Older DVD news from 1998

LA Times: DVD triumphs handily over DIVX
Windows Sources: DVD catches X-speed fever
January 5
EE Times: VLSI's data-security IC finds spot in Divx player
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Image, street dates
Consumer Electronics: Modest decline seen in Japanese CE production
Consumer Electronics: Christmas retail sales mixed
January 6
Business Wire: Sonic Solutions introduces corporate DVD authoring for under $900
USA Today: DVD's dismal premiere
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Live, Pioneer, street dates
January 7
JapanBizTech: China's first DVD maker to start in June
JapanBizTech: DVD Forum verifies DVD-RAM standards
JapanBizTech: Tsutaya's DVD rental biz off to good start
Digital Theater News/Newsbytes: Matsushita to announce portable DVD player thursday
Business Wire: VideoServe.com launches "Access DVD"
Business Wire: WG-4 delivers draft DVD Audio specifications to audio companies and associations
Business Wire: Hitachi to unveil 2 dual laser DVD players
Reuters: Consumer electronics show tunes into digital TV
News.Com: Rival to roil DVD market
DTS releases announced for April
January 8
TWICE: DTS, THX 5.1 made simpler by new chips
TWICE: Divx unveiling set for CES(Expected Divx price goes up from 5 to 7US$)
TWICE: Retailers report holiday sales were OK.
Business Wire: E4 ships first DVD upgrade kit for Macs
PRNewswire: Panasonic lazes a new trail with first portable DVD player
Panasonic portable DVD player(In Japanese)
Business Wire: Warner Home Video to release multiple Academy Award winner "My Fair Lady" on DVD
Business Wire: Warner Home Video DVD revenues top $50 Million
Reuters: Consumer electronics sales set to hit $75.6 Bln in '98
E-Town News: Pioneer intros new DVD players
E-Town News: Panasonic with 5 new DVD players and a DTS decoder
E-Town News: Sony DVP-S7000 DVD E-Town Product of the Year
News.Com: Draft for DVD-Audio announced
TWICE: DVD music format discussed
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Polygram, Tai Seng, street dates
January 9
ABC News: DVD decks gathering dust
TWICE: DTS plans DVD SW with 5.1 digital surround
Newsday: Hollywood's divided over high-tech CD systems
Xinhua English Newswire: Domestic electronics manufacturers facing fierce competition
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Universal, Simitar, street dates
January 10
E-Town News: Toshiba DVD to hit libraries
E-Town News: New players from Denon
E-Town News: Five-disc DVD players from Yamaha
January 12
EE Times: DVD-Audio specsmanship is just so much noise
TechWeb News: DVD takes spotlight as Divx hides
EE Times: DVD Forum labs equip to verify DVD-RAM drives
BusinessWire: 12 leading companies to sponsor DVD Professional conference in Orlando
USA Today: DVD makers pleased with sales
LA Times: Rival formats offer two views of videodisc future
Media Central: DVD Sales Fall Shy of 1997 Projections by 20%
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, Goodtimes, additional info
Video Week: Circuit City demonstrates Divx player in Las Vegas
Video Business News: Divx demo staged for select industry group at CES
January 13
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, Troma, Pioneer, additional info, street dates
Florida Today: DVD format in film discs rolls up sales, makers say
January 15
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Pioneer, Fox Lorber, Victory Multimedia, Simitar, additional info, street dates
January 16
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, Polygram, United American, street dates
PRNewswire: JVC to include Divx player in DVD line
January 19
Business Wire: DVD Video group anticipates continued growth in 1998
Business Wire: Digimarc secures strategic round of funding totaling $5.8 Million
January 20
Business Wire: Digital Video Systems takes ownership of manufacturing facilities in China
Cemacity Gazette: DVD player sales hit 350,000 in product's first 9 months
January 21
Digital Theater News/Nikkei: Matsushita starts making DVD players In China
Digital Theater News/Newsbytes: DVD forecast to sell half million during debut US year
Business Wire: Six major computer companies license Macrovision's DVD copy protection technology
Laserviews: DVD announcements from MGM, New Line, HBO, Pioneer
News.com: Technology blocks DVD copying
January 22
Digital Daily: Expect minimal gains in consumer electronics
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, Digital Multimedia, Tai Seng, Street dates
January 23
Laserviews: DVD announcement from MPI, Street dates
Laserviews: DVD announcement from MPI, Street dates
January 26
TWICE: JVC to offer DVD decks with Divx
TWICE: RIAA, ARA see promise in DVD Audio spec draft
January 27
Laserviews: DVD announcement from Image, street dates
January 28
Philadelphia Daily News: For hard-core techies X-rated DVD discs are on the cutting edge of interactive video technology
January 29
Laserviews: DVD announcement from Pioneer, Lumivision, Fox Lorber, street dates
January 30
Laserviews: DVD announcement from Columbia TriStar, Simitar, street dates
February 2
Business Wire: JCCOM establishes manufacturers' rep organization for computer peripheral and DVD player product line
PRNewswire: LSI Logic and Sanyo align to deliver complete DVD player manufacturing kits
Digital Theater News/Nikkei: World DVD player market seen at 11.53 Mln units in 2002
February 3
Laserviews: DVD announcement from Disney, Video Watchdog, street dates
Digital Theater News/Nikkei: Industry body, publisher to convert CD-ROM titles to DVD
Digital Theater News/Nikkei: Pioneer to commercialize rewritable DVD
