Dolby Laboratories has announced Dolby Vision 2, an evolution of its picture quality innovation. Hisense is the first TV brand to announce it will bring Dolby Vision 2 to its lineup of televisions, such as RGB-MiniLED TVs. This is complemented by the French media company Canal+, which has also announced its commitment to support Dolby […]
San Francisco-based audio technology company Dolby Labs has reported revenue of $315.6 million (€293.4m) in its Q1 trading period – down from $334.9 million in the previous year. Despite the drop, the company still topped Wall Street expectations. Dolby repurchased 968,000 shares of its common stock and ended the quarter with approximately $132 million of […]
Dolby Labs has been added to the S&P Dow Jones MidCap 400 index. This – in effect – reward prompted an immediate 10.92 per cent rise in its share price on August 18th (to $84.81 per share) and means that Dolby’s stock has risen 20 per cent this year to date. The inclusion in the […]
Max, the SVoD service from Warner Bros Discovery which replaces HBO Max and discovery+, is now live. Max has introduced a new Ultimate Ad-Free tier that will offer four concurrent streams, up to 100 offline downloads and nearly eight times more films and episodes of 4K content than HBO Max, including popular programming such as […]
San Francisco-based Dolby Labs has reported Q2 profits of $95.7 million (€87.2m), and $375.9 million in revenues, up from $334.4 million in the same period last year. Dolby, a creator and licensor of audio, video and voice technologies for broadcasters and the movie and games industries, exceeded market expectations (four analysts had expected consensus revenues […]
Dolby Laboratories’ (DLB) Q1 numbers have impressed the market. Total Q1 revenues were $334.9 million (€310.9m), down from $351.6 million in the same period a year ago, with the revenue fall down to lower shipments in PC, broadcast, consumer electronics and gaming. However, the company continued to witness increased adoption of Dolby Atmos and Dolby […]
Apple has revealed the next generation of Apple TV 4K, suggesting it is more powerful and entertaining than ever, offering impressive cinematic quality. Driven by the A15 Bionic chip that delivers faster performance and more fluid gameplay, the new Apple TV 4K features entertainment options for everyone to enjoy on the biggest screen in the […]
Dolby Labs surprised analysts with outperforming consensus expectations. The company posted Q1 revenues of $334.37 million (€317.9m) in the period to March 31st 2022 (up from $319.6 million in the same period last year). Kevin Yeaman, CEO, told analysts that the industry Dolby served was still in uncertain times and consequently was reducing its outlook […]
Eutelsat’s Cristiano Benzi, SVP Global/Professional Video, speaking during the satellite operator’s Webinar on UHD and its prospects, stated that “UHD was not as successful as Eutelsat had hoped”. Out of some 7,000 channels carried by Eutelsat only 34 are currently in UHD. Benzi said that on Eutelsat’s important Hot Bird satellite position, there were almost […]
Dolby Laboratories, usually one of the more reliable technology stocks, crashed 10 per cent on February 4th following poor Q1 results and warnings that Covid-based problems were still impacting the business. On the upside the company said it had acquired ultralow-latency specialists Millicast. San Francisco-based Dolby’s numbers saw a near-41 per cent decline in Q1 […]