DVD news from 1996

EE Times: DVD player aims at pay-per-view(Jan 2, 1996)
Matsushita: Cross-sourcing agreement with Thomson(Jan 5, 1996)
The first DVD players from Toshiba(Jan 5, 1996)
Interactive Media Weekly Recap:Uniform DVD packaging proposal; CD-box with the height of VHS(Jan 8, 1996)
CNN: Digital disc dazzles at electronics show(Jan 9, 1996)
Los Angeles Daily News: DVD star of CES(Jan 9, 1996)
Philips to launch DVD this year(Jan 12, 1996)
Japan Press Network: First players available in August ?(Jan 17, 1996)
EE Times: PC makers struggle with emerging DVD(Jan 22, 1996)
Sony MM-CD(!?!?) page in Japanese(Jan 24, 1996)
Philips: Optical Media Strategy towards the year 2000(Mar 13, 1996)
Heise Online from CeBIT: More CD(Mar 13, 1996)
Philips: OEM price of approx. $200 for a DVD-ROM drive in 1997(Mar 13, 1996)
Philips: PC market key to early DVD sales(Mar 15, 1996)
E-town News: Problems may delay DVD launch(Mar 25, 1996)
E-town News: Toshiba claims DVD on schedule(Mar 25, 1996)
E-town News: Hollywood, manufacturers reach landmark compromise(Mar 29, 1996)
CEMA: Industry agrees to seek legislation on digital video recorders(Mar 29, 1996)
CNN: CDs might become thing of the past(April 3, 1996)
EE Times: PC makers claim Hollywood's copyright proposal will kill DVD(April 8, 1996)
Reuters: Tech specifications still under review. Launch in 97?(April 11, 1996) - removed.
EE Times: Clash between PC industry, Hollywood, threatens launch of DVD(April 15, 1996)
EE Times: Copyright spat gets uglier; 12+ month delay possible(April 22, 1996)
Reuters: DVD Copyright Talks Hit New Snag (April 22, 1996)
E-town News: RCA preparing DVD launch(May 9, 1996)
EE Times: Sony proposes its own DVD-audio format based on DSD(May 10, 1996)
EE Times: Progress in DVD-copyright talks disputed(May 20, 1996)
Cyberfi: ADA report about DVD-audio(May 20, 1996)
E-town News: Pioneer unveils DVD combis(May 24, 1996)
E-town News: No software? DVD, the consumer electronics equivalent of Melrose Place(May 24, 1996)
EE Times: Hyundai prepares second-generation one-chip DVD solution(May 28, 1996)
EE Times: Zoran unwraps DVD design for PC(May 31, 1996)
Reuters: DVD specifications getting ironed out(June 3, 1996)
EE Times: DVD Briefing industry conference(June 7, 1996)
Info World: Under pressure, vendors mull separate regional DVD formats (June 11, 1996)
Reuters: DVD Could Topple CD-ROM - Price Waterhouse (June 13, 1996)
Reuters: Japan firms to reap billions from licensing DVDs (June 19, 1996)
Agreement about copy protection claimed by Toshiba(June 21, 1996)
EE Times: Progress reported on DVD talks(June 24, 1996)
Reuters: Agreement to integrate standardized copy protection circuits(June 25, 1996)
Reuters: DVD Makers Mull Launch Delay(July 3, 1996)
E-town News: Panasonic sets October on sale date(July 11, 1996)
Matsushita establishes DVD disc factory in the US(July 12, 1996)
Reuters: Matsushita says digital videodisc players ready to ship(July 12, 1996)
MMWire Weekly: DVD stalls; won't go on sale in September; copy protection stalls plans(July 15, 1996)
Agreement on copy protection once more claimed by Toshiba(July 19, 1996)
EE Times: 8 companies propose 5-inch rival to DVD-RAM(July 22, 1996)
Reuters: Dataquest sees DVD chip market reaching $3.6 billion(July 23, 1996)
Reuters/Variety: DVD Pact Hard To Pin Down(July 23, 1996) -removed.
