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February 15, 2007 www.media-tech.net Industry News Sony DADC Will Announce Apple's Jobs attacks 'no benefit' DRM Production Technology Initiative Apples’ Steve Jobs has called for an end to copy protection/DRM for for Blu-ray Disc Dual Layer at downloadable music.
Apple led the music market into legitimate MEDIA-TECH in Barcelona online music delivery, with it iPod/iTunes Sony DADC today announced that it will start content owners beyond anything ever experienced, the offering, which needed secure DRM to be an initiative for a production technology alli- format also offers room for additional extras. There is acceptable to the music companies. ance for Blu-ray Disc dual layer . no need to pack additional discs to store these bonus However with the iPod sales dropping as materials, thereby eliminating costs and simplifying the more end-users opt for MP3 capable cell- Detailed information will be presented at the European end user‘s entertainment experience. Depending on the phones, iTunes is in danger of loosing MEDIA-TECH Showcase & Conference 2007 in Barcelona, encoding method, there is room for more than five hours its attraction. Jobs says that licensing its Spain, at the Congress Center of Hotel Rey Juan Carlos I. of the highest high-definition quality video. FairPlay DRM to 3rd party manufacturing The presentation will start at March 6, 2007, at 5.30 pm would almost certainly mean that hackers in Room „Sala F“ and will introduce the partners of the would be able to get into the technology coming production technology alliance. Sony DADC will and break it. So he offers a scenario of all also present its latest Blu-ray roadshow. Due to the huge capacity of up to 50GB, the Blu-ray Disc dual layer format allows for more than just a movie to be stored in the absolute best high-definition quality. Taking
Industry News Moser Baer buys Philips R&D subsidiary downloadble files being DRM-free. Moser Baer has acquired OM&T, an optical tech- last July to acquire future technologies in the US and “Imagine a world where every online store nology R&D subsidiary of Philips, in a move to Europe. It will use a mix of equity and debt to pay for sells DRM-free music encoded in open build up its R&D capabilities. this purchase licensable formats. In such a world, any OM&T employs approximately 50 people in Eindhoven player can play music purchased from any The deal, for an undisclosed sum, brings Moser Baer and had turnover in 2006 of approximately E10 million. store, and any store can sell music which is Blu-ray production know-how, patents and a 6 million The transfer of ownership to Moser Baer is effectuated playable on all players,” he says. Pointing disc capacity plant in Europe, which is the only company retroactively from January 1, 2007 out that 90% of music is sold on DRM-free outside of Japan to manufacture Blu-ray discs. The move does not bode well for those expecting Philips CDs he questions the need for DRM on OM&T (Optical Media & Technology) will also bring pure to prioritize optical disc development in the future. music files. What benefits do they get from R&D in the photo voltaic business, which is another of The company's official view is that this transaction selling the remaining small percentage of Moser Baer’s recent areas of diversification.. "represents another step Philips is taking to focus on their music encumbered with a DRM sys- The company says that the purchase would be routed its Healthcare, Lifestyle and Technology activities sup- tem? There appear to be none.” through its overseas subsidiary, which was set up ported by the strength of the company’s brand. "
[ e*news – Magazine for the Media Manufacturing Industry ] p1 S&C.news p2 e*news Sony Pictures to Keynote Conference The MEDIA-TECH Association is sentation, Calkins will take a look at the future of Warner Bros. proud to announce that John Calkins, digital media and the prospects of emerging opti- Entertainment. Senior Vice President Corporate cal formats and digital ways of distribution. In that role, Development of Sony Pictures At SPE, John Calkins is responsible for the manage- he was a key Entertainment (SPE), has agreed to ment of the studio‘s corporate development initia- player in the keynote the MEDIA-TECH Conference tives in all of its entertainment divisions. Before creation of in March in Barcelona. joining SPE, Calkins was president of Lieberfarb & Movielink, the Associates, where he oversaw operations, evalu- f i v e - s t u d i o He will address the international media ated acquisitions and led the business develop- joint venture manufacturing professionals of the MEDIA- ment efforts related to the firm‘s broadband video to distribute TECH industry on the first conference day, initiatives. Before Lieberfarb, Calkins was senior movies on the March 6 at 10:15 am in Sala F. In his pre- vp corporate business development and strategy at Internet.