February 4
Reuters: Pioneer to launch latest DVD-video player
Business Wire: Pioneer Electronics becomes licensee of DIVX technology, release by summer 1999
February 5
Laserviews: DVD announcement from Front Row, Street dates
Business Wire: Metatec launches DVD production system
Business Wire: Pioneer unveils professional DVD player
Business Wire: Nimbus CD International reports fiscal 1998 third quarter financial results
PRNewswire:Circuit City Stores, Inc. reports record january sales
TWICE: Pioneer joins Divx camp
February 6
Digital Theater News/Nikkei: Tokyo video distributor obtains DVD rights to films
February 7
EE Times: Matsushita and Sony plan single-chip MPEG-2 encoders
February 9
Business Wire: InfoTech forecasts worldwide DVD-ROM title revenue will exceed $500 million in 1998
Laserviews: DVD announcement from Sony, Anchor Bay, street dates
Stereophile: Classic Records hits the road to promote 24/96 DADs
February 10
Laserviews: DVD announcement from Image, street dates
February 11
Business Wire: Macrovision licenses DVD copy protection technology to Divx
Laserviews: DVD announcement from Warner, Synapse Films, Digital Leisure, additional info, street dates
February 12
Laserviews: street dates
February 13
Laserviews: street dates
AsiaBizTech: Mitsumi exhibits 12.7mm-thick DVD-ROM drive
February 16
EE Times: DVD suppliers work on a jump-start from China
February 17
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Universal, Pioneer, street dates
EE Times: Micro Linear preps video filter to replace discrete functions
February 18
PRNewswire: Image Entertainment reports 3Q net profit of $1.1 Million on net revenues of $26.3 Million
Digital Theater News/AP: Philips and Sony to license "Super audio" compact discs
February 19
Business Wire: Intel Corporation announces support for DVD WG-4 audio specification
Business Wire: Digital content protection solution proposed by leading consumer electronics, computer companies
PRNewswire: Twentieth Century Fox to release product on Divx
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Trimark, Image, Simitar, street dates
ZDNet News: New push for data encryption standard
Hollywood Online: Fox Home Video enters controversial Divx deal
February 20
Laserviews: street dates
EE Times: Proposal addresses copy protection of digital data
LA Times: 20th Century Fox picks Divx for DVD videos
MacWeek: Sonic to offer $5K DVD-ROM authoring suite
February 23
TWICE: Sony, Philips Super Audio CD licensing set
TWICE:Fox to release titles in Divx; DVD anti-copy system bows
Video Business News: Fox embraces DVD via Divx - removed.
TWICE: January video sales set records
AsiaBizTech: Taiwan DVD makers to begin mass production soon
Digital Theater News/Nikkei: Sony, Philips to license SuperAudio CD technology for free
Laserviews: DVD announcements from New Line, MGM, Warner, Trimark, street dates
February 24
Business Wire: Sonic Solutions helps Tocano multimedia prepare for European DVD launch
Business Wire: Cirrus Logic introduces industry's first 96kHz digital audio transmitters and receivers
February 25
Stereophile: Sony & Philips push two-layer Super Audio CD
February 26
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Universal, Columbia TriStar, Pioneer, street dates
E-Town: Sony disses Divx
News.com: DVD-RAM drives ready for Macs
February 27
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Polygram, street dates
Digital Theater News/Comtex: Toshiba to start selling DVD in Brazil
AsiaBizTech: DVD player sales in Taiwan won't increase soon
Video Business News: Blockbuster is believed to have found DVD hardware partner - removed.
February 28
Cemacity Gazette: Congressional subcommittee declares war on digital VCRs and PCs
March 2
Business Wire: Macrovision copy protection expands into Eastern & Central Europe
Business Wire: Optibase to show first Windows-NT based DVD authoring system
News.com: DVD drives to sell for $150
March 3
Business Wire: DVD Video Group launches exclusive research program
PRNewswire: Image signs exclusive worldwide licensing and distribution agreement with GRB
March 4
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, Tai Seng, street dates
Business Wire: First DVD conference marked by contagious enthusiasm
PRNewswire: Musicland is a leader in DVD sales, captured over 40% of first week "Air Force One" sales
March 5
Laserviews: Street dates, additional info
March 6
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Polygram, street dates
March 9
Business Wire: Pioneer DVD-Recordable drives now available with Prassi DVD Rep pre-mastering software
Business Wire: Digital Leisure releases Dragon's Lair DVD-ROM
Digital Theater News/Nikkei: Matsushita to sell DVD-RAM-capable digital image recorder
March 10
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, Image, Criterion/Voyager, Sony, additional info, street dates
News.com: Apple stakes future on new device
March 11
Business Wire: EMedia Professional and Online Inc. take DVD PRO follow-up conference to the West Coast
Business Wire: Bringing innovative DVD software to the commercial market
PRNewswire: Pioneer introduces first DVD player with TruSurround
News.com: First DVD-RAM drive due
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Live, additional info, street dates
March 12
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Pacific Digital, Nutech, street dates
News.com: First DVD-RAM drives due
March 13
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Pioneer, Tai Seng, Lumivision, , additional info, street dates
Video Business News: Divx woos additional software suppliers - removed.
