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Disc Replicators Survive by Adapting to the Digital Market
Mon Jan 30, 2012 at 12:00 PM ETTags: Sony, Technicolor, Industry Trends (all tags)
Companies that once provided services for disc based media have made the transition to the digital age.
Replicators – the folks that turn data into a fully pressed Blu-ray disc – aren’t getting the business they once used to. While some are feeling the pinch, others are finding a great deal of success by adapting to the new environment and embracing digital needs.
Sony DADC was one of the early adapters. They formed a New Media Solutions group which works to create content, automate digital distribution and more. Cinram has similarly adapted and now creates bonus features and works in the gaming, mobile, digital and 3D fields.
Technicolor hasn’t been left in the dust – they’ve expanded to solutions that ensure that all your devices play nice when used together. They’ve been working on applications for laptops, tablets and even a 3D certification program.
Read more about the path that replicators have taken in the new landscape at ‘Home Media Magazine.
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Technicolor Sells ContentGuard DRM Stake
Mon Oct 03, 2011 at 01:45 PM ETTags: Technicolor, DRM (all tags)
Pendrell Technologies now owns over 90 percent of the tech.
Thanks to incredibly fast internet speeds, simple file sharing and a public that's increasingly okay with downloading content that they didn't pay for - hey, we're not judging here, just stating the facts - companies have gotten a little DRM crazy.
It makes sense, of course, that they wouldn't want their content distributed without being paid for. One of the options for handling digital rights management that's available to keep movies from getting on BitTorrent is ContentGuard, initially owned by several companies but now almost exclusively owned by Pendrell. Time Warner owns the remaining 10 percent.
"We believe that ContentGuard’s DRM technologies set the standard for protecting content in virtually every instance where content is transferred to a connected device," says Penrell CEO Ben Wolff, "from mobile phones to tablets, set-top boxes, e-readers, game consoles, DVD players, personal computer and televisions."
Source: Home Media Magazine
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Technicolor Prepping For 3D in the Home
Wed Dec 16, 2009 at 10:00 AM ETTags: Technicolor, 3D, Industry Trends (all tags)
It’s been a long time since anything was filmed in Technicolor, but the stalwart company is still around. They’re one of the leading CD, DVD, and Blu-ray disc replicators in the country, and they say they’re ready for 3D Blu-ray, but it wasn’t as easy as one might expect.
Ahmad Ouri, the chief marketing officer at Technicolor says that in some aspects, nothing is different. “On the replication side, it has been a pretty straight-forward process. We are using the same machines, and there are no major changes.”
On the software side of things, 3D technology brought some unforeseen complications. Authoring and encoding tools had to be created, but so did new tools and methods for subtitling. The concern is that the images popping out of the screen will make the two dimensional subtitles more difficult to read.
“We are building something new,” said Ahmad “and we want to be the first to deliver on all of these components. I have no doubt that in the first half of next year, our technology will be ready.”
Nothing is official until the Blu-ray Disc Association finalizes specifications for the Blu-ray format. The announcement is expected sometime in the next few weeks.
Source: Video Business
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Technicolor Prepping For 3D in the Home
Wed Dec 16, 2009 at 10:00 AM ETTags: Technicolor, 3D, Industry Trends (all tags)
It’s been a long time since anything was filmed in Technicolor, but the stalwart company is still around. They’re one of the leading CD, DVD, and Blu-ray disc replicators in the country, and they say they’re ready for 3D Blu-ray, but it wasn’t as easy as one might expect.
Ahmad Ouri, the chief marketing officer at Technicolor says that in some aspects, nothing is different. “On the replication side, it has been a pretty straight-forward process. We are using the same machines, and there are no major changes.”
On the software side of things, 3D technology brought some unforeseen complications. Authoring and encoding tools had to be created, but so did new tools and methods for subtitling. The concern is that the images popping out of the screen will make the two dimensional subtitles more difficult to read.
“We are building something new,” said Ahmad “and we want to be the first to deliver on all of these components. I have no doubt that in the first half of next year, our technology will be ready.”
Nothing is official until the Blu-ray Disc Association finalizes specifications for the Blu-ray format. The announcement is expected sometime in the next few weeks.
Source: Video Business
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