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SENSIO Reports Q2 2012 Results

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 27 January 2012, 10:00 am

SENSIO Technologies announced its second quarter 2012 financial results.

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Filed under Financial, News. Tagged 3D, 3DTV, SENSIO Technologies, Stereoscopic 3D (S3D)

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Onkyo Forms Strategic Alliance with TEAC

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 27 January 2012, 9:00 am

Onkyo Corporation announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with TEAC Corporation.

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Filed under Consumer Electronics, Financial, News. Tagged Onkyo, Onkyo USA, TASCAM, Teac

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Via Launches MPEG Surround Patent Licensing Program

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 27 January 2012, 7:00 am

Via Licensing Corporation announced that it has launched its patent licensing program for MPEG Surround multichannel audio format.

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Filed under Intellectual Property, News. Tagged AAC, HE ACC, MPEG Surround, Pulse Code Modulation (PCM), Via Licensing Corporation

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Scott Lowy Joins Cinram’s 1K Studios

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 26 January 2012, 4:17 pm

Cinram International Income Fund announced that Scott Lowy, former Head of Studio Operations at Sony DADC, has joined Cinram’s 1K Studios digital media subsidiary.

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Filed under Compression and Authoring, News, Personnel, Replication. Tagged 1K Studios, Blu-ray Disc (BD), Cinram, Cinram International Income Fund, DVD, Sony DADC

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RealNetworks Sells Patents and Video Codec to Intel

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 26 January 2012, 2:45 pm

RealNetworks, Inc. announced that it will sell a significant number of its patents and its next generation video codec software to Intel Corporation for $120 million.

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Filed under Broadcast, VOD, Streaming and Download, Intellectual Property, News. Tagged Intel, RealNetworks

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Electronics Contract Manufacturing Retreats

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 26 January 2012, 2:00 pm

IHS iSuppli announced it expects the global electronics contract manufacturing business to decline slightly in 2012.

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Filed under Components and Materials, Market Research, News. Tagged Apple, China, Europe, IHS iSuppli, Mexico

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Sony DADC Consolidates Disc Production, Cuts 158 Jobs

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 26 January 2012, 12:00 pm

Sony DADC announced that it is consolidating its optical disc manufacturing and packaging operations in Europe.

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Filed under Financial, News, Personnel, Replication. Tagged Austria, BD-ROM, Blu-ray Disc (BD), CD-ROM, Compact Disc (CD), Czech Republic, DVD, DVD-ROM, Sony DADC, Sony DADC Czech Republic s.r.o., United Kingdom

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CE Devices Get Connected

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 26 January 2012, 11:00 am

NPD In-Stat announced it forecasts that the global installed base of Internet-connected consumer electronics devices will grow from 256.8 million units in 2011 to 1.34 billion units in 2016.