Riding herd on the DVD optical disc marketplace for nearly 25 years, the DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corporation (DVD FLLC) announced it will cease operations and mosey off into the sunset at the end of December.
Toshiba Corporation announced that the DVD Consortium is expanding its membership and changing its name to the DVD Forum.
Toshiba Corporation announced that the DVD Forum has completed the format specifications for DVD-RAM and DVD-R.
Toshiba Corporation announced that the DVD Forum has initiated its interim DVD format and logo licensing program.
Sensing a strategic market opportunity, Sony Corporation has now announced that it will be introducing two separate optical pickups capable of reading DVD, CD-ROM, and CD-R discs.
Toshiba Corporation announced that it, as well as Matsushita, Sony, Philips, Time Warner, Pioneer, JVC, Hitachi and Mitsubishi Electric, have agreed on the details of final DVD format.