Archive of the Video Encoding/DVD Category

January 11, 2007 — Markham, Ontario: Digital Rapids – a leading developer of scalable solutions for content ingest, encoding, transcoding, protection and delivery – is now shipping the Digital Rapids AVC Encoder™, an optional encoding module for Digital Rapids‘ StreamZ™, StreamZHD™ and DRC-Stream™ media encoding solutions and Stream Transcode Manager™ distributed transcoding system. more

January 11, 2007 — Markham, Ontario: Digital Rapids - a leading developer of scalable solutions for content ingest, encoding, transcoding, protection and delivery – is now shipping the optional On2 VP6 codec module for its Digital Rapids Stream family of media encoding solutions. The new module enables the creation of On2 VP6-based video for Macromedia® Flash® from Adobe® (commonly referred to as Flash 8 Video), and supports both live Flash Video streaming via the Flash Media Server and encoding to files from live, tape or digital media file inputs. more

– World‘s First Dedicated HD DVD Write Drive for the Desktop Supports Read and Write to All Main Optical Discs —
2007 International CES
TOKYO–Toshiba today brought the wide ranging capabilities of HD DVD to the desktop PC with the announcement of a standard height HD DVD drive able to read and write to HD DVD and to standard DVD and CD discs. Sample shipments of the new drive, SD-H903A, are scheduled to start this month. more

30 November 2006, Passfield, UK: Smoke & Mirrors, the internationally renowned post-production company, has purchased Digital Rapids‘ StreamZ encoder, to add to the four units they already have in operation at their London offices.

Providing a wealth of experience and knowledge in full service post-production, all Smoke & Mirrors‘ sites are fully networked, enabling facilities to share resources and expand local capacity. more

November 23, 2006 — Passfield, UK: Digital Rapids, through Swiss distributor VCS, has just completed the multiple encoding and live streaming of the award ceremony surrounding United Nations Secretary General Mr. Kofi Annan’s receipt of the Freedom Prize from the Max Schmidheiny Foundation. more

WALLINGFORD, Conn. – October 5, 2006 – VBrick Systems, Inc., the world leader in digital video systems and solutions, today announced the introduction of EtherneTV 4.0 (ETV 4.0). ETV 4.0 enables corporations, educational institutions and government organizations to capture (record), manage and distribute video with increasing ease and flexibility. Clients use EtherneTV to create environments that share information, monitor facilities as well as broadcast training and announcements to anyone at any level – live or on demand. more

Hollywood, CA, October 4, 2006 – David Naylor, head of The DVD Group, Hollywood‘s premiere producer of featurettes, documentaries and other bonus features for mainstream feature films and television series released on DVD, has been added as a panelist to the Home Media Retailing‘s TV/DVD
Conference on Oct. 5. Naylor and his company have recently produced bonus features for several hit TV series on DVD, including “Lost,” “Alias,” “Criminal Minds” and “The Simpsons.” more

Yamaha Corporation Licenses On2‘s VP6 and VP7 Video Compression Technologies for Use In Its LSI Multimedia Subsystems

NEW YORK, NY (September 25, 2006) – On2 Technologies, Inc. (AMEX:ONT) today announced a multiyear agreement with Yamaha Corporation (TSE:7951) to license its VP6 and VP7 video codec technologies.

Yamaha‘s decision to integrate On2 video technology demonstrates the momentum and relevance of On2‘s codec technology and is a powerful endorsement of the exceptional video quality and performance of On2 codecs on embedded devices. more

IBC, AMSTERDAM, (September 8, 2006) – Automatic Duck (www.automaticduck.com), the creators of Timeline Integration Engine software for digital media artists, today announced that it has completed a joint development initiative with Autodesk to create a custom timeline import technology for Autodesk‘s high-end editing and finishing systems. As a result of this joint effort, Autodesk will begin shipping its newest versions of the Autodesk Smoke and Autodesk Fire editing and finishing systems, as well as the Autodesk Backdraft Conform media management and background I/O solution with customized, integrated Automatic Duck technology for importing AAF files directly from Avid editing systems. more

September 8, 2006 — IBC2006, Amsterdam, Stand 7.641: Digital Rapids – a leading developer of scalable solutions for content ingest, encoding, transcoding, protection and delivery – is adding On2 VP6-based video for Macromedia® Flash® from Adobe® to the extensive range of formats available for its Digital Rapids Stream family of media encoding solutions. Optional On2 VP6-based encoding modules will support live Flash Video streaming via the Flash Media Server and encoding to files from live, tape or digital media file inputs. more