LONDON, March 5, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- New Medium Enterprises (NME) (OTCBB:NMEN) today announced that Axxicon, Dr. Schenk and Netstal will join world-leading integrator and replication line manufacturer VDL ODMS as the official VMD ODMS universal replication line partners. A VMD multilayer disc is a technology breakthrough that stands to revolutionize the optical storage industry. Axxicon, Dr. Schenk and Netstal are leaders in their respective fields of mould manufacturing, testing and scanning, and injection molding.
"We are excited about the high calibre of manufacturer partners that will be involved in the integration of the VMD replication lines," said Mahesh Jayanarayan, CEO, NME, Inc. "Their vast experience, cutting edge technology and professional involvement will bring the required and essential skills and knowledge that is second to none to ensure the success of VMD."
This development is fittingly timed with MEDIA-TECH conference, the renowned annual conference for the entire packaged media manufacturing industry which commences tomorrow in Barcelona, Spain. As one of the invited keynote speakers at MEDIA-TECH, Dr. Eugene Levich, NME CTO, will discuss VMD technology and open an industry wide discussion on the subject with the participating delegates on March 7 at 12:00 p.m. as the quality and value-driven solution for the mass market.
Dr. Levich will be joined by executives from six of the optical disc industry's leading companies during his presentation, including Axxicon, Dr. Schenk and Netstal, and open the floor for a public Q&A for inquiries from the audience. These partners have united with NME to drive the unique red laser-based technology and opportunity that VMD technology offers in the face of its blue laser-based competitors. Other industry partners such as Gima, Ilsemann and Tapematic also support VMD media production, packaging and printing.
The following executives will take part in the VMD panel:
Maurice Smits, sales manager, Axxicon Dr. Andrew Dumbill, CTO, DaTARIUS Mr. Michael Dobler, managing director of engineering, Dr. Schenk GmbH Paul Ackermann, regional sales manager, Netstal Maschinen AG Paul Gossink, managing director, Plasmon OMS Wim van Bakel, director, VDL Groep
"We are pleased that for the first time our partners are convening publicly to announce their support for the VMD technology and its potential," said Alexander Bolker-Hagerty, EVP, business development at NME. "We intend for an ever growing VMD partner group to reconvene at the MEDIA-TECH Expo 2007 in May in Long Beach. "
VMD is a true HD format with 1920 x 1080i/p resolution, up to 40 Mbps bit rate playback, video up-conversion for SD DVD, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and all region codes. The HD VMD media format is suitable for playback on all HD capable display devices and will support existing optical disc formats: CD, DVD (DVD 5 & DVD 9).
VMD is currently being adopted by content providers and distributors in 12 regions worldwide, including Brazil, Central Europe, China, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Japan, the Middle East Russia, Scandinavia, and the United States.
VMD technology can provide up to eight information layers on each side of a disc and can be utilized for both blue laser and red laser formats, thereby offering numerous content options and business opportunities for the high-definition and content ecosystem. VMD is applicable for single- and double-sided discs and a multiplicity of formats, including Blu-ray and HD-DVD.
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New Medium Enterprises HD VMD format and players provides the world's first low-cost and true high-definition playback solution utilizing today's red laser technology and existing DVD industrial infrastructure. Incorporating break-through optical storage capacity, a red laser-based HD file format, encryption technology, authoring tools and compression technologies, NME is providing the only high-quality and high-value offering for the discerning consumer electronics market. New Medium Enterprises, Inc. is listed on the OTC exchange in the U.S. under the symbol NMEN. For additional information about NME, please visit http://www.nmeinc.com .
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