August 2007 Domestic Shipments of Major Consumer Electronic Equipment
Sep 21, 2007 – Japan Domestic Shipments of Major Consumer Electronic Equipment (August 2007) - TVs (Plasma, LCD TV), DVD players/Recorders, Tuners for satellite broadcasting, ...
News categories: JEITA, Digital TV, DVD, Japan, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

MPEG LA Sues Opta Corporation and Opta Systems, LLC, formerly doing business as GoVideo, for Breach of MPEG-2 and 1394 License Agreements
Sep 18, 2007 – MPEG LA has announced that it has sued Opta Corporation and its subsidiary Opta Systems, formerly doing business as GoVideo, for breach of Opta Systems's MPEG-2 Patent Portfolio License and 1394 Patent Portfolio License with MPEG LA.
News categories: MPEG LA, Opta Corporation, Digital TV, DVD, Licensing, Patent

Alticast Partners with S&T For Next Generation MHEG5/MHP/Blu-Ray Hybrid Solution
Sep 10, 2007 – Alticast and S&T have announced a strategic software partnership for next generation HDTV integrated digital TV and set-top box software. The partnership will target IPTV, MHEG5, MHP and Blu-ray markets.
News categories: S&T, Alticast, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, IBCShow, IPTV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Forrester Research: The Five-Year Forecast For Consumer Technology Growth
Sep 10, 2007 – Devices that make up the digital home, such as digital video recorders, high-definition televisions (HDTVs), and home networks will be the consumer technologies that grow the fastest over the next five years, according to Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR).
News categories: Camcorder, Canada, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, Gaming, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet, USA

Foundation of China High Definition DVD Industry Association (CHDA) Heralds New Era of High-Definition Entertainment in China
Sep 7, 2007 – The Optical Memory National Engineering Research Center (OMNERC), a laboratory dedicated to optical disc research in Tsinghua University, has announced CH-DVD (China High Definition DVD), a new generation high definition DVD format developed in collaboration with research institutes and manufacturing enterprises at home and abroad.
News categories: China, Digital TV, DVD, HD-DVD

Content Mangement Specification Gets Debut at IBC
Sep 7, 2007 – The publication of the latest revision to DVB BlueBook A094 - Content Protection & Copy Management (DVB-CPCM) in August, along with the first ever public demonstration of aspects of DVB-CPCM at this year's IBC, signals a second major milestone in the work of the DVB on a specification for persistent protection of commercial content in consumer digital products and home networks.
News categories: Content Protection, Digital TV, DVD, Gaming, IBCShow, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet

HD VMD Debuts in U.S. - Affordable HD Disc Solution Available to Consumers in Q3'07.
Sep 5, 2007 – New Medium Enterprises (NME) (OTC Bulletin Board: NMEN) has officially launched its HD VMD (Versatile Multilayer Disc) player and disc into the U.S. market with a debut at CEDIA Expo 2007.
News categories: Digital TV, DVD, USA

Samsung Selects Broadcom to Power Its Flagship BD-UP5000 Duo HD Player
Sep 4, 2007 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that its highly integrated Blu-ray™ and HD DVD system-on-a-chip (SoC) has been selected by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. to power the dual format BD-UP5000 Duo high definition (HD) player.
News categories: Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, HD-DVD, Semiconductor