Digital TV News: CinemaNow

DivX and Sonic Solutions Announce Strategic Partnership to Enable Digital Video Distribution
Dec 16, 2009 – Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq:SNIC) and DivX (Nasdaq:DIVX) have announced a partnership to enable the digital distribution of movies to DivX Certified® CE devices. Sonic Solutions will make movies available for download in the DivX® format.
News categories: DivX, Sonic Solutions, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Gaming, Media Player, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Tablet, USA

Broadcom Becomes First to Ship True Single Chip Blu-ray Disc® Solution
Dec 15, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that it is the first silicon provider to ship a true single Blu-ray Disc® chip. The new Broadcom® BCM7630 combines optical front-end and back-end video decoding and display technologies on a single die.
News categories: Broadcom, Blu-ray, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor

Sezmi Launches Public Pilot of All-in-One Personal TV Service
Nov 16, 2009 – Sezmi has announced that it has made its all-in-one television service available to the public in an exclusive pilot in Los Angeles. Sezmi offers television content from cable networks together with on-demand movies and internet video content.
News categories: Sezmi, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

Best Buy Partners with Sonic for Digital Content Delivery on Connected CE Devices
Nov 3, 2009 – Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC) are partnering on a new offering for Best Buy's line-up of digital entertainment products. The new on-demand movie and entertainment service will be powered by Sonic's Roxio CinemaNow™.
News categories: Sonic Solutions, Best Buy, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Mobile, Set Top Box, Streaming, Tablet, USA

Intel Unveils 45nm System-on-Chip for Internet TV
Sep 24, 2009 – Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) has unveiled the Intel® Atom™ processor CE4100, the newest System-on-Chip (SoC) in a family of media processors designed to bring Internet content and services to digital TVs, DVD players and advanced set-top boxes.
News categories: Intel Corp, Digital TV, DVD, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

LG Adds VUDU HD Movie Service to Wireless Blu-ray Disc Player
Sep 9, 2009 – LG Electronics has announced the addition of the HD streaming movie service from VUDU to the LG Wireless Network Blu-ray Player (model BD390). With VUDU, consumers can instantly buy or rent from an extensive library of movies and TV titles.
News categories: LG Electronics, VUDU, Blu-ray, Streaming, USA

Sonic and Widevine Team to Put Hollywood Hits on USB Flash Media Drives
Jul 23, 2009 – Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC) and Widevine have announced they are enabling the delivery of premium movies on USB flash memory devices. The CinemaNow USB Movie Drives™ will include a media player to enable PC playback of movie content offline.
News categories: Widevine, Sonic Solutions, Digital TV, Media Player, Peripherals / Accessories, Streaming

Rovi (Macrovision) Launches 'Liquid' Digital Media Guide
Jul 16, 2009 – Rovi (NASDAQ: ROVI), formerly Macrovision, has unveiled a new media guide, codenamed 'Liquid,' capable of connecting consumers to entertainment content on the internet, stored at home, or broadcast, with a single user interface.
News categories: Rovi Corp, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

Fujisoft Teams with Sonic Solutions to Deliver Hollywood Hits to Wii Game Console
Jun 25, 2009 – Sonic Solutions® (Nasdaq: SNIC) has announced that it is partnering with Fujisoft to deliver premium entertainment to the Nintendo Wii game console via Fujisoft's 'Minna no Theater Wii' video-on-demand service in Japan.
News categories: Sonic Solutions, Fujisoft, Paramount Pictures, Digital TV, Gaming, Japan, Media Player, Streaming