March 16
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, additional info
TWICE: Forum demos DVD Audio
TWICE: TV/VCRs, PTVs, C'cords set Feb. sales records
TWICE: Price Waterhouse to track sales Of DVD titles
TWICE: Sony unveils portable DVD player
March 17
The Digital Bits: The first look at a Divx player
PRNewswire: Ino Technologies announces new TVPC with DVD for $799
March 18
PRNewswire: "The Good Guys" will introduce Divx players and software
March 19
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Universal, Delos, Madacy, additional info, street dates
March 20
Business Wire: DVD+RW unveild at CeBIT
News.com: Recordable DVD market muddied
Digital Theater News/Newsbytes: Sony to ship 5Xspeed DVD-ROM in May
Laserviews: DVD announcements from MGM, New Line, Warner, Live, Pioneer, HBO, additional info, street dates
March 23
TWICE: The Good Guys! will join Divx launch
Business Wire: Pioneer launches 2.6xDVD-ROM
News.Com: Fast DVD drive for $175
March 24
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Lumivision, Simitar
Business Wire: Sony develops industry's first 5X DVD-ROM Drive package
March 25
Business Wire: Technicolor triples DVD manufacturing capacity
Reuters: Panasonic Disc to open new Calif. DVD plant
March 26
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Trimark, Pioneer, additional info, street dates
Business Wire: Sonic forms "Corporate DVD Partnership" with Creative Labs and Margi Systems
PRNewswire: Lumivision celebrates anniversary as first on DVD
March 27
Laserviews: recall, street dates
March 30
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner, street dates
PRNewswire: LSI Logic to supply single-chip DVD decoding engine for Sony DVD players
Business Wire: Cirrus Logic showcases single-chip DVD drive solution
Minneapolis/St. Paul CityBusiness: Divion ceases operation when DVD-ROM's promise fails to deliver
Business Wire: Comprehensive Suite of MPEG analysis and verification tools from Interra
Electronic Buyers News: Taiwan DVDs stress supply -- Rollout may cause key component shortages
EE Times: IBM wields MPEG-2 in TV-studio push
Stereophile: DVD Working Group 4 to release DVD-Audio specification in May
March 31
PRNewswire: Best Buy sells one millionth DVD movie by one year anniversary
Business Wire: DVD posts impressive gains during first year on market, far outpacing early sales of VCRs And CD players
PRNewswire: MGM to release new and library titles on Divx
April 1
AsiaBizTech: Taiwan DVD makers see losses following price cuts
TWICE: MGM joins Divx camp
PRNewswire: The CyberAngel EXR from Computer Sentry Software eliminates quot;back door" access
April 2
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Live, Tai Seng, street dates
April 3
Laserviews: street dates
Business Wire: Adaptec DVD recording software now available
Newsbytes: Intel joins 36 other consumer electronics makers in the DVD WG-4 audio working group
April 6
Business Wire: Sonic unveils new technology to improve DVDs
Stereophile: DVD changers introduced by Sony and Yamaha
April 7
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Universal, street dates
TWICE: Harman Kardon to manufacture and sell DVD players that incorporate Divx
Business Wire: Sonic Solutions introduces new CD/DVD Audio workstations
April 8
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Pioneer, Direct Video
E-Town News: Technics does DTS
April 9
TWICE: Blockbuster Video Outlines DVD Rollout
Reuters: Warner Video plans DVD player rental program
April 10
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Image, street dates
AsiaBizTech: Matsushita debuts DVD car navigation device April 13
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Disney, Columbia TriStar, Xoom Software, Live, street dates
TWICE: C'City earnings up; Divx delayed
TWICE: Sony, Philips won't block Super Audio/DVD Audio
PRNewswire: DVD Express celebrates its first anniversary; The largest Internet retailer of DVD movies sees sales soar
Business Wire: VideoServe.com reports high DVD demand; accounts for 11% of pre-recorded home video sales
Reuters: Warner Video plans DVD player rental program
AsiaBizTech: Spec set to prevent piracy of IEEE1394 Digital contents
Computer Retail Week: DVD Forum tells Sony and Philips to stop referring to their rewritable products as DVD
EE Times: Blue laser diodes get pushed up to violet
Digital Theater News/Nikkei: Pioneer to start making DVD players in China
April 14
Reuters: NetFlix puts DVD rental market online
Business Wire: First online DVD rental store opens
April 15
ZDNet News: Why buy when you can rent?
April 16
Laserviews: DVD announcements from MGM, Warner, HBO, Madacy, additional DVD info, street dates
April 17
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Republic, Lumivision, Live, Pioneer, street dates
Digital Theater News/Nikkei: Sharp to sell DVD players in U.S., europe
April 18
San Francisco Chronicle: New web site sells, rents DVD movies
April 20
Cemacity Gazette: First-quarter video sales bring record numbers for most categories
Video Business News: Web retailers see profit potential in DVD - removed.
Video Business News: Another distributor works to move retailers into DVD - removed.
EE Times: Intel takes "soft" approach to DVD
Computer Reseller News: Pioneer's DVD-R drive to hit market
PRNewswire: Kao Infosystems adds replication capacity at Silicon Valley facility -- Capacity exceeds 3 Million DVDs
Cemacity Gazette: CEMA pushes AVBus standard for enhanced home theater networking
April 21
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, Sony, additional DVD info, street dates
E-Town News: Pioneer foes DVD, not Divx
April 22
Business Wire: Cygnet introduces first DVD-RAM jukebox
April 24
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, additional DVD info, street dates
April 27
Paramount announce support of DVD
TWICE: March solid for video sales
Video Business News: Studios presed to adopt VHS marketing practices to DVD
Business Wire: Paramount Home Video enters DVD market
News.Com: Circuit City stock drops 4.27% in one day - removed.
E-Town news: Paramount embraces open DVD
TechWeb News: Paramount bows to DVD
April 28
AsiaBizTech: DVD-RAM to be unified into universal media
Business Wire: Nimbus CD International and Divx announce multi-million disc replication agreement
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Artisan(ex Live Ent.), Anchor Bay, Goodtimes, All Day Entertainment, street dates
April 30
News.com: Divx dust-up looms
May 1
Laserviews: Additional info, street dates - removed
May 4
Laserviews: - removed
May 5
Business Wire: Full on the Mouth pioneers DVD single
May 6
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, Pioneer, street dates
Business Wire: IMR announces support for Pioneer DVD-Recordable products
May 7
Business Wire: MGM Home Entertainment's "Tomorrow Never Dies" pre-ordered in 170,000 units on DVD
Business Wire: Software Publishers Association to sponsor DVD PRO conference & exhibition
TechWeb News: DVD-ROM drives expected to outpace DVD-Video players
May 8
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Disney, Digital Multimedia, price reductions, street dates
Business Wire: Hitachi's DVD-RAM drive wins Innovation of the Year award
PRNewswire: Image Entertainment announces closure Of U.S. Laser subsidiary

May 11
Video Business News: Could tardy DVD deliveries threaten embrace of format? - removed.