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Save time and trouble: Conference Speaker Update pre-register now! In addition to John Calkins of Sony Pictures, of video content and will assess the extent to The MEDIA-TECH Association the already impressive list of speakers at the which they will cannibalise the DVD market. How asks all visitors and exhibitors to MEDIA-TECH Conference has again grown. packaged media fare in advanced communication pre-register now for the event in network countries like Japan and Korea, which Barcelona. Conference Director Prof. Masud Mansuripur of Europe aims to emulate, will be examined as well. the University of Arizona will come to Barcelona Renaud’s presentation will kick of day 2 of the Bryan Ekus, Managing Director of for an opening speech, exploring the “Roadmap for Conference on March 7 at 9.45 am. the Association, says: “From ex- Storage Technology”. Also on the second conference day, a panel of se- perience we know that the regis- Jean-Luc Renaud nior management representatives from machinery tration counters, especially on the (pictured), a Board manufacturers within the MEDIA-TECH Association first day, are always very busy. Member of the DVD will discuss “Open Questions in High-Def“. Sylvia So in order to not have to stand in Association, will Hitzel (Singulus Technologies), Martin Brown (M2) line longer than necessary and to be try to answer and Dr. Hans Ebinger (Oerlikon Balzers Coatings/ make sure not to miss any of the the heretical ques- Systems) will tackle questions from moderator presentation while having to queue, tion “Are the days Paddy Bake, Editor of One To One magazine. I advise everyone who is coming to of packaged media The topic of their discussion shall be the current Barcelona to pre-register now at really numbered?”. status in the development of machinery for third our website at www.media-tech. In his idiosyncratic generation optical formats and especially open net/index.php=?212! And remember: way, Renaud will questions surrounding technical aspects of e.g. all pre-registered attendees receive explore the current Dual Layer BD, Triple Layer HD DVD or copy pro- free admission to all MEDIA-TECH status of technologies competing for the delivery tection. Showcase & Conference sessions, exhibits and of the course the clas- sic networking party on the first day Conference News of the event! Furthermore, registra- tion includes free access to the Inspecting Blu-ray Disc presentations by Sony on March 6 In his presentation titled “Proven Inspection measurement system solutions from Dr. Schenk. and also the conference sessions and Measurement Systems for Reliable BD Based on this competent of our Associations's partner, the Production”, Michael Dobler of Dr. Schenk knowledge and expe- IDDA, which talk place during the will introduce the company’s inspection and rience, the presentation afternoon of the first event day.” measurement systems for BD production in will highlight the spe- Pre-registered attendees may pick a Training Session on March 7. cial requirements of BD up their badges at the registra- production that demand tion counters outside the exhibition Blu-ray Discs are on their way. The much tighter particular attention. The hall. Registration opens one hour specifications of BD, compared to DVD, demand field-tested solutions before the start of the conference. new and dedicated inspection and test solutions from Dr. Schenk will be Exhibitors may pick up their badges to provide realistic feedback on the actual pro- clearly presented and already during set-up on March 5, duction state. Of today’s worldwide BD production illustrated by numerous starting at 1 pm. sites many apply inline and offline inspection and examples.