Reuters: Toshiba to launch DVD Player in October(July 26, 1996)
E-town News: The DVD soap continues(July 29, 1996)
EE Times: DVD vendors consider anti-copy method(July 30, 1996).
Reuters: Philips, Sony to license Digital Video Disc technology(Aug 2, 1996)
E-town News: Sony, Philips drop a bomb(Aug 2, 1996)
Philips: DVD licencing to start(Aug 2, 1996)
Reuters: Matsushita to set up DVD plant in Los Angeles(Aug 8, 1996) - removed.
Business Wire: Innovacom announces first single chip MPEG-2 digital encoder(Aug 15, 1996)
E-town News: Toshiba starts television ads for DVD(Aug 21, 1996)
E-town News: Toshiba still believe DVD will be a 1996 product(Aug 23, 1996)
CNET news: Sony drops DVD for '96(Aug 28, 1996)
E-town News: DVD is here--or is it? (Aug 29, 1996)
Panasonic: To launch 28" TV with built-in DVD player in Japan(Aug 29, 1996)
Panasonic: To launch 2 DVD players in Japan on November 1(Aug 29, 1996)
CNET news: Matsushita to release DVD this fall(Aug 30, 1996)
Philips: DVD issues still to be resolved(Aug 30, 1996)
CeBIT Home today: Die Mega-CD(Aug 31, 1996)
CNN: Matsushita Electronics to launch DVDs in November (Aug 31, 1996)
EE Times: Shipping delays hint at rift between DVD vendors(Sep 3, 1996)
E-town News: E-towners say No to DVD(Sep 3, 1996)
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Memory Tech to start volume pressing of DVD titles in October(Sep 4, 1996) - removed
Cyber Press: DVDs at World PC Expo '96(photos + Japanese text)(Sep 4, 1996)
Newmedia: Copyright Issues Cause Sony Delay(Sep 5, 1996)
PC Watch: DVDs at World PC Expo '96(photos + Japanese text)(Sep 5, 1996)
E-town News: CEDIA special; DVD pact heraled(Sep 8, 1996)
EE Times: Break seen in DVD copy-protection stalemate(Sep 9, 1996)
EE Times: Motorola samples an audio chip for DVD systems(Sep 10, 1996)
E-town News: Toshiba unveils home PCs, DVD for computing and video promised by year-end(Sep 11, 1996)
EE Times: Toshiba PCs push DVD(Sep 12, 1996)
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Toshiba develops blue-purple laser for new DVD systems(Sep 12, 1996) - removed
The DVD consortium shipped its v. 1.0 specification, but the content providers had not yet accepted it.(Sep 13, 1996)
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Sharp mulls filing complaint with FTC over DVDs(Sep 14, 1996) - removed
MMWire Weekly: Market forecast trimmed by lack of title support(Sep 16, 1996)
E-town News: E/Town Poll reveals reasoning of DVD bears (Sep 16, 1996)
Electronic Buyers' News: ST produces DVD encoder chip -- Device can prevent copying at home(Sep 16, 1996)
EE Times: DVD group finishes Version 1.0 spec(Sep 17, 1996)
E-town News: Philips and Sony licensing or not?(Sep 17, 1996)
E-town News: Recordable DVD due next year - - maybe(Sep 17, 1996)
Reuters/Variety: JVC to launch DVD player next spring(Sep 17, 1996) - removed.
IMA Show Daily: IMA panelists express grand hopes for DVD(Sep 17, 1996)
JVC to start disc production in the US next spring(Sep 17, 1996)
JVC to start DVD production in the US next spring(Sep 17, 1996)
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: JVC to mass produce DVDs in U.S. next April(Sep 18, 1996) - removed
Reuters/Variety: Philips, Sony extend DVD licencing pact(Sep 18, 1996) - removed.
