Optical Disc Recorder (DVD, Blu-ray) News

Japan - Govt panel to submit plan for easing TV show recording rules
Jul 8, 2007 – The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry will ask TV stations and copyright organizations to ease dubbing restrictions to allow DVD recorders to record digital TV programs nine times instead of once, according to ministry officials. More …
News categories: Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVR, Japan, Optical Disc Recorder

Ocean Blue to Develop Software for Toshiba 'Donau' SoCs
Jul 6, 2007 – Ocean Blue Software is to release its advanced TV software suite on Toshiba’s ‘Donau’ series of processors. The Linux-based software will allow for fast development of consumer electronics products such as STBs, iDTVs, PVRs, and hard disk/DVD recorders. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVR, MHEG-5, Middleware, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

Magnum Semiconductor Agrees To Acquire LSI Consumer Products Business
Jun 27, 2007 – LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) and Magnum Semiconductor, Inc. announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Magnum will acquire the LSI consumer products business in a transaction to be funded by private equity investment.
News categories: Magnum Semiconductor, LSI Corp, Digital TV, MandA, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Tablet

Fujitsu Launches Industry's First Single-Chip IC for Full HD H.264 Video Processing with Embedded Memory
May 23, 2007 – Fujitsu Microelectronics America (FMA) has introduced the latest in its family of highly integrated video processing devices that support the H.264 format.
News categories: Fujitsu Microelectronics, ANGA COM, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, ICs, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

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

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