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Conference News Conference News IDDA Conference to MEDIA-TECH Conference Program (as of February 15, 2007) feature Sonic Solutions Day 1 / March 6 The MEDIA-TECH Conference will be accompanied by the 8.45 am Start Conference International Disc Duplicating 9.00 am Welcome MTA President/General Manager Association‘s seminars on 9.15 am "Roadmap of Storage Technology" // Prof. Masud Mansuripur, University of Arizona the afternoon of March 6. 9.30 am "HDTV in Europe - from Vision to Reality" // Dieter Höhler, Thomson 10.00 am "Blu-ray Disc Technical Update" // Frank Simonis, Blu-ray Disc Association 10.30 am Keynote "The Future of Digital Entertainment" 11.00 am Coffee Break 11.15 am "HD DVD, Blu-ray Disc and the future of home entertainment in Europe" // Helen Davis Jaylath, Screen Digest 11.45 am "RFID for Manufacture of Optical Media & Equipment: Realizing the ROI!" // Devendra Mishra, Pepperdine University 12.15 pm Lunch Break 2.00 pm "Quality Control for Blue formats and beyond" // Dr. Wlodek Mischke, DaTARIUS 2.30 pm "Singulus 2007: First year of mass production of HD DVD & Blu-ray Disc and how Singulus is positioned for that" // Stephan Hotz & Dieter Wagner, Singulus Technologies Session 1: New Duplicator Formats 3.00 pm "Proven Inspection and Measurement Systems for Reliable BD Production" // Michael Dobler, and Opportunities Dr. Schenk "HiDef Optical Formats" // Jean-Luc 3.30 pm Training Session 4: M2 Renaud, journalist, author and DVD 4.00 pm "Blu-ray and HD DVD Media Replication" // Peter Hillenbrand, Oerlikon specialist "USB and Flash Media Formats" // Olaf Meier, MD, Altec ComputerSysteme Day 2 / March 7 9.30 am Start Conference Session 2: Licensing and Royalty 9.45 am "Are the days of packaged media really numbered?" // Jean-Luc Renaud, DVD Association issues for Duplicators 10.15 am Hardware Manufacturing Panel "Open Questions in High-Def" // Sylvia Hitzel, Singulus "Media Licensing and Philips Technologies; Martin Brown, M2; Dr. Hans Ebinger, Oerlikon Balzers Co VEEZA programme" // Philips 10.45 am Coffee Break Intellectual Property Licensing 11.00 am "High Def Production Update Europe" // Laurent Villaume, QOL "MPEGLA, MPEG-2" // IDDA 11.30 am "HD VMD" // Dr. Eugene Levich, New Medium Enterprises 12.00 pm "HD DVD Status in Europe" // Olivier van Wynendaele, Toshiba Session 3: New Products/Processes 12.30 pm Lunch Break Showcase 1.00 pm The Singulus Inline Solution for Mastering of all 3rd Generation // Dr. Jelm Franse, Singulus "A new packaging solution" Mastering "A new European Duplicator Hardware 1.30 pm "Electroplating for third generation optical discs" // Stefan Knipper, technotrans range (Ram)" 2.00 pm " Advancements in Stamper Manufacturing: Plating in the Next Generation" // Daniel Sunqvist, "Software-based Flash Duplicating" // Digital Matrix Bernhard Kirchner, CD ROM Services Pty 2.30 pm "Advanced Economics and Technology of Digital Optical Disc Printing" // Jon Harper-Smith, "New low volume and high volume Ink- Fujifilm Sericol jet printing solutions" 3.00 pm "Quality Control of Blue Laser Optical Media" // Marianne Sernevi, AudioDev "Copy Protection and Content control" Showcae & Conference News Session 4: Sonic Session - pre- sented by senior member of Sonic Touristic Tours of Barcelona Available Solutions Europe "Encrypted DVD Download and Burn" Make the most of your trip to Barcelona and building of famous mo- "Authoring for Blu-ray and HD DVD" enjoy the city apart from the Showcase & dernist architect Gaudi. Conference! More information on Session 5: IDDA general Session these tours is available "Green issues and Recycling for Attractions are plentiful in Barcelona! The in the "Travel" section Duplicators" MEDIA-TECH Association has put together a pro- on the Showcase & "IDDA and MTA" gram of touristic tours for all attendees. Tours Conference website at "Long Beach" include a Panaromic bus tour visiting all im- www.media-tech.net/ portant sights as well as a tour to the famous index.php?=334.