IMA Show Daily: TDK prepares manufacturing technology for DVD-RAM(Sep 18, 1996)
IMA Show Daily: Multimedia industry finally ready to go digital(Sep 19, 1996)
IMA Show Daily: DVD-ROM profits hang in the balance(Sep 19, 1996)
IMA Show Daily: Nimbus to set up in-house DVD production(Sep 19, 1996)
Pioneer introduces DVD-Video/DVD-Karaoke players(Sep 19, 1996)
EE Times: Japan gears up for DVD production(Sep 23, 1996)
Electronic Buyers' News: DVDs clear two more hurdles -- but protecting content still a major problem(Sep 23, 1996)
EE Times: IC copy-protected by Macrovision(Sep 23, 1996)
EE Times: DVD tech hurdles cleared(Sep 25, 1996)
Toshiba presents its first DVD-Video player in Japan(Sep 26, 1996)
Toshiba announces DVD-ROM(Sep 26, 1996)
Mercury News: Video-film nuts' new toy is in view(Sep 27, 1996)
Popular Science: No DVD for now(Sep 28, 1996)
Dataquest predicts DVD optical drive market to become a $4 billion industry by 2000(Sep 30, 1996)
EE Times: DVD tech hurdles cleared(Sep 30, 1996)
CD-ROM Professional: Sony announces twin laser optical pickups for reading DVD, CD-ROM, and CD-R(October issue, 1996)
Reuters: Sony opens DVD compression facility in Culver City, California(October 2, 1996) - removed.
JES: DVD at Japan Electronics Show '96(October 2, 1996)
European player from Thomson(October 3, 1996)
Japan Times: DVD launch weak on software side(October 3, 1996)
De Telegraaf:"DVD is no wonder cure for the electronics sector"(October 4, 1996)
EE Times: DBS, DVD markets buoy IC vendors(October 4, 1996)
Dempa Shimbun: Matsushita displayed car DVD player in Japan(October 4, 1996)
Internet Wire: Laserpasific helps create world's first DVD-ROM title(October 4, 1996)
Internet Wire: DVD-ROM software sales to reach $100 million by 1999(October 4, 1996)
E-town News: Japan Electronics Show '96(October 5, 1996)
Samsung Electronics starts DVD player production(October 5, 1996)
Electronic Buyers' News: Suppliers looking ahead on DVDs(October 7, 1996)
EE Times: Chips try to give PCs "surround sound"(October 8, 1996)
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Sony to develop DSD(Direct Stream Digital) with Philips(October 12, 1996)
Reuters: Panasonic ready to launch DVD players(October 13, 1996) - removed.
Nikkei Shimbun: Pioneer will supply DVD players to Hitachi as OEM(October 13, 1996)
EE Times: Intel and IBM weighs in on DVD encryption. Agreement this week?(October 14, 1996)
EE Times: Hitachi postpones DVD-player ramp(October 14, 1996)
Electronic Buyers' News: Philips to combine DVD-ROMs and erasable CDs(October 14, 1996)
TV Digest: DVD encryption result due(October 14, 1996)
EE Times: Encoder gets Macrovision spec(October 15, 1996)
Computer Retail Week: DVD drives may get the green light(October 21, 1996)
Mercury News: New CDs are rewritable, but have drawbacks(October 22, 1996)
MacWeek News: Erasable CDs are a go, compatibility to come later(October 23, 1996)
Dempa Shimbun: DVD software will come into the Japanese market in November(October 24, 1996)
Dempa Shimbun: Pioneer to establish a joint venture for DVD in Europe(October 24, 1996)
EE Times: Sony, Philips launch CD-rewritable platform(October 25, 1996)
EE Times: Intel, Microsoft re-think multimdia PC, launch separate initiatives(October 28, 1996)
Electronic Buyers' News: Is there room for Both MPEG-1, MPEG-2?(October 28, 1996)
Computer Retail Week: New CD Format -- CD-RW; Will it fly or fizzle?(October 28, 1996)
"Tentative" agreement on digital copy protection announced, only I-frames will be scrambled(October 29, 1996)
Reuters-Variety: Pioneer scraps Xmas plans for DVD(October 29, 1996)
E-town News: DVD in January for Pioneer(October 29, 1996)
Reuters: Cross-industry pact on DVD(October 29, 1996)
