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Dolby unveils new, live streaming offering

Dolby Laboratories has unveiled a new range of cloud video products and solutions supporting real-time interactive streaming at IBC. This comes on the heels of Dolby’s recent acquisition of THEO Technologies, a provider of video streaming tools embraced by a number of leading sports, media, and entertainment companies worldwide. Together, Dolby and THEO’s products and […]

September 13, 2024Nick Snow @ IBC

Dolby acquires THEO Technologies

Dolby has acquired THEO Technologies, a provider of video players, and solutions for low-latency, live delivery of sports and entertainment content. Dolby said that coming together with THEO is its “next step in building solutions for sports and entertainment companies who are looking to create real-time digital experiences for live events that are more interactive […]

August 1, 2024

Dolby buys GE licensing division

Dolby Labs is to acquire GE Licensing, which owns, maintains, and licenses an extensive portfolio of IP, primarily targeting the consumer digital media and electronics sectors. Dolby will pay $429 million (€399m) in an all cash transaction. This deal is expected to close by the end of fiscal year 2024, subject to regulatory approval and […]

June 11, 2024By Chris Forrester

Prime Video ditches Dolby, HDR for ad-based subs

Prime Video’s new advertising-supported low-cost streaming service must now be considered a second-rate system in terms of video and audio excellence. Some subscribers are joining a Class Action lawsuit arguing that they must now pay extra for something they already paid for. There are well-founded allegations that Prime Video did not tell subscribers that by […]

February 14, 2024By Chris Forrester

Dolby Labs buys back own stock

San Francisco-based audio technology company Dolby Labs has reported revenue of $315.6 million (€293.4m) in its Q1 trading period – down from $334.9 million in the previous year. Despite the drop, the company still topped Wall Street expectations. Dolby repurchased 968,000 shares of its common stock and ended the quarter with approximately $132 million of […]

February 5, 2024By Chris Forrester

3SS, Dolby collaboration

3 Screen Solutions (3SS), a provider of software solutions for set-top boxes (STB), smart TV, multiscreen and in-vehicle entertainment, has announced its collaboration with Dolby Laboratories, a specialist in immersive entertainment experiences, to enable Dolby Atmos for video entertainment services in cars. 3Ready Automotive, the video entertainment platform that brings super-aggregated content into vehicles, now […]

January 4, 2024

YOSHIKI: Under The Sky NA distribution deal with Magnolia Pictures

A List Media Entertainment and Magnolia Pictures Home Entertainment today announced their partnership to distribute the evocative new music documentary YOSHIKI: Under The Sky on digital on demand in North America following the success of the global theatrical release of YOSHIKI’s directorial debut which has been released in over 130 cinemas in Japan, Europe, and […]

December 8, 2023

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