[ e*news – Magazine for the Media Manufacturing Industry ] p3 S&C.news p4 e*news New Booths Available! In less than three weeks, the MEDIA- tradition of successful MEDIA-TECH events. To Everyone interested in exhibiting should have a TECH Showcase & Conference 2007 satisfy the great interest in exhibiting space look at the current hallplan below and reserve will be opened in Barcelona. and to give late-deciders a chance to showcase their booth before it is to late! To book a booth, their technologies to an international audience, contact the Sales Office at barcelona@media- “With already more than 68 exhibitors, the organizers have created further exhibiting tech.net or +49-6181-9828042. meeting the event promises to continue the space on the hall plan. room (MTA members only)
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storage area Showcase News shell scheme booth shell scheme booth empty space column Barcelona - March 6 - 7, 2007 size: 3 x 2 m size: 4 x 2 m size: 3 x 2 m size: approx. 120 x 40 cm Exhibitor list Hotel (as Rey of Juan February Carlos I 15) Eurotek Supply Center 43 Oerlikon Balzers Coating/Systems 38/39 sold Option Company Booth Fujifilm Sericol 46/47 One To One tbd Adivan 28 GIMA 55 Otari 29 ADR AG/ CD Team 76 Göding + Partner 27 Quantized Systems 4 ADTEC Audio Video Produkte 78 Guann Way Europe / Top Two Company 31 Pocajt 63 Anwell Precision Technology 22 H20 73 RUCO Druckfarben 23 AudioDev 32/33 Hanky + Partners 53 Replix Magazine tbd AWM Mold Tech 44 Heino Ilsemann 21 RITEK Europe 74 Axxicon 45 KBA-Metronic 36 Scanavo 20/21 Best of... / Shape CD 61 Key Solutions 71 Shape CD Europe GmbH 61 Bronway Ltd (optioned) 13 Kissel+Wolf (optioned) 49 Sibert Industries 64 BT Group 40 MAF Diskettes 5 Singulus Mastering 25/26 CCL Combined Consumables 70 Machines Direct 30 Singulus Technologies 34/35 DaTARIUS 15 Marabuwerke 50 Sobeca Services 9/10 DCA Inc. 78 Matrix-Technology (OMG) 71/72 STEAG ETA-Optik 48 Digital Matrix Corporation 37 Media Machines Technology 60 SunChemical 5 Dometek 6 Messe Frankfurt Ausstellungen tbd Tapematic 14 Dr. Schenk 56 MIP Packaging 3 Targray Technology International 54 dr. schwab inspection technology 65 Miri Engineering 51 Target Technology Company 57 DVD Association 69 MPI Worldwide 7 technotrans 16 Eclipse 18 M2 Engineering 58/59 VDL-ODMS (optioned) 66 Engströms 19 Newparts 4U 2 Werner Kammann Maschinenfabrik 12 Esatec 1 Netstal Machinery 17 Estudios Gema 11 ODC Nimbus 8
[ e*news – Magazine for the Media Manufacturing Industry ] p4 Cutting-Edge Media Manufacturing Solutions Showcased in Barcelona, At MEDIA-TECH Showcase & Conference, you will find technology March 6-7, 2007! Meet senior executives and exhibitors from 50+ Media solutions and education for every aspect of media manufacturing from Manufacturing solutions providers - network, get expert advice to specific process development through delivery to market. To stay on top of every challenges, find resources and source new products surrounding media issue surrounding media manufacturing you can’t afford to miss this manufacturing. year’s event!
