Next-generation DVD is here. Delivering superior 1080p images and stunning surround sound, HD DVD provides the most cinematic consumer experience to date. In addition to HD DVD players from Microsoft and Toshiba, a variety of other manufacturers have announced players shipping in 2007.

Sonic CineVision™ PSE is an enterprise-level VC-1 encoder designed to deliver stunning video quality for next generation HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc titles. Built on Microsoft technology, CineVision PSE features powerful server-based encoding technology, stunning cinematic-quality encoding, extensive VC-1 parameter control, stream legalization, and segment-based re-encoding.

Designed for user friendly workflow, HD DVD Authoring Studio Profile Edition combines the quality of the Microsoft® VC-1 Encoder with template-based compression and HDi interactivity to provide a powerful but streamlined tool for HD DVD creation. Features include multiple audio tracks, subtitles, full AACS support, output to HD DVD-R disc, and WinDVD HD.

First implemented by Microsoft as Windows Media Video 9, the video codec standardized by SMPTE as VC-1 has long enjoyed its position as the most ubiquitous video format on the Internet and in the enterprise. With integrated Windows Media digital rights management (DRM) and superior quality at minimal bandwidth, VC-1 in the Windows Media format container is used by a majority of mainstream content providers. Ready for the future of broadband entertainment, VC-1 is an integral part of the Microsoft Silverlight platform. Silverlight is being hailed as the next great platform for networked interactive media.

Anystream Agility® is the established solution for on demand media production and publishing. Since its launch, Agility has been embraced by the world’s leading media companies by helping them supply the burgeoning demand for video in a wide variety of formats. Anystream Agility automates and streamlines the time-consuming, specialized production workflows required to deliver video content to the exploding number of outlets and devices around the world. By optimizing multiplatform content production, Agility enables content owners to profitably exploit and scale new media business models.

Digital Rapids develops market-leading hardware and software solutions for capturing, encoding, transcoding, protecting, streaming and delivering content — with particular emphasis on the network-enabled platforms and devices that are defining the future of digital video, from IPTV and the web to mobile phones. Digital Rapids product lines supporting VC-1, WM9 and Silverlight include StreamZ and StreamZHD studio media encoding systems; the StreamZ Live family of live streaming encoders; and Transcode Manager for scalable automated transcoding of high volumes of media files.

Envivio Inc. is the leading technology provider of IP video convergence encoding solutions for telcos, enterprises, and broadcasters. Envivio solutions support the “3 screens” of video – TV’s, PC’s and mobile phones – and make IP video a reality over any type of network and to any multimedia device from mobile to HD. Envivio solutions deliver industry leading Windows Media Video (VC-1), AVC/H.264 and AVS compressed video quality at the lowest bit rate for IPTV, Internet TV and mobile TV applications. Service providers worldwide use Envivio solutions to reduce their operational costs while offering subscribers the highest quality compelling video services anytime and anywhere.

Fathom is a comprehensive encoding solution for VC-1 that offers industry-leading output quality for today's hottest media applications—mobile, web streaming, IPTV, video on demand, and even HD.

Expression Encoder encodes a wide range of file formats, including live sources, to VC-1, enhances video with watermarks, pre and post-roll clips and metadata as well as offering direct publishing to a complete Microsoft Silverlight rich media experience.

Rhozet’s Carbon Coder and Carbon Server products provide a fast, flexible, and scalable architecture for media transcoding. The Carbon family supports the complete range of media formats including VC-1, MXF, GXF, H.264, MPEG-2, etc. In addition to media transcoding, Rhozet also provides a host of other functions such as standards conversion, logo insertion, subtitling, audio channel mapping, etc. Rhozet products have an easy-to-use user interface, as well as an XML-based SDK for complete programmatic control.

Tarari provides hardware and software acceleration of compute-intensive processes that are too difficult for general purpose CPUs to process in reasonable timeframes. The Tarari Encoder Accelerator for Windows Media supports hundreds of encoder applications and speeds up VC-1 encoding between 3-18 times faster than software alone.

Niagara Streaming Systems are turnkey solutions for acquisition, digitization, compression, and streaming of audio and video for Internet/intranet delivery. Recently, ViewCast introduced their new line of A/V streaming appliances, which are the Niagara Pro, GoStream and GoStream Plus.

While the promise of mainstream Interactive Television (IPTV) has been touted since the inception of the Internet, it has taken years for the required technologies and installed base of broadband users to grow to maturity. IPTV is now poised to change the living room forever and Microsoft TV is at the forefront of this transformation; bringing to life a world in which television—a centerpiece of contemporary living—is about more than "viewing." It is about enriched entertainment experiences, about live interaction, and about innovative ways to access information.

Digital Rapids develops market-leading hardware and software solutions for capturing, encoding, transcoding, protecting, streaming and delivering content — with particular emphasis on the network-enabled platforms and devices that are defining the future of digital video, from IPTV and the web to mobile phones. Digital Rapids product lines supporting VC-1, WM9 and Silverlight include StreamZ and StreamZHD studio media encoding systems; the StreamZ Live family of live streaming encoders; and Transcode Manager for scalable automated transcoding of high volumes of media files.

The 4Caster C4 encoder is part of the Envivio Convergence Generation™ headend which powers an all-IP infrastructure. C4 supports IPTV standard definition video resolutions