DVD Sales Plunged 9% in 2009
Hollywood, which has until recently enjoyed steady growth on the back of DVD sales, is now suffering a rapid decline in DVD sales while lackluster...
TDK LTO Ultrium 5 Data Cartridge Passes Certification Testing
TDK has completed development of the LTO Ultrium 5, the fifth-generation LTO (Linear Tape-Open) Ultrium format data cartridges and the cartridges have already passed certification...
Toshiba Commences Arbitrations to Collect DVD Royalties
On January 15, 2010, Toshiba, the authorized licensor for DVD6C, filed demands for arbitration to collect DVD royalties due under DVD6C patent licenses. Toshiba filed...
LG to Ship Its First 12x Blu-ray Disc Burners Next Month
LG plans to release the new BE12LU, BH12LS and CH10LS Blu-ray disc drives next month. Both the BE12LU and the BH12LS drives support 12x burning...
CD Digital Card Offers CopyBlock Protection For DVDs
US-based CD and DVD replicator CD Digital Card announced the implementation of CopyBlock protection for DVDs. Rovi's CopyBlock (Rovi is MAcrovision's new name) is added...
Computer Storage Market Returns to Growth in 2010
After suffering a decline 2009, global revenue from shipments of Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) and Optical Disk Drives (ODDs) used in computers is expected to...
I-O Data Ships The BRD-SH12B 12x Blu-ray Burner in Japan
I-O Data will ship a 12x DVD burner in Japan in the end of March. The BRD-SH12B has a SATA interface and it is based...
BD4C Licensing Group Formed For Blu-ray Patents
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Thomson Licensing, Toshiba Corporation and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment today announced that they have formed the BD4C licensing group for Blu-ray and...
Michael Gutowski and Frank Hartwig Elected as Board Members of the MEDIA-TECH Association
Michael Gutowski (Infodisc Technology GmbH) and Frank Hartwig (Cinram GmbH) were elected as new members of the Executive Board at the Annual Members' meeting held...
