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DVB Project elects new Steering Board

The General Assembly of the DVB Project has elected a new Steering Board to serve for the coming two years. It includes representatives of 43 companies across DVB’s four member constituencies. The companies represented on the DVB Steering Board 2023–2025 are as follows: Manufacturers / software suppliers: Ateme, Dolby, Enensys, Ericsson, Fraunhofer IIS, HiSilicon, InterDigital, […]

November 14, 2023By Sanjeev Bhavnani

Amazon upgrades Fire TV

Amazon has announced a range of updates to its Fire TV family, adding enhanced conversational voice search with generative AI, upgrades to the Fire TV Ambient Experience, and what it calls its “most powerful Fire TV Sticks yet” – the all-new Fire TV Stick 4K Max, now with the Fire TV Ambient Experience, and Fire […]

September 21, 2023

Bridge Technologies introduces Dynamic Explanatory Hovercards to VB440

Bridge Technologies has developed a unique new addition to its production-orientated VB440; a comprehensive series of Dynamic Explanatory Hovercards which give in-depth but intuitively understandable information about each metric to its user. The aim of the newly introduced hovercards is to ensure that even non-engineers are able to engage productively with the information generated by […]

August 24, 2023

Dolby Labs wins S&P jump

Dolby Labs has been added to the S&P Dow Jones MidCap 400 index. This – in effect – reward prompted an immediate 10.92 per cent rise in its share price on August 18th (to $84.81 per share) and means that Dolby’s stock has risen 20 per cent this year to date. The inclusion in the […]

August 22, 2023

Dolby Labs Q3 improves

Dolby Labs has reported its Q3 numbers with revenue of $298.4 million (€272.7m). up from $289.6 million on the same period last year. However, cash flow from operations fell to $121.1 million from $172.6 million last year. “We continue to transform the way people enjoy their content,” said Kevin Yeaman, President and CEO, Dolby Labs. […]

August 4, 2023By Chris Forrester

Dolby Labs Q2 exceeds expectations

San Francisco-based Dolby Labs has reported Q2 profits of $95.7 million (€87.2m), and $375.9 million in revenues, up from $334.4 million in the same period last year. Dolby, a creator and licensor of audio, video and voice technologies for broadcasters and the movie and games industries, exceeded market expectations (four analysts had expected consensus revenues […]

May 9, 2023By Chris Forrester

Bridge Technologies adds Dolby E monitoring to VB440

Bridge Technologies will be using NAB to demonstrate the enhanced audio functionalities that they have brought to their leading production probe, the VB440. Of particular focus will be the addition of Dolby E monitoring capabilities, which allows multi-channel audio to be compressed for more efficient transport. The addition represents Bridge’s commitment to developing a probe […]

April 15, 2023

Veset adds Dolby 5.1 audio for cloud playout

Veset, a wholly owned subsidiary of Play., now supports Dolby Audio for its cloud playout solution, Veset Nimbus. With this implementation, Veset Nimbus users can deliver live and on-demand channels with high quality surround sound to enhance the experience. Channels will have higher quality audio with enhanced clarity, detail, and depth. Background noise and distortion […]

April 5, 2023

Paramount, Cloudfare, Dolby.io and more join SRT Alliance

Haivision, a provider of mission-critical, real-time video networking and visual collaboration solutions, has announced that the SRT (Secure Reliable Transport) protocol has garnered much support within the broadcast and streaming industries, with over 600 solution and service providers joining the SRT Alliance within six years. The latest members of the SRT Alliance include Paramount, Cloudflare, […]

March 9, 2023

Dolby Labs Q1 beats forecasts

Dolby Laboratories’ (DLB) Q1 numbers have impressed the market. Total Q1 revenues were $334.9 million (€310.9m), down from $351.6 million in the same period a year ago, with the revenue fall down to lower shipments in PC, broadcast, consumer electronics and gaming. However, the company continued to witness increased adoption of Dolby Atmos and Dolby […]

February 6, 2023By Chris Forrester