May 12
Laserviews: DVD announcements from New Line, Warner, MGM, HBO, Fox Lorber, additional info, street dates
PRNewswire: Plasmon to show DVD-RAM jukebox at AIIM
Business Wire: Pioneer ntroduces one of Industry's first 100-disc DVD-ROM jukebox
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Industry camps split over rewritable DVD formats
May 13
Business Wire: Platinum announces new "Concert @ Home " label for music titles on DVD
PRNewswire: Todd-AO forms DVD subsidiary
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar
May 14
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Trimark, Republic, Madacy, additional info, street dates
Business Wire: Digital Video Systems announces the acquisition of Hyundai Electronics' DVD-ROM technology and manufacturing capabilities
Business Wire: Nimbus CD International to invest $22 Million in expansion
May 15
Laserviews: street dates
PRNewswire: Columbia TriStar Home Video announces comprehensive deal to distribute Jim Henson Home Entertainment product
EE Times: Processor puts sluggish DVD back in game
May 18
TWICE: DVD Group eyes 1M players mark
TWICE: Dealers have cautious view of DVD
TWICE: Great '98 so far for video, audio sales
Cemacity News: April yields double-digit video gains
Creative Labs offers DVD-RAM at $499.99
May 19
Toshiba to announce 3rd generation DVD-video players
Business Wire: Toshiba introduces new era of video performance with Colorstream Pro progressive scan
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, Delos, Pioneer, street dates
Business Wire: NetFlix and Toshiba team up to offer free DVD rentals to purchasers of Toshiba DVD players
Business Wire: Sonic Solutions corrects and replaces high-density audio architecture product announcement
May 20
E-Town News: Toshiba doesn't do Divx
May 21
Business Wire: Nimbus CD International reports fiscal 1998 fourth quarter and year end financial results
Business Wire: Zoran's digital audio processor selected by one of China's largest home A/V manufacturers
May 22
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Image, Criterion, Rhino, additional info, street dates
E-town news: The first Divx supporter bites the dust - Zenith announces chapter 11 filing
May 26
PRNewswire: New type of hybrid DVDs from Multimedia 2000
News.Com: Another DVD scheme emerges
May 27
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Universal, Polygram, Pioneer, Simitar, street dates
Business Wire: The world of Riven comes to DVD
Reuters: Launch of Divx discs delayed...again
May 28
Reuters: Toshiba to launch DVD-ROM, RAM drives in June
Business Wire: Complete collection of National Geographic Magazine to ship On DVD
Business Wire: Nimbus offers commercial DVD-9 disc manufacturing
Business Wire: DVD Forum Steering Committee welcomes seven new companies
PRNewswire: dCS 972/Elgar combination plays CDs at 24-bit, 192 kHz in the Canorus Room at the Stereophile Hi Fi 98 Show
May 29
Laserviews: Additional info, street dates
News.Com: DVD systems expanding
"Inside News from Team Divx -- the REAL reasons for the delay" posted to The BIG Picture DVD Forum
June 1
Video Business News: Tower tests DVD rentals in 14 stores
Video Business News: Divx delayed as only 5-6 titles were ready
Business Wire: First DVD-R production systems to be shown at RepliTech by MicroTech Conversion Systems
Computer Retail Week: Rival Retailers shore up defenses as Divx player is once again delayed
Windows Magazine: Hitachi, Toshiba and Panasonic now offer DVD-RAM drives as a standard component in desktop PCs.
TWICE: DVD Music, HDTV, & 5.1 DSS will highlight HiFi '98 event
June 2
Business Wire: DVD MAGS announce the release of their second magazine, Young Cinematographer
Business Wire: LuxSonor adopts Super VCD specification
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Matsushita, Pioneer debut car navigation systems with 2-layer DVDs
News.Com: Cirrus plans $599 computer
June 3
Business Wire: Rainmaker Digital Pictures Corp. awarded "approved supplier" status from Divx
Business Wire: Toolex International sells DVD manufacturing facilities to U.S. customers for a total Of US$ 45 Million
June 4
TWICE: RIAA rips DVD-Audio format war
June 5
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Artisan, Pioneer, Additional info, street dates
PRNewswire: Survey reveals local movie, actor and location preferences, and most popular DVD features
June 8
PRNewswire: Divx debut at Circuit City and the good guys! stores today
News.Com: Divx debut in limited rollout
EE Times: Motorola quietly preps digital consumer platform
June 9
Laserviews: DVD announcements from MPI, Tai Seng, street dates
PRNewswire: Zenith first to introduce DVD players with "advanced Divx rental feature"
June 10
AsiaBizTech: ITRI Lab to transfer key DVD technology to Taiwan firms
AsiaBizTech: Matsushita, Taiwan's ITRI to cooperate on DVDs
June 12
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner, New Line, MGM, HBO, street dates
June 14
Business Wire: Worldwide DVD-Video, DVD-ROM sales are accelerating, new InfoTech report finds
June 15
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Polygram, Elite, Chesky Records
TWICE: C'City guarantees studios $112M in royalties for Divx
TWICE: May is merry for video
Video Business News: Paramount will support titanic with $50Mil. campaign
Video Business News: Divx debuts in test markets
June 16
Business Wire: Panasonic and Sigma Designs jointly promote DVD-RAM solutions
Business Wire: LG Electronics' 4X DVD-ROM Drive offers increased speed, performance, flexibility
June 17
Business Wire: 98% of CD and DVD industry expected to adopt OSTA's multiRead specification
Business Wire: Carlton to acquire Nimbus for $264 Million
Business Wire: Leaders in CD-RW technology announce alliance to promote adoption of DVD+RW format
June 18
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Image, Criterion, street dates
June 19
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Polygram, Disney, Anchor Bay, street dates
June 20
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Japan Govt researchers boost DVD capacity 15fold
June 21
San Jose Mercury News: DVD advocates bill it as format that is foremost
June 22
Stereophile Guide to Home Theater: DVD-Video gains momentum
Stereophile Guide to Home Theater: Sears drops out, RCA joins Divx, launch costs rise
June 23
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Universal, Columbia TriStar, CAV Distributing, Tai Seng, street dates
Computer Retail Week: Early Divx sales mixed, despite DVD downplay
