Digital TV News: AACS

Three million subscribers globally for BritBox
Feb 22, 2023 – BritBox has reached a milestone of three million subscribers across the international markets in which its streaming service is available – the U.S., Canada, Australia, South Africa, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland.
News categories: BritBox, Reemah Sakaan, Digital TV, Streaming, Subscribers, Worldwide

ViXS and sMedio join forces to launch Ultra HD Blu-ray player solution
Jan 8, 2016 – In response to the imminent availability of multiple Ultra HD Blu-ray disc titles in early 2016, ViXS Systems Inc. (TSX: VXS) and sMedio (Tokyo: 3913) have announce the availability of an Ultra HD Blu-ray player solution.
News categories: ViXS Systems, sMedio, Twentieth Century Fox, Sohail Khan, Shunsuke Tanaka, Danny Kaye, Blu-ray, CES2024, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Worldwide

ViXS Media Processor and Dual Stream HD Transcoder Powers Toshiba Blu-ray and CE Products
Aug 29, 2012 – ViXS Systems has announced that the ViXS XCode 4210 powers Toshiba's BD standalone and integrated BD module for HDTVs. The XCode 4210 is a network media processor and transcoding single chip System on Chip (SoC).
News categories: ViXS Systems, Toshiba, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Irdeto Acquires Rovi Corporation's BD+ Technology for Blu-ray
Jul 7, 2011 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced the acquisition of BD+ technology for Blu-ray from Rovi Corporation (Nasdaq:ROVI). The newly acquired BD+ technology will fold into the company's Irdeto ActiveCloak™ for Media offering.
News categories: Irdeto, Rovi Corp, Blu-ray, Content Protection, Middleware

RCDb and Verimatrix Partner to Secure Premium Video Distribution to Internet-Connected Blu-ray Players
Sep 13, 2010 – Verimatrix and Related Content Database (RCDb) have unveiled at IBC2010 the first licensable solution for securing premium video content for over the top (OTT) distribution to Internet connected Blu-ray players.
News categories: Verimatrix, RCDb, Blu-ray, Content Protection, IBC2023, Streaming

AACS Finalizes Managed Copy for Blu-ray Discs
Jun 12, 2009 – The AACS licensing authority has finalized specifications that would allow consumers to make legal copies of Blu-ray content, but that will require new hardware.
News categories: AACS, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DRM, Gaming, Smart Home

Corel® WinDVD® Receives AVCREC™ Certification
Jan 9, 2009 – Corel Corp. (NASDAQ:CREL, TSX:CRE) has announced that Corel® WinDVD® has received AVCREC™ Certification which means that WinDVD has passed the stringent guidelines set by the Blu-ray Disc Association for playback of HD content on DVDs.
News categories: Corel, Blu-ray Disc Association, Blu-ray, Camcorder, Content Protection, DVR, Media Player

HANA Employs New 1394 Over Coax International Standard for HD Home Networking
Aug 19, 2008 – The High-Definition Audio-Video Network Alliance (HANA) has announced its plans to release a HANA Entertainment Box reference design based on the new 1394 Over Coax international standard from the 1394 Trade Association.
News categories: High-Definition Audio-Video Network Alliance, 1394 Trade Association, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Horizon Semiconductors sets in motion next generation location-free universal HD-DVD/Blu-Ray™ decoder/transcoder SoC
Nov 19, 2007 – Horizon Semiconductors has announced the immediate availability of a System-On-a-Chip (SoC) solution enabling dual channel native 1080/60p decoding, encoding and transcoding for next generation media players/recorders supporting the HD-DVD and Blu-Ray™ optical disc formats.
News categories: Horizon Semiconductors, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, HD-DVD, ICs, Optical Disc Recorder, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Set Top Box