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Archives - march 2008

ZOOtech launches Media Adaptation tool

HD VMD contender sees opportunity with HD DVD out

TV shipment to exceed 280m units by 2012

Toshiba counts cost of ill-fated HD DVD – $1bn

Toshiba's HD DVD losses lower than predicted

Technicolor opens DVD facility in India

Stranded HD DVD owners offered swap schemes

Study: 29m Blu-ray homes worldwide by 2008

More dogs join DVD sniffing task force in Malaysia

SlySoft software tests ‘unbreakable’ BD+ copy protection

Forecast met, but Singulus expects better this year

On-Demand Media to revolutionise video retail

Fastest 22x DVD burners won't replace 18x devices

Profile 2.0 brings web connectivity to PS3

Professor sues tech giants over laser patent infringement

Carrefour executive to complete PEVE keynote roster

NetBlender to add BD authoring

DVD replicators sign MPEG-2 licenses to end patent infringement

Macrovision unloads Trymedia, Software Business Unit

Sofatronic teams up with Javelin to push BD-J authoring

Hopes fading for rapid HDTV transition in Europe

HD DVD Promotion Group dissolved

Frankfurt police dismantles international disc traffic

Leading Polish replicator seeks court protection

'No significant price cut before Christmas' for BD players

GDMX expands Blu-ray business with Scenarist

Expensive games stifle consoles' growth, survey reveals

Wales CD/DVD counterfeiter gets 4-year jail sentence

Software industry seeks government help to combat piracy

Chinese HD is new focus for DVD Forum

DivX-certified Panasonic Blu-ray player for Europe

Industry group DEG steps up Blu-ray activities

£5m Czech-made, UK-bound illegal CD business stopped

Taiwanese makers to hold back BD disc production

Cinram banks on Blu-ray growth after poor quarter results

CDSA sets greener packaging standards

CDA a MPEG-LA licensee in good standing

BDMO wins patent case in German court

BD disc sales hit 9m, 3m this year; BD share of total unit up

$250m investment, 80 BD lines needed to cope with demand

Blu-ray player prices up with end of format competition

ABI Research: Only half HDTV owners take up HD services