June 26
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Republic, Synapse, street dates
EE Times: Startup puts MPEG-2 encoder in fast forward
June 29
TWICE: Meridian compression benefits CD, DVD Audio
TWICE: DVD Audio, SACD star at Hi-Fi '98
Divx expenses, CarMax loss cut net at Circuit City
June 30
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Artisan, Trimark, Pioneer, street dates
July 1
Stereophile Guide to Home Theater: DVD copy protection hot topic at FireWire confab
July 6
Business Wire: Buena Vista Home Entertainment partners with Warner Home Video for DVD distribution in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the former Soviet Union
July 8
Business Wire: 3.5 Million DVD unit mark passed by Nimbus CD International
USA Today: Video stores quit fighting DVDs
July 9
Laserviews: DVD announcements from MPI, DVD International, Fox Lorber, Delos, Central Park Media, Concert @ Home, street dates
Reuters: Warner Home Video says DVD revenues top $100 Mln
News.com: Time Warner pleased with DVD
Reuters: Video rentals seen as key to success of DVD medium
July 10
AsiaBizTech: JVC plans to market D-VHS players in U.S., Japan
Reuters: DVD still slow to arrive on the scene
July 13
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Pioneer, street dates
TWICE: Dealers dreaming of a digital christmas
TWICE: Strong DVD movie sales reported at VSDA
TWICE: DVD hardware sales hit record pace at VSDA
July 14
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner, MGM, HBO, Central Park Media, Delta Entertainment, Leo Films, additional info
July 15
News.com: IBM, NEC to secure DVD with watermarks
July 16
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Image, Criterion, street dates
TWICE: Hollywood's not focused on hybrid D-VHS tapes
July 17
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, Monterey, street dates
PRNewswire: Pioneer to replicate Divx discs - removed.
July 20
Cemacity Gazette: Video sales reach near record growth
San Jose Business Journal: NetFlix quickly becomes nation's largest renter of DVDs
July 21
Wired: Interactive DVD does Europe
July 24
AsiaBizTech: Audio Expo '98 to highlight Super Audio CD, DVD-Audio
July 27
TWICE: June TV, Video sales strong
TWICE: JVC sets digital A/V strategies
EE Times: Digital world divided on watermark specs
July 28
TWICE: HBO Announces Major DVD Exclusive for television series
Business Wire: DVD Forum holds U.S. DVD conference in San Francisco in October
July 29
Sony DVD Discman teams up with Glasstron personal audio/video headset
E-Town News: Sony goes Lilliputian
July 31
PRNewswire: PolkVerity study reveals consumer "Wait and See" attitude about Divx, DVD purchase
August 1
TechWeb News: Consumers reject dueling DVD formats
August 2
Business Wire: Pioneer ships DVD-ROM jukebox
August 3
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Matsushita Electric revving up DVD business
Reuters: Matsushita Elec says to increase DVD production
EE Times: Divio codec attacks digital video market
August 6
Laserviews: street dates
August 7
Laserviews: DVD announcements from New Line, Warner, Universal, MPI, Polygram, Columbia TriStar, Amazing Fantasy, Madacy, Brentwood, Pioneer, price reductions, street dates
August 10
All major studios are now supporting the open DVD format
PRNewswire: Twentieth Century Fox announces films on DVD in region 1
Jam! Showbiz: Twentieth Century Fox enters DVD market
Business Wire: Paramount announces first wave of DVD releases
Reuters: Paramount sets launch of DVD movies
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Simitar, Program Power, Vivid, Madacy
August 12
Stereophile: DVD-Audio gets another step closer to final spec
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner, MGM, Columbia TriStar, DVD recall, street dates
August 13
PRNewswire: DVD replication to reach 1.28 Billion units by 2002 according to IRMA sales forcast
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Paramount, Warner, MPI, Panasonic, Brentwood, Troma, Madacy
August 14
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Consumer electronics makers to raise output of MD, DVD players
August 17
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Disney, Universal, Fox Lorber, Pioneer, Leo, Simitar, Trimark, American Software, Tai Seng, street dates
Business Wire: Multimedia 2000 announces The Home Depot Home Improvement 123 DVD
Business Wire: Riven, the sequel to Myst, is available on DVD-ROM
Nikkei: Kenwood to sell two new DVD players overseas
Cemacity Gazette: DVD sales fulfill CEMA's expectations with 361,000 players sold so far
August 19
AsiaBizTech: Taiwan DVD makers optimistic about future prospects
August 20
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, Warner, Polygram, Madacy, Tai Seng, Sterling Ent., Pioneer, Troma, price reductions, street dates
August 21
PRNewswire: Image Entertainment buys Ken Crane's DVD/LD Internet/direct-to-consumer operations
August 24
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Image, Criterion, street dates
TWICE: Playback time extended in DVD-Audio specs
dotmusic news: DVD begins to roll as BMG/Sony enter fray
August 26
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, Disney, HBO, Universal, Polygram, Artisan, Panasonic, Multimedia 2000, Trimark, street dates
August 28
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, DVD International, Sony, Fox Lorber, Chesky, Multimedia 2000, street dates
August 31
Business Wire: Panasonic DVD Publishing to launch Twilight Zone on DVD
Business Wire: Multimedia 2000 releases Webster's International Encyclopedia on DVD
AsiaBizTech: Demand for DVD players heating up in Taiwan
September 1
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Hitachi to market camcorder using DVD-RAM in '99
News.com: Camcorder adding DVD-RAM
September 2
E-town News: The Denon DVD-5000 is also a digital processor
September 6
Stereophile Guide to Home Theater: Titanic DVD to be released this fall
September 7
TWICE: Denon introduces THX certified DVD player
TWICE: Circuit City is looking for a partner to share Divx losses
TWICE: Sony to push DVD rental
TWICE: Pioneer preps for digital future
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Matsushita to sell car navigation system capable of playing DVD movies
EE Times: Hitachi demos DVD-RAM-based prototype -- Video-disk recorder shown
September 8
The only Divx hardware manufacturer, Zenith, will stop making Divx players. Format launch further delayed.
