DVS - New Media and Technologies

Disney Planning a Way to Ditch the DVD?

From the Wall Street Journal:

Walt Disney Co. is close to unveiling technology that it says will enable entertainment companies to adapt their business models to a new reality in which consumers increasingly rely on computers and cell phones in place of DVD players and TVs.

The technology, code-named Keychest, could contribute to a shift in what it means for a consumer to own a movie or a TV show, by redefining ownership as access rights, not physical possession.

The technology would allow consumers to pay a single price for permanent access to a movie or TV show across multiple digital platforms and devices—from the Web, to mobile gadgets like iPhones and cable services that allow on-demand viewing. It could also facilitate other services such as online movie subscriptions.

Follow this link to read the rest of the story:  WSJ Disney DVD Story

Do you owe royalties for your DVD copies?

Digital Video services is proud to be an offical licensee of the MPEG LA organization.  MPEG LA licenses the essential patent rights for MPEG-2 technology that is at the heart of DVD technology.

What does this mean to you?  Simply put, if  you make a DVD that has video on it then you owe royalties to MPEG LA for every DVD master and copy you make or have made on your behalf.   

Worried yet?  Don't be.  Since DVS is a offical licensee, we take care of the MPEG LA royalty payments for you.  Does your current DVD duplicator?

Many people think that the royalty is already paid for when they buy blank DVDs, but this is NOT true and the MPEG LA legal team would like to talk to you if this is the theory you have been operating under.

Follow this link to the official MPEG LA website to learn more and confirm DVS's name as a current licensee: WWW.MPEGLA.COM