DTS-HD Master Audio Featured on First Simultaneous Release of Content on HD DVD, Blu-ray Disc and DVD.TWYFORD, United Kingdom -- Eagle Vision, a Division of Eagle Rock Entertainment Eagle Rock Entertainment Limited was founded in April 1997 by three former colleagues at Castle Communications (Terry Shand, Geoff Kempin and Julian Paul) and is based in Aldershot in Hampshire with offices in Hamburg, Paris, and New York. in London, Chooses DTS (1) (Digital Theatre Sound) A digital audio encoding system used in movie and home theaters. Popularized by the movie Jurassic Park, the six-channel (5. Audio for Five Live Concert Titles, Including the Pat Metheny Group The Pat Metheny Group is a jazz group founded in 1977. The core members of the group are guitarist and bandleader Pat Metheny, composer, keyboardist and pianist Lyle Mays (who was part of the group's inception in 1977), and bassist and producer Steve Rodby (joined in 1980). Concert "The Way up Live" DTS, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :DTSI DTSI Defense Trade Security Initiative DTSI Digital Twin Spark Ignition DTSI Datron/Transco Systems Incorporated DTSI DataTel Solutions, Inc. (San Antonio, Texas) ) announces that DTS-HD Master Audio DTS-HD Master Audio is a lossless audio codec created by Digital Theater System. It was previously known as DTS++ and DTS-HD. It is an extension of DTS which, when played back on devices which do not support the Master Audio extension, degrades to a 1. will be used by Eagle Vision, a division of Eagle Rock Entertainment in London, on the first simultaneous release of music content on HD DVD (High Definition DVD) A relatively short-lived high-capacity optical disc that holds four hours of high-definition video on a single-sided, single-layer 15GB disk. Sanctioned by the DVD Forum in 2003 and based on the Advanced Optical Disc (AOD) technology from Toshiba and , Blu-ray and standard DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. . The Pat Metheny Group concert "The Way Up Live" will be released by Eagle Vision on 2nd October 2006. The HD DVD and Blu-ray Discs will feature DTS-HD Master Audio, and the DVD will feature DTS Digital Surround. A four-minute clip from "The Way Up Live" is included on the first ever DTS next generation demo discs in the HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats. Featuring DTS-HD Master Audio sound, the discs will debut at IFA Immunofluorescent assay (IFA) A blood test sometimes used to confirm ELISA results instead of using the Western blotting. In an IFA test, HIV antigen is mixed with a fluorescent compound and then with a sample of the patient's blood. 2006 in Berlin. "The beauty of DTS-HD Master Audio is that it works for all our customers, regardless of what sound system they use to play the concert. DTS-HD offers everything from the newest high definition quality surround to backward-compatible DTS for existing surround amplifiers, from one soundtrack. All a consumer needs to do is hit the 'Play' button," said Lindsay Brown, Director of International Sales and Marketing for Eagle Vision. "Eagle Vision has always released its music DVDs with DTS surround sound An audio recording and playback system that uses five or more channels plus a subwoofer channel. See 5.1 channel and 3D audio. . With the arrival of the HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats in Europe, it is no surprise that Eagle is the first to use our new format, DTS-HD Master Audio, on a simultaneous release," said Brian Towne, Senior Vice President, Consumer/Pro Division at DTS. With an innovative career spanning 25 years, Pat Metheny Patrick Bruce Metheny (born August 12, 1954 in Lee's Summit, Missouri) is an American jazz guitarist and composer. One of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1970s and '80s, he is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is is one of the finest guitarists in the world of contemporary jazz, as well as one of the most successful. It is only fitting that "The Way Up Live," the live performance of his Grammy Award-winning album of 2005, "The Way Up," should be the first music content to be simultaneously released on all three optical disc formats. As well as Pat Metheny Group's "The Way Up Live," Eagle Vision will be releasing an additional four live concert titles on the 2nd October, all featuring DTS-HD Master Audio. These are: --Elvis Costello - "Club Date: Live In Memphis" --Alice Cooper - "Live At Montreux 2005" --Toto - "Live In Amsterdam" --Black Crowes - "Freak 'n' Roll... Into The Fog" DTS surround is a mandatory audio standard for the new HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc hardware. DTS-HD Master Audio is the new extended surround sound format for these disc formats, allowing for sound quality that is bit-for-bit identical to a master soundtrack, and up to 7.1 channels of audio. About Eagle Rock Entertainment Limited Eagle Rock Entertainment Limited was founded in April 1997 by three former colleagues at Castle Communications Castle Communications is a British record label, subsidiary of Sanctuary Records, specialising in the back catalogue of folk and folk-rock artists. They possess most of the Transatlantic and Trailer catalogue. plc, Terry Shand, Geoff Kempin and Julian Paul. Eagle Rock Entertainment Limited:
-- Operates in the music and entertainment business worldwide.
-- Acquires and creates rights to recorded music, video,
television and other visual programming.
-- Exploits these rights through the release of own-label CDs,
video cassettes and DVDs and through the licensing of these
rights for a variety of media.
-- Operates from its corporate headquarters in London and at
other sites in Aldershot, Hampshire; Hamburg, Germany; Paris,
France; and New York, USA.
-- Has three operating divisions:
-- Eagle Vision, the group's visual programming division,
incorporating Cromwell Productions, producers of factual
programming
-- Eagle Records, the group's principal record label,
incorporating Spitfire Records, a US-based heavy rock
record label
-- Pegasus special products division
Eagle Rock's shareholders are its senior management and clients of HgCapital Private Equity. About DTS DTS, Inc. (Nasdaq:DTSI) is a digital technology company dedicated to delivering the ultimate entertainment experience. DTS decoders are in virtually every major brand of 5.1-channel surround processors, and there are hundreds of millions of DTS-licensed consumer electronics products available worldwide. A pioneer in multi-channel audio, DTS technology is in home theatre, car audio, PC and game console See video game console. products, as well as DVD-Video, Surround Music and DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc. A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc. software. DTS audio products are featured on more than 27,000 motion picture screens worldwide. Additionally, DTS provides imaging technology and services for the motion picture industry; DTS Digital Images, formerly Lowry Digital Images, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of DTS and an industry leader in image restoration and enhancement. Founded in 1993, DTS is headquartered in Agoura Hills, California For the unincorporated community, see . Agoura Hills is a city (incorporated in 1982) in Los Angeles County, California, and has the ZIP code 91301. The population was 20,537 at the 2000 census. This city on the Ventura Freeway (U.S. , and has offices in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Canada, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , Japan and China. For further information, please visit www.dts.com. DTS is a registered trademark of DTS, Inc. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995 that involve risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors which, if they do not materialize or prove correct, could cause DTS' results to differ materially from historical results or those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including statements containing the words "planned," "expects," "believes," "strategy," "opportunity," "anticipates" and similar words. These statements may include, among others, plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations; any statements regarding proposed new products, services or developments; any statements regarding future economic conditions or financial or operating performance; statements of belief and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. The potential risks and uncertainties that could cause actual growth and results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, the rapidly changing and competitive nature of the digital audio, consumer electronics and entertainment markets, the company's inclusion in or exclusion from governmental and industry standards, customer acceptance of the company's technology, products, services and pricing, risks related to ownership and enforcement of intellectual property, the continued release and availability of entertainment content containing DTS audio soundtracks, changes in domestic and international market and political conditions, risks related to integrating acquisitions and other risks and uncertainties more fully described in DTS' public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, available at www.sec.gov. DTS assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date on which it was made. |
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