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Sony, Elite, Simitar, street dates
PRNewswire: Blockbuster and Philips form strategic alliance to rent DVD video players
Business Wire: AOL and DVD Express announce multi-million dollar marketing agreement
Reuters: Matsushita develops rewritable dual-layer phase-change optical disc
ZDNN: Standards war tilting in favor of DVD
September 9
Image Entertainment announces DVD release of "Dances with wolves"
September 10
News.com: Blockbuster to rent DVD flicks
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: DVD Audio promoters extend format's recording time
TechWeb: Optical video dominates digital-video market - Circuit City is questioning the viability of the Divx format
September 11
DVD-Audio format specifications has been agreed upon by working group.
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner Music,MGM, New Line, Warner, HBO, Artisan, Pioneer, street dates
EE Times: DVD-Audio spec version 1.0 unveiled
Business Wire: DVD-Audio format realizes exquisite sound from 2-channel to multi-channel modes
September 13
Stereophile Guide to Home Theater: Divx launch will affect bottom line, Circuit City admits
September 14
Computer Retail Week: Brief past clouds Divx's future - lackluster test sales and consumer interest
Stereophile: DVD-Audio 1.0 is set
GameSpot News: Motorola unveils first project X box
September 15
The Digital Bits: Divx at the Good Guys; No demo possible, only 4 players sold in test period
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Fox, Polygram, MPI, Tai Seng, Central Park Media, Pioneer, Sterling, Madacy, street dates
September 16
AsiaBizTech: Matsushita develops 8.5GB/side rewritable optical disc
September 17
Reuters: Sony to produce DVD players in Malaysia
LA Times: Doubts arise as Divx readies for national debut
ABC News: Will Divx do?
September 18
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Magic Lantern, Sony Music, Trimark, Simitar, Eaton Entertainment, Media Galleries, American Software, street dates
Business Wire: U.S. DVD conference spotlights latest information of DVD formats -- DVD-Audio theater to offer superb sound experiences
September 20
Stereophile Guide to Home Theater: Sony promo to offer free DVD rentals
September 21
TWICE: Divx starts limited rollout with only one player
TWICE: Video sales set records during August
TWICE: Panasonic plots VHS-style course for DVD marketing
Business Wire: Media Galleries to release "President Clinton's Grand Jury Testimony" exclusively through NetFlix this thursday
September 22
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Image, Criterion, Kino, street dates
PRNewswire: Future Shop announces addition of Divx feature to DVD line
News.com: Canadian firm extends Divx reach
September 23
NetFlix is selling the DVD "President Clinton's Grand Jury Testimony" for only 2 cents.
September 24
San Jose Mercury News: DVD version of testimony allows hit-and-run viewing
EE Times: Matsushita adds DVD video feature to car navigation system
Divx publicity in RealVideo
Reuters: Matsushita to launch DVD-RAM drive for Macintosh in October
PRNewswire: New at-home movie system launches nationwide
The Digital Bits: Dreamworks announces DVD support
September 25
AsiaBizTech: Matsushita to release DVD car navigation system
Reuters: DreamWorks finally goes DVD
Business Wire: NetFlix.com becomes world's largest DVD rental store with more than 2000 titles
Variety: Divx finally to meet consumers Friday
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner, Columbia TriStar, Artisan, Tai Seng, street dates
Business Wire: Pacific Microsonics and HDCD licensees unveil new HDCD products for DVD and CD
TechWeb: DreamWorks relents on DVD
Computer Retail Week Interactive: Mid-rollout, Divx prices fall $100
September 27
Stereophile Guide to Home Theater: Divx faces uphill battle according to ABC News poll
September 28
TWICE: DTS lawsuit threat won't delay the finalization of the DVD-Audio specs
Business Wire: Digital Video Systems introduces 5.2X speed DVD-ROM drive
Business Wire: Sonic Solutions introduces world's first DVD-Audio authoring systems
PRNewswire: Image Entertainment's exclusive DVD titles to be available at CompUSA
September 29
Business Wire: Sonic Solutions and Sony join forces to create DSD editing system
September 30
Business Wire: Sonic DVD technology used to create the first multi-format DVD-Video/-Audio/-ROM release
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Paramount, HBO, Madacy, Pioneer, street dates
E-town News: Philips' 2nd-gen DVD breaks through on price
October 1
PRNewswire: Hastings Entertainment to introduce DVD sales and rentals, rent DVD players
PRNewswire: Universal Studios Home Video announces DTS audio on 20 DVD titles next year
PRNewswire: Image Entertainment aggressively expands its DVD presence
Business Wire: First audio mastering facility to install next-generation production tools
News.com: Thomson unveils Divx player
TechWeb: DVD adoption outpaces VHS, CDs
TechWeb: DVD-Audio to make CDs obsolete
E-Town News: A kinder, gentler Divx
October 2
PRNewswire: Hollywood Entertainment completes transaction to acquire Reel.com
TechWeb: Recordable DVD formats emerge
TechWeb: Chip makers back new set-tops
ZDNet News: Industry pitches DVD-Audio, but consumer interest in new format uncertain