PRNewswire: Kao Infosystems and Pacific Coast Sound Works to open DVD/multimedia facility (October 29, 1996)
PRNewswire: CPTWG announces DVD encryption achievement (October 29, 1996)
Mercury News: Silicon Valley and Hollywood reach pact on DVDs(October 30, 1996)
InfoWorld: DVD industry group reaches copyright agreement(October 30, 1996)
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Software firms delay marketing DVDs, cite compatibility woes(October 31, 1996)
E-town News: DVD -- it's getting closer(October 31, 1996)
First DVD players on sale in Japan(November 1, 1996)
CD-ROM Professional: Packaging manufacturers anticipate exploding DVD market(November issue, 1996)
EE Times: DVD copy protection agreement reached(November 1, 1996)
EE Times: Mediamatics plays one-stop DVD shop(November 1, 1996)
HomePC: The beginning of the end for CD-ROMs?(November 1, 1996)
HomePC: Satisfy your need for multimedia speed(November 1, 1996)
TechWire: Next-generation CD players in trouble(November 1, 1996)
VAR Business: DVD breaks beyond storage(November 1, 1996)
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Matsushita licenses DVD encoding technology(November 1, 1996)
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: DVD players released, but no software available(November 2, 1996)
Electronic Buyers' News: DVD copyright protection still a major issue(November 4, 1996)
Computer retail Week: Groups reach DVD accord; Pioneer, Samsung ready(November 4, 1996)
Computer retail Week: Great expectations for DVD-ROM(November 4, 1996)
EE Times: Compromise forged on DVD encryption(November 4, 1996)
EE Times: Mediamatics decoders target DVD on PC(November 4, 1996)
EE Times: Pioneer to make DVDs in Europe(November 4, 1996)
Mediamatics announce software DVD decoder(November 4, 1996)
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Fujitsu beats rivals to market with PC integrating DVD player(November 7, 1996)
EE Times: DVD-ROM PCs ready to roll(November 8, 1996)
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Toshiba expects to release rewritable DVD in '97(November 8, 1996)
EE Times: Microsoft's DVD focus worries spec's creators(November 11, 1996)
EE Times: MPEG-2 core changes the design flow(November 11, 1996)
EE Times: Core development:a multifaceted project(November 11, 1996)
Computer retail Week: Decoder Boards, Memory Considered -- DVD upgrade costs could slow initial adoption(November 11, 1996)
Business Wire: Diamond Multimedia announces partnership with Toshiba(November 11, 1996)
Business Wire: Oak Technology to demonstrate interactive DVD browser at Comdex(November 11, 1996)
Business Wire: C-Cube chipset enabling low-cost DVD content creation(November 11, 1996)
Matsushita develops DVD internet linkage system(November 11, 1996)
Business Wire: Forty companies speak up on CompCore's SoftDVD(November 11, 1996)
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Matsushita to provide DVD picture access via Internet(November 12, 1996)
Reuters: Matsushita to play DVDs on the Web(November 12, 1996)
Reuters/Variety: DVD encyclopedia to debut at Comde(November 12, 1996) - removed
Business Wire: CEI introduces full featured PC-based DVD card(November 13, 1996)
PRNewswire: Compcore's Softdvd integrates Spatializer surround technology(November 13, 1996)
PRNewswire: Optibase unveils Mpeg encoder line(November 13, 1996)
Business Wire: E4 to debut new line of multimedia add-in cards at COMDEX(November 13, 1996)
Hitachi with MPEG-1 camera(November 13, 1996)
Business Wire: Cirrus Logic, SGS-THOMSON and Zoran team up to deliver DVD functionality to mainstream PCs(November 14, 1996)
Reuters: Pioneer to postpone launch of DVD players(November 14, 1996) - removed.