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More details on "Creative Storage Conference"
Anyone involved in the creation and industry experts on digital storage and the SM distribution of entertainment or a capture and editing of new entertainment con- Storage digital storage provider for content tent as well as the preservation of historical 2007 Conference
SM creation and distribution should be content. Topics will include digital storage and AN ENTERTAINMENT STORAGE ALLIANCE EVENT setting their eyes on the "Creative digital acquisition and film scanning, nonlin- Storage Conference" which will take ear editing, compositing, and special effects. Distribution" with talks by industry experts on place at the MEDIA-TECH Expo in The next session on "The Role of Optical Storage digital storage used for the distribution of en- Long Beach, California, USA on May in the Entertainment Industry" will be realized tertainment content. Digital storage for digital 15, 2007. in close cooperation with the MEDIA-TECH cinema, cable, broadcast, satellite, IPTV or Association. This discussion panel includes social networking will be discussed. The confer- The conference program starts at 8.30 manufacturers of optical storage technology ence program closes with a breakout session on am on May 15, 2007 in Room 203 and systems as well as end users discussing "End Users Views on Digital Storage in Content of the Long Beach Convention Center. the latest technologies and implementations Creation and Distribution". The panel includes After a welcome by Conference Chair of optical storage for entertainment creation, analysts and end users of digital storage tech- Tom Coughlin, the first Keynote Address preservation and distribution. After a lunch nology. They will discuss important issues such (topic tba) will kick off the program. After break, the second Keynote Address (topic tba) as latencies, storage capacities, total cost of this, a session on "Content Creation and will open the afternoon sessions, followed by ownership, as well as the protection and man- Digital Storage" will include talks by presentations on " Digital Storage and Content agement of digital assets.
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Exhibitor list (as of February 15) HamaTech AG Rollem International 2411 Company Booth Hangzhou Tinghoo Information Material 1411 Scanavo Ltd. 2320 A.M.F. Optics Inc. 1427 Hanky & Partners (Taiwan) Ltd. 3216 Schneider Packaging Inc. 525 Adivan High Tech AG 2923 Heino Ilsemann GmbH 2725 Sibert Instruments Ltd. 1616 Advanced Media Products, Inc. 2408 Infiniti Media Inc. 2231 Silo Ltd. 527 Anco Co. Ltd. 1117 K-Flow GmbH 829 Singulus Mastering BV 2025 Anwell Digital 516 Kammann Machines Inc. 1025 Singulus Molding AG 2025 AudioDev AB 1620 KBA-Metronic AG 2723 Singulus Technologies AG 2025 AWM Mold Tech AG 2020 Kenny Packaging Machinery Ltd. 1731 Sony Chemicals Corp. 2031 Axxicon Molds Los Angeles, Inc. 1423 Key Solutions 2909 STEAG-ETA Optik GmbH 2911 Basler Vision Technologies 1017 Köra-Packmat Maschinenbau GmbH 1309 Stora Enso Media Solutions 2930 Best of... GmbH - Shape CD 903 Kyoto America Inc. 1011 Sumitomo Plastics-Machinery 3225 Bethel Plastics Inc. 1403 Lamin Automatic Machine Co., Ltd. 2923 Sun Chemical 1104 Bronway Ltd. 1316 Lintec 1030 Suntek Instruments Corp. 2006 Caliber International Corporation 1411 M2 Engineering AB 1020 Super Jewel Box B.V. 806 Carthuplas 1831 Marabuwerke GmbH & Co. KG 1016 Suzhou Yinke Optical Products Ltd. 3229 Chin Shing Manufacturing Ltd. 1614 Marubeni Disc Systems, Inc. Symcon B.V. 2920 CNS Boya 720 Media Services Group 1406 Tapematic USA Inc. 2611 DaTARIUS Group 811 Miri Engineering SPA 2520 Target Technology Company LLC 1313 DCA Optical Disc Systems 1104 Moretto S.p.A. 1425 Targray Technology International Inc. 1708 DIC International Inc. 1714 Motan Inc. 2311 TEAC America Inc. 1314 Digital Matrix Corp. 1311 Netstal Machinery Ltd. 1525 technotrans AG 1506 Digital Media Automation Inc. 2321 Newparts4U 1109 Teijin Kasei America Inc. 713 Dometek 2917 Nexpak 316 TGT Optoelectronic Technology Company 2308 Dr. Schenk 2323 OC Oerlikon Balzers AG 3220 Thermal Care Inc. 3525 dr. schwab 1431 ODC Nimbus 1703+2003 Umicore Materials AG 2423 Due Ci Srl. 706 Optidisk Corporation 2914 Univenture Disc Packaging & Systems 1414 DVD6C Licensing Agency 711 Otari Inc. 1503 VDL ODMS B.V. 1630 EAM, Inc. 1611 Ozu Corporation 1430 VisionTech USA Corp. 2431 Eclipse Data Technologies 529 Paclight Media Solutions 3229 Williams Advanced Materials 318 FMF Industries (HK) Ltd. 725 Philips International BV - IP 2009 Xenon Corporation 2730 Fujifilm Sericol USA Inc. 709 PIOVAN S.p.A. 2720 Xentura Promotions 707 G3 Mastering Solutions, Inc. 2023 Polyline Corp. 729 Xiris Automation Inc. 1008 Gima S.p.A. 902 Ponica Industries Corp. 2531 Yingbo Precise Machinery Göding + Partner GmbH 1420 Record Products of America, Inc. 902 Manufacturing Ltd. 3229 Guann Way Technologies 2025 Rohm and Haas Deutschland GmbH 2920
