AfterDawn: Tech news

DivX & Aricent partner in mobile video

Written by James Delahunty @ 02 Sep 2007 5:42 User comments (1)

DivX & Aricent partner in mobile video DivX, Inc. and Aricent announced a partnership for porting and optimizing DivX video products onto various mobile platforms for device manufacturers worldwide. This partnership will ultimately enable consumers to view high-quality DivX videos from the PC or the Internet on a wide variety of mobile devices. Aricent develops multimedia applications and technologies for mobile phone OEMs including Motorola, Samsung and LG.
Over 100 million certified devices from major consumer electronics manufacturers currently support DivX technology, including DVD players, digital still cameras and a wide variety of portable products. By offering a DivX technology solution to mobile handset manufacturers, Aricent will allow its clients' mobile products to support the high-quality playback of DivX video files.



"By focusing exclusively on communications software, Aricent strives to provide the greatest depth and breadth of services and products to meet our clients' needs," said Deepak Mehrotra, Vice President, Mobile Terminals, Aricent. "We are excited to be working with DivX to provide a solution for seamless mobilization of high-quality video content across multiple interoperable consumer electronic device platforms."

"Working closely with Aricent allows us to extend our value deep into the product development process to guarantee seamless integration of the DivX media solution into our partners products and services," said Patrice Lagrange, Vice President and Group Business Manager, Media Languages, DivX, Inc. "This partnership allows consumers to extend their media experience beyond the PC and the living room to a wide-range of devices for video content on-the-go."

Source:
Press Release

Previous Next  

1 user comment

110.9.2007 05:02

I am glad to hear that other brands are entering the divx market loving this.

Comments have been disabled for this article.

Latest news

VLC hits milestone: over 5 billion downloads VLC hits milestone: over 5 billion downloads (16 Mar 2024 4:31)
VLC Media Player, the versatile video-software powerhouse, has achieved a remarkable feat: it has been downloaded over 5 billion times.
2 user comments
Sideloading apps to Android gets easier, as Google settles its lawsuit Sideloading apps to Android gets easier, as Google settles its lawsuit (19 Dec 2023 11:09)
Google settled its lawsuit in September 2023, and one of the settlement terms was that the way applications are installed on Android from outside the Google Play Store must become simpler. In the future, installing APK files will be easier.
8 user comments
Roomba Combo j7+ review - Clever trick allows robot vacuum finally to tackle home with rugs and carpets Roomba Combo j7+ review - Clever trick allows robot vacuum finally to tackle home with rugs and carpets (06 Jun 2023 9:19)
Roomba Combo j7+ is the very first Roomba model to combine robot vacuum with mopping features. And Roomba Combo j7+ does all that with a very clever trick, which tackles the problem with mopping and carpets. But is it any good? We found out.
Neato, the robot vacuum company, ends its operations Neato, the robot vacuum company, ends its operations (02 May 2023 3:38)
Neato Robotics has ceased its operations. American robot vacuum pioneer founded in 2005 has finally called it quits and company will cease its operations and sales. Only a skeleton crew will remain who will keep the servers running until 2028.
5 user comments
How to Send Messages to Yourself on WhatsApp How to Send Messages to Yourself on WhatsApp (20 Mar 2023 1:25)
The world's most popular messaging platform, Meta-owned WhatsApp has enabled sending messages to yourself. While at first, this might seem like an odd feature, it can be very useful in a lot of situations. ....
18 user comments

News archive