EE Times: Next-generation technologies present a challenge(November 18, 1996)
Computer Resellers news: Raft of vendors prepare to ship DVD drives(November 18, 1996)
Computer Resellers news: Diamond, Toshiba ink DVD deal(November 18, 1996)
Computer Retail news: DVD-ROM titles make debut in Comdex(November 18, 1996)
EE Times: NEC develops DVD camera that stores 8.2 Gbytes per disk(November 18, 1996)
EE Times: Microsoft, Thomson ally on DVD design(November 18, 1996)
EE Times: Second-generation boxes spur design push(November 18, 1996)
EE Times: Toshiba offers set-top decoder(November 18, 1996)
PRNewswire: Pro CD to demonstrate DVD technology at Comdex(November 18, 1996)
PRNewswire: Creative showcases DVD technology at Comdex(November 18, 1996)
Business Wire: Philips debuts total MPEG-2 solution for digital consumer products(November 18, 1996)
Business Wire: Philips selects TriMedia processor for future consumer products(November 18, 1996)
Internet Wire: Elektroson to announce DVD-Recordable software(November 18, 1996)
Business Wire: Toshiba and Matsushita to incorporate macrovision in all DVD players(November 18, 1996)
Business Wire: First DVD audio IC from Yamaha is Dolby certified AC-3 decoder(November 18, 1996)
Business Wire: ODEUM collaborates to offer versatile DVD solutions for PCs(November 18, 1996)
Business Wire: Activision to showcase two new Dvd-Rom titles at Comdex(November 18, 1996)
Business Wire: Hitachi introduces DVD Read Only Memory(November 18, 1996)
Business Wire: DMI announces DVD mastering and replicating capabilities(November 18, 1996)
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Toshiba to postpone U.S. release of DVD players until early '97(November 19, 1996)
Reuter: Toshiba delays U.S. launch of DVD players(November 19, 1996) -removed.
Business Wire: Toshiba announces DVD-ROM drive(November 19, 1996)
PRNewswire: Toshiba introduces DVD decoder chipset for use with Dvd-Rom(November 19, 1996)
E-town News: Toshiba; DVD is here -- almost(November 19, 1996)
Business Wire: Multicom Publishing brings five titles to DVD platform(November 20, 1996)
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Toshiba to sell DVD-ROM drives, players in U.S. early '97(November 21, 1996)
Comdex Daily: DVD poised for major market launch(November 22, 1996)
Electronic Buyers' News: DVD strides into market spotlight(November 25, 1996)
Electronic Buyers' News: Toshiba offers DVD set -- six-chip logic decoder contains core circuitry(November 25, 1996)
Electronic Buyers' News: DVDs move to software(November 25, 1996)
Electronic Buyers' News: CD-RW vendors claim that DVD-ROM will not render them obsolete(November 25, 1996)
Electronic Buyers' News: Splintered multimedia market predicted -year 2000(November 25, 1996)
Electronic Buyers' News: Cirrus, SGS, Zoran team up on DVD(November 25, 1996)
CyberTheater: DVD in Japan - country codes and more(November 25, 1996)
Electronica: Microsoft, Thomson ally on DVD design(November 26, 1996)
OEM Magazine: Multispeed DVD-ROM(December 1, 1996) - removed.
Business Wire: Akai to launch DVD player in January(December 2, 1996)
Reuters: Warner will release 4 titles in Japan on December 20(December 2, 1996) - removed
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Car audio firms developing DVD-based navigation systems(December 5, 1996)
Information Week: Vendors prepare digital video disks(December 9, 1996)
EE Times: Metatec moves into DVD stamping(December 9, 1996)
Computer Retail News: Software companies help VARs create DVD content(December 9, 1996)
Computer retail Week: MPEG-2, AC-3 launch retail opportunities(December 9, 1996)
Samsung to Market PC with DVD-ROM(December 13, 1996)
MacWeek: Technical hurdles ahead for DVD adoption on Mac(December 13, 1996)
PC Week: Toshiba's DVD drives delayed(December 13, 1996)
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Hitachi develops ultra-high density disc(December 14, 1996)
Samsung announces the first single-lens CD-R compatible pickup(December 14, 1996)
E-town News: Santa is back-ordered on DVD(December 16, 1996)
EE Times: DVD-RAM, MO7 set for optical-drive format face-off(December 20, 1996)
Reuters: Sony pictures DVD in spring(December 20, 1996) - removed.
EE Times: Showdown looms in 12-cm rewritable drives(December 23, 1996)
Electronic Buyers' News: CD-ROM running out of steam(December 23, 1996)