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| www.media-tech.net | Association.news p8 e*news Axxicon moulds support for VCD-HD Axxicon says that it is fully supporting bilities in mould design and developing moulding polycarbonate requirements and faster production the 'thin-disc' VCD-HDTM format. processes, as well as its large installed base, which time . "If a VCD-HD disc is produced on a CD repli- would enable replicators to convert existing lines to cation line much less material is needed. This single layer optical disc format, is this new VCD-HD format more easy. Compared to production of a DVD-5 with a single 0.6mm thick, and offers a 4.7GB storage The advantages cited for VCD-HD include reduced moulding machine, while no bonding is needed, capacity. Axxicon says the format is compat- the VCD-HD can be produced with ible with the standard PC DVD drives and half the cycle time." Axxicon says. DVD players. It also points out that the format The format has been developed by Andrey is compatible with the standard PC Tropillo and marketed by Trix Europe and DVD drives and DVD players. Its Axxicon defined and optimized the mould thin structure provides increased design. flexibility, making it ideal for cover Axxicon says that its partnership in the mount, promotional and mailing development of VCD-HD was driven capa- applications.
Member News Tapematic's digital print system gets off to a flying start
Tapematic's 2Print digital printer has The 2Print seems to be spearheading this latest genera- got off to a flying start with delivered tion of digital printers, which utilize the more recently machines now well into double figures. developed ink-jet type heads to produce image-on- demand printing on CDs and DVDs. Since its launch just a few months ago a num- Following the success of the first worldwide industrial ber of 2Print systems have been delivered and Digital Printing for optical discs based on Micro inkjet hundred of thousands of discs a day are now UV curable technology Tapematic is planning to adopt being digitally printed on these machines. a sales and support presence in every country. So the Following these few months of intensive pro- company is looking to expand its digital print opera- duction, in collaboration with its customers, tion. Tapematic says that it original ink cost esti- The company is inviting contact from those who have mation was overestimated by 20 to 25%. experience in capital equipment selling and support, Therefore it is now in a position to confirm and/or are involved in printing technology, to contact that indicative ink cost per disc is now well Ron Goodwin at [email protected] or Davide Perego at below r0.02 per disc and more in the region [email protected] to evaluate the possibility of col- of r0.015. laboration.
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MEDIA-TECH Showcase Group profitability for Oerlikon March 6-7 2007, Barcelona, Spain The Oerlikon Group has seen some healthy Coating includes the optical disc equipment business Disc-Tech Expo 2007 figures for 2006 which includes the Oerlikon Balzers which the Group indicated did not have a great year, April 18-19, Taj Lands End, Mumbai, Coating division (formally known as Unaxis). but considers 2007 as being stronger. India These markets, its says, ".., are currently in a transi- MEDIA-TECH Expo 2007 Overall group sales rose by 42.7 percent to CHF 2.3 tional phase, particularly the optical storage media May 15 – 17, Long Beach Convention million, which includes activities due to acquisition. market, as they move towards new higher performance Center, USA Even without the addition of the former Saurer AG, the formats, such as Blu-ray, which means that business is Group still achieved a 5.8 percent growth rate in 2006. marked by reluctance to invest among users. However, OEC-07 Foremost contributors to the positive results included we are optimistic that demand will increase in 2007 Sept 24-26 2007, Frankfurt, Germany the Oerlikon Balzers Coating, Services and Oerlikon and that Oerlikon will profit substantially from the Leybold Vacuum business units. Oerlikon Balzers growth."