IMDB: London DVD stores raided
October 3
CBS: A new pay-per-view technology
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Sony group to supply DVD software, players to video rental stores in Japan
October4
Stereophile: DVD-Audio promises unprecedented realism
October 5
Computer Retail Week: Price cuts, new merchants boost sales -- DVD reaches a critical mass
PRNewswire: Pioneer Entertainment to release 100 Artisan titles on DVD
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Image, Kino, street dates
Business Wire: DVD PRO Conference & Exhibition is the largest worldwide gathering of DVD professionals
PRNewswire: HBO releases "From earth to the moon" on DVD in November
Business Wire: STMicroelectronics announces world's first one-chip back-end decoder for DVD players
October 6
E-Town News: Sony DVP-C600D DVD changer
Business Wire: Industry first DVD-RAM jukeboxes lanched by Cygnet
PRNewswire: Circuit City reports record september sales
PRNewswire: ESS Technology, Inc. endorses China's Super VCD and announces new product for Super VCD
October 7
AsiaBizTech: Taiwan's DVD player sales less the expected
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Disney, Polygram, Sony Music, Shanachie, A.D.V. Films, street dates
October8
Computer Retail Week Interactive: TDK doubles DVD-RAM disc capacity
October 9
AsiaBizTech: Mustek, Delta to team up to make DVD pickup heads
October 12
Computer Retail Week: Suppliers rewrite retail plan for rewritable DVD
TWICE: Divx goes national with players at $399
TWICE: TDK to ship full-storage DVD-R discs in 1Q
TWICE: Universal Studios to bow DTS DVDs in January
October 13
AsiaBizTech: Matsushita, Pioneer exhibit DVD players with progressive output
AsiaBizTech: Pioneer Electronics displays optical disc recorders
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Universal, Pioneer, street dates
E-Town News: DVD recording is here
EE Times: Electronics manufacturers ready SVCD systems for the Asian market
October 14
Business Wire: TDK breakthrough heralds the age of home DVD video recording
Business Wire: Zuma Digital completes largest-ever DVD museum installation
October 15
AsiaBizTech: DVD-ROM under supply continues as demand rises in September
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, Synapse, Sterling, Madacy, Trimark, street dates
Billboard: Sly & Robbie, Hart receive DVD push
October 19
Laserviews: DVD announcements from New Line, Dreamworks, HBO, Warner, Pioneer, Simitar, street dates
October 20
AsiaBizTech: Super VCD, home servers highlight Hong Kong Electronics Fair
News.com: A year unchanged for rewritable DVD
October 21
PRNewswire: Mercom first to offer DVD support for call logging industry
October 22
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: DVDs to claim car navigation Systems market
Business Wire: New copyright legislation will require VCRs to respond to Macrovision's technology
October 26
TWICE: Video products set highs in September
Business Wire: Genesis announces next-generation line-doubler chip
October 27
Business Wire: NetTV introduces low-cost classroom presentation computer - DVD-Explorer
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner, Paramount, Universal, Rhino, Pioneer, Victory, Slingshot, street dates
VM Labs reveals "NUON" as official name for Projext X
October 28
PRNewswire: Image Entertainment releases its 200th exclusive DVD title
USA Today: Video discs paying big DVDends
Reuters: Matsushita to boost DVD output at home and U.S.
October 29
The Hartford Courant: New video format Divx nose-diving to oblivion
October 30
ZD Net: Outmoded technologies that deserves to die
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Disney, Paramount, Columbia TriStar, Warner Music, Polygram, Digital Versatile Disc, DVD International, Tai Seng, Fox Lorber, Warner, street dates
News.com: Chip eases DVD recording
TechWeb: C-Cube chip makes digital recording easier
November 2
Business Wire: C-Cube delivers DVD recording and playback to consumer PCs
Business Wire: Oak Technology's DVD player reference design delivers a ready-for-production system for consumer electronics manufacturers
November 3
EE Time: Multiple DVD rewritable formats ready to roll
November 4
Business Wire: Panasonic, partners demo readily available DVD-RAM applications, storage solutions at Comdex
TWICE: IEEE-1394 selected as DTV interface
November 6
The DVD File: Over 1 million DVD-Video players sold in the U.S. so far, 94,527 sold last week
PRNewswire: West Coast Video announces chainwide(503 stores) rollout of DVD for holiday season
Chicago Sun-Times: Divx just don't measure up
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Paramount, MGM, Warner, Warner Music, HBO, Simitar, Pioneer, MacDaddy Entertainment, street dates
TechWeb: DVD, Divx promotions kick in for christmas
TechWeb: New chips could help DVD notebook sales
Digital Leisure releases the interactive game Dragon's Lair on DVD-Video
E-Town News: Toshiba pauses progressive-scan DVD
November 9
TWICE: Retail is strong in October
Houston Chronicle: James Cameron about putting Titanic on DVD
(why has no one told Cameron that he can put the Widescreen version on one dual-layer disc and the P&S version on another?)
November 10
The current online rumours that Circuit City is trying to pull all Divx commercials is denied by Circuit City.
