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

MPEG LA Announces Effort to Facilitate HD DVD Patent License
May 9, 2007 – MPEG LA has issued a call for patents and patent applications that are essential to the HD DVD Standard in order to facilitate creation of a joint HD DVD patent license. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVD, HD-DVD, Licensing, Patent

Consumer DVD Recorders Poised to Challenge DVRs, PC-based DVD Burners
Apr 27, 2007 – The consumer DVD recorder market experienced smaller than expected growth in 2006, but IMS Research estimates the volume of DVD recorders shipped worldwide in 2011 will reach 59 million units. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVD, DVR, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder

Global Consumer Electronics Sales Defying Economic Cycles
Mar 13, 2007 – A succession of attractive new products, along with falling prices and increased capabilities, has helped make the consumer electronics (CE) market seemingly impervious to economic ups and downs around the world. More …
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Tablet

Japan - 2006 Domestic shipments of digital terrestrial broadcast receivers
Feb 1, 2007 – Total shipments of digital terrestrial broadcast receivers for 2006 reached 8,925,000 units. Cumulative sales of these devices exceeded 17 million units, reaching 17,286,000 units by the end of December 2006.
News categories: DiBEG, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVD, Japan, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

MPEG LA Sues Mintek Digital, Inc. for Breach of MPEG-2 License Agreement
Feb 1, 2007 – MPEG LA, LLC has announced that it has sued Mintek Digital for breach of its MPEG-2 Patent Portfolio License with MPEG LA. The suit also names Jiangsu Digital Technology and Shinco Electronics Group, as responsible for Mintek's obligations.
News categories: MPEG LA, China, Digital TV, DVD, Licensing, Patent

Response To Reports Of Attacks on AACS Technology
Jan 24, 2007 – AACS LA has confirmed that AACS Title Keys have appeared on public web sites without authorization. Such unauthorized disclosures indicate an attack on one or more players sold by AACS licensees.
News categories: AACS LA, Blu-ray, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVD, HD-DVD

NEC Introduces EMMA3 System LSI Chips for HD DVD
Jan 17, 2007 – NEC Electronics has introduced its newest generation of its renowned EMMA™ series. The EMMA3 series is optimized for systems such as HD DVD players and recorders that handle the processing of next generation DVD content.
News categories: NEC Electronics, Digital TV, DVD, HD-DVD, ICs, Semiconductor

STMicroelectronics Announces World's First Dual HDTV Decoder Chip To Be Manufactured in 65nm Technology
Jan 8, 2007 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced a new dual-video-stream high-definition (HD) decoder chip, the STi7200, intended for STBs, digital video recorders (DVRs) and DVD players.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

DEG Year-End 2006 Home Entertainment Sales Update
Jan 8, 2007 – The home theater is one of consumers' preferred choices for enjoying entertainment as demonstrated by growing demand for high definition products in 2006, according to DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group in an announcement made at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
News categories: DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, North America, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, USA