Panasonic Corporation announced that it has successfully developed a new mass-production technology for 32-nm system LSIs and plans to ship system LSIs based on this technology for use in Blu-ray Disc (BD) players. According to the statement, this technology enables system LSIs with higher performance and lower power consumption well suited for use in consumer …
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DTS, Inc. and Manzanita Systems, Inc. announced an agreement that will bring DTS’ multi-channel HD audio format (DTS-HD) to Manzanita’s broadcast and post-production MPEG multiplexing and analysis systems.
MainConcept GmbH announced a new NVIDIA CUDA-based H.264/AVC plug-in for MainConcept’s Reference 2.1 stand-alone transcoding application as well as a Codec Suite 5 plug-in for Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 that offers H.264/AVC encoding from the timeline, with full CUDA hardware acceleration.
MainConcept GmbH announced that it has released version 2.1 of its Reference professional video transcoding application for Windows and Macintosh platforms.
MainConcept GmbH announced that is is shipping a pre-release version of its Reference 3D transcoding application for Windows. According to the statement, this new 3D transcoding application will encode video into stereoscopic and multi-view 3D video streams for the Blu-ray 3D format as an extension of the H.264 encoding process.
CableLabs announced that it has published a new specification as a guide for producers, programmers and aggregators of stereoscopic 3D programming. According to the statement, this new specification, called Content Encoding Profiles 3.0 Specification (OC-SP-CEP3.0-I01-100827), details exact requirements for formatting (panelizing) the 3D content into a frame-compatible format for use by cable television systems.
Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications announced that at IBC, researchers will showcase how 3D movies can be transmitted via Internet and digital television (satellite, cable, etc.) by employing MPEG-4 Multiview Video Coding (MVC). According to the statement, it is also possible to maintain the compatibility of MVC-coded 3D movies with older televisions and set-top boxes (STB) …
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STMicroelectronics announced a new TV System-on-Chip (SoC) IC offering 3D TV support and 120Hz MEMC (motion estimation, motion compensation). According to the statement, designed for next–generation 1080p full-high-definition (FHD) integrated Digital TVs (iDTVs), ST’s new FLI7525 SoC enables a new class of mid-range, 3D TV-enabled, 120Hz Internet TVs.
My Eye Media announced that it has completed its 5,000th evaluation of digital media content destined for mobile devices, web portals, Video on Demand and other digital entertainment platforms. According to the statement, My Eye Media is an industry leader in postproduction technical services and a pioneering specialist in providing unbiased clinical QC analysis to …
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TDVision Systems and Sisvel announced that TDVision has granted Sisvel the exclusive rights to manage TDVision’s intellectual property portfolio of stereoscopic technology patents. According to the statement, this portfolio includes key patents related to current digital video standards and video gaming technologies (Blu-ray, Satellite, Cable, IPTV, Mobile, Videogames, over-the-air signals), particularly in the North American …
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RealD Inc. and Sigma Designs announced that support for the stereoscopic RealD Format will be incorporated in Sigma Designs’ Media Processors. According to the statement, the integration enables manufacturers of set-top boxes, televisions and other consumer electronics to take advantage of the RealD Format for the delivery and display of high definition 3D content with …