PRNewswire: Millionth DVD player shipped to market
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Image, Criterion, Panasonic, street dates
November 11
Business Wire: Historic promotion of DVD products unites industry leaders
Business Wire: Second generation software DVD player is first offering
November 12
Business Wire: Online Inc. announces DVD PRO University -- a March 1999 seminar
TechWeb: Retailers, studios link up for DVD push - "could be another nail in Divx's coffin"
November 13
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Toshiba targets DVD rental market in Europe with German company
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, Fox, Fox Lorber, Pioneer, Warner, Disney, street dates
PRNewswire: New digital copy protection proposal would secure authorized copies
November 14
The DVD File: Dave's Laser & Video's 11th Annual Studio Day
November 16
TWICE: Video sales set records for October
TWICE: A/V is bright spot for Sony
Stereophile guide to Home Theater: 1394 makes big impression at Comdex
PRNewswire: Pioneer Entertainment launches rental program
Business Wire: CD-RW and DVD+RW industry leaders unfold roadmap for data interchange
Business Wire: Pioneer announces industry's first 4.7GB DVD-R and RW writer
Business Wire: Pioneer first to market with 6X DVD-ROM drive
Business Wire: STB announces DesktopVCR MPEG 2 Encoder/Decoder at Fall Comdex '98
Business Wire: Ligos Technology with DVD-quality digital video recorder
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: JVC set to enter global DVD player market
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Hitachi Maxell to raise DVD-RAM production
November 17
Business Wire: Philips Electronics expands DVD family with new professional player
PRNewswire: Musicland, Sears expand successful DVD partnership
PRNewswire: TVPC with DVD to be displayed on Cyrix stand at Comdex
News.com: Firms tout future DVD drives
CNews: Digital format making inroads in Canada
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Paramount, Elite, Pioneer, Sony, Tai Seng, Central Park Media, street dates
November 18
AsiaBizTech: IBM Japan introduces 4x speed mobile DVD-ROM drive
Business Wire: Sigma Designs unveils single-chip DVD/MPEG-2 playback for notebook PCs
TechWeb: DVD developers wait for Windows fixes
November 19
Business Wire: Free DVD movie offered with each purchase of Windows 98 software
PRNewswire: Best Buy launches DVD online with new site design
TWICE: Divx prepares to ship first widescreen titles
November 20
Business Wire: Sonopress becomes first in Europe to offer DVD-Audio production services
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner, Anchor Bay, Artisan, Sterling, American Software, Delta, Madacy
November 24
Business Wire: Divx lobbyists claims Divx will get 20% of the Q4 sales
Business Wire: Sonic Solutions debuts industry's first integrated DVD and Super Video CD production system
November 25
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner, Fox, Disney, Columbia TriStar, Goodtimes, Pioneer
Electronic Buyers' News: PC makers delay move to DVD-ROM
November 27
In fierce competition both Reel.com and Amazon.com is claiming to sell their top 100 DVDs at 50% off list price. Their prices does anyway vary with up to 20$ for the same title and they are charging 13-14$ for international shipping.
December1
TechWeb: Video group snubs Divx, supports DVD
December 2
Associated Press: Low electronics prices draw buyers
December 3
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Disney, Polygram, Pioneer, Trimark, Elite, United American
E-Town News: Sony lights FireWire
TechWeb: China invests in DVD industry
December 4
Business Wire: Amazon.com and NetFlix.com establish promotional relationship for the sale and rental of DVD titles
ZDNet News: Too much shopping? Traffic overwhelms some sites.
Laserviews: DVD announcements from New Line, Fox, Universal, Criterion, Anchor Bay
EE Times: Digital interface debate resurfaces at Western show
VAR Business: Rewritable DVD format war need not handcuff VARs
December 6
Due to popular demand bootlegs based on Laserdisc releases are appearing for movies not yet released on DVD. First out were Disney classics and now what appeared to be an anamorph dual-layer version of Titanic has been reported by The Digital Bits. It was Later reported that the bootleg did not have the claimed features.
December 7
AsiaBizTech: Taiwan's electronics makers target DVD player market
December 8
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Universal, Artisan, HBO, Fox Lorber
Business Wire: Personal surround sound arrives via Dolby Headphone
Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Pioneer to boost production of DVD players
December 9
Business Wire: New report spotlights DVD video prospects in Europe
December 10
MSNBC: DVD having a very merry year
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Image, Criterion, Panasonic
News.com: Curtain rising on new Divx player
December 11
AsiaBizTech: DVD business take off in Taiwan
TechWeb: Pirate DVD movies emerge In Asia
CNNfn: Divx on the defensive
December 13
Stereophile Guide to Home Theater: Survey shows that even as a free option Divx is unwanted
December 14
Stereophile Guide to Home Theater: FireWire home networks get hot
Laserviews: DVD announcements from HBO, Trimark, Sony, Pioneer
December 15
PRNewswire: DVD Express announces 5.3 Million dollar real estate and content deal with Infoseek, signs deal with MSN
Business Wire: Adrenalin Interactive announces agreement to develop DVD games for VM Lab's NUON technology
PRNewswire: Best Buy reports record(106% increase) third quarter earnings
December 16
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Disney, Paramount, Columbia TriStar, Rhino, Madacy
December 17
E-Town News: Shortage bad for open DVD, good for Divx
Wired News: Video fracas erupts on web with suspiciously looking Pro-Divx sites
December 18
AsiaBizTech: Taiwan's DVD industry facing competition from Japan, China
Wired News: Divx redux
Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner, Columbia TriStar, MGM, New Line, Universal, Tai Seng, Sterling, Simitar
December 20
TechWeb: Divx "fan sites" raise suspicion
December 21
Reuters: "Site pushing Web music format shuts down"
December 22
PRNewswire: DVD sales surge as holiday shoppers snap up movies and music videos to put under the tree
December 23
Reuters: Holiday DVD & Divx sales strong
News.com: Gadgets galore for the holidays, Divx hard to sell
ZDNet News: The year in hardware, a poor showing for Divx
December 24
AsiaBizTech: Taiwan DVD makers pinched by high operating costs, technical inadequacy
CBS MarketWatch: The underhyped, overhyped and ugly for '98
December 28
The Business Journal: Kames banks on DVD technology
PRNewswire: Musicland sells $5 million of DVD in one week
E-Town News: Year-end prediction; DTV no big hit, Divx dies
December 29
AsiaBizTech: Creative Technology excels in PC DVD-ROM market
December 30
ZDNet News: 1999, the year of DVD? Divx disappears?
News.com: Home sales of DVD top million mark
EE Times: Zoran to unveil new multi-format digital-audio processor at WCES
December 31
PRNewswire: VideoScan numbers indicates 4 million DVD titles sold during the last five weeks
EE Times: OSTA may rewrite rules for recordable DVDs