[ e*news – Magazine for the Media Manufacturing Industry ] p8 Industry.news p9 e*news Industry News Sub-100 day movie-DVD release BD as the future format thinks researchers windows sparks Theater pull-out The Odeon cinema group, the biggest theatre orga- Market researchers, Research and nization in the UK has pulled the hit comedy Night Markets, say that it is widely acknowl- at the Museum from their 840 screens as a protest edged that Blu-ray will be the develop- against the shortening of DVD release windows. ment trend in spite of HD DVD being presently supported by most manufac- Twentieth Century Fox announced plans to push out turers. the DVD version of the movie less than 100 days the box office receipts for the movie, but is also after its theatrical premiere. The. Vue, Cineworld and expected reduce the level of DVD sales. Whilst with its lower price, HD Showcase organizations have also joined the protest Release windows have been getting shorter each DVD sells very well in America. action which follows similar protests in Germany, year. By 1996 they had come down to 6 months and Some manufacturers hold HD DVD centred on the film Eregon. The shorter theatrical the movie theatre industry fears it will be half that as the transitional product, and exposure for Night at the Museum has not only hit unless a stand is made. they invest a lot into the R&D of Blu-ray driver, the researchers Industry News say. The instability occurred to Sony's Blu-ray driver PS3, the shipment $1199 BD/HD DVD player hits the US has been delayed several times, LG Electronics has confirmed that it has for- which allows advanced menus and functions to has led to the wait-and-see atti- mally launched the LG BH100, the first high be displayed over the video of Blu-ray discs. For tudes from most manufacturers. definition disc player that will read both Blu-ray consumers’ existing DVD libraries, the player The high cost of Blu-ray also ham- Disc and HD DVD discs. upconverts standard DVDs to 1080i resolution, pers the development of Blu-ray. providing compatibility with consumers’ exist- The majority of manufacturers The US launch has put quantities of the player ing movie libraries while improving the picture believe that there will not be a into Best Buy, Circuit City and CompUSA, as quality of those discs. strong market growth for Blu-ray well as regional retailers and local dealers. The player is selling at $1200 at retail. until 2009. And HD DVD will still “With Full HD beginning to take off, we expect be the mainstream in the market the industry-changing during 2007-2009. Super Multi Blue Player to trigger expanding market volume for both Full HD displays and high-definition discs,” said Michael Ahn, president and CEO at LG Electronics’ North American Headquarters. The player incorporates Blu-ray’s BD-Java interactive functions
e*news Industry News PUBLISHER MEDIA-TECH Association P.O. Box 1104, 63793 Kahl, Germany Panasonic takes BD verification to Hollywood Panasonic has just opened a testing The new facility will be operated by Panasonic EDITOR laboratory for Blu-ray Disc content in of North America and located within the Bryan Ekus ,Tim Frost Hollywood. existing Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory, so Tel: +44 1494 532112 that it can serve the Hollywood community. Email: [email protected] The center will verify that Blu-ray Disc content The testing service brings verification into the from movie studios meets technical specifica- Hollywood production process and will include DESIGN/PRODUCTION tions and that they can be played on a range verification service for the logical format of BD MetaCom Corporate Communications of Blu-ray Disc hardware, the company said. Video/Live Discs, playback testing service for Tel: +49 6181 9828042 Panasonic said at present there is no way to do BD Video/Live Discs with the BD Video playback Email: [email protected] this before discs are replicated. system.
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