Toshiba announces that IBM has joined the DVD6C in licensing DVD patents
The DVD6C Licensing Agency -- which represents six leading developers of DVD technology and formats, AOL Time Warner Inc., Hitachi, Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,...
The DVD - another milestone in the history of optical storage mnedia
The market launch of the DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) in 1996 marked a new leap forward in optical storage media technology. The production of this...
Taiwan joins Chinese effort on proprietary DVD format
Separate consortia in Taiwan and China are pecking away at a new DVD format that would enable disk and player manufacturers to evade royalty payments...
DVD-compatible optical disk hits 100 Gbytes
A physics professor at a leading Taiwanese university has led a group of researchers in developing a recordable optical disk capable of packing in 100...
Valenti comes to Cannes to push for worldwide alliance on movie piracy
As digital cameras and projectors revolutionize the movie business, governments around the world must band together to crack down on a growing side-effect of the...
Taiwan develops develop 100GB optical disc
A team of researchers at Taipei's National Taiwan University (NTU) have developed a prototype rewritable optical disc that can store 100GB of information and is...
Texas Instruments Japan becomes newest licensee Of Verance copy protection technology for DVD-Audio
Verance announced today that Texas Instruments Japan (TI Japan) will begin incorporating Verance's patented audio copy protection and content management technology into TI digital signal...
Chinese DVD player makers may start paying patent fees on 6C
Chinese manufacturers of DVD players have started hinting that they might now be more willing to enter contracts with the patent management group, 6C. The...
DVD6C licensing agency makes offer to China DVD player manufacturers
On May 10, the DVD6C Licensing Agency, representing six leading DVD technology and format developers, announced new incentives for manufacturers in China to obtain patent...
6 DVD makers to get patent royalty from Chinese
Five Japanese and one U.S. companies with DVD-related patents have reached a basic agreement with a Chinese industry association over royalties, making it likely they...
