Press Release
DivX Mobile Program Offers Complete Solution to Experience Video Content Across Devices and PlatformsBerlin, Germany – August 31, 2007 –DivX, Inc. today announced the launch of a program that will enable consumers to easily discover, share and playback high-quality video on a variety of mobile devices.
The centerpiece of the DivX® mobile solution is a comprehensive licensing and testing program that ensures a high-quality media experience for increasingly powerful mobile phones. Joining over 100 million DivX Certified® products including DVD players and other living room devices, DivX partner Samsung Electronics has already released the first DivX Certified mobile handsets.
Additionally, DivX launched a beta mobile content and software solution that enables consumers to experience high-quality video content across the PC, the living room and on-the-go. By utilizing DivX Converter, a one-step video software application available on DivX.com, users can easily convert virtually any digital video into a "DivX Mobile" video that is compatible with any DivX Certified mobile device.
Consumers who do not own a DivX Certified mobile device can download the beta DivX Mobile Player (mobile.divx.com) which will support the playback of DivX content on certain mobile devices. The DivX mobile offering also includes a beta version of a video content site (mm.divx.com) where consumers can easily browse and enjoy high-quality DivX videos from a variety of sources formatted for direct viewing on a DivX enabled mobile device.
"At DivX, we are working to build a complete digital media solution for consumers that spans the 'three screen' experience—PC, television and mobile devices—and the launch of a comprehensive mobile program is an important milestone toward that goal," said Patrice LaGrange, Vice President and Group Business Manager, Media Languages at DivX. "We have achieved a great deal of success bringing DivX to the PC and the living room, and mobile devices are a logical extension of the DivX ecosystem. As video capabilities on handsets mature and mobile service offerings grow, users will come to expect the same seamless access to the enormous amount of DivX content on their mobile devices that they have today on their PC's and DVD players."
For more information on the DivX mobile program, see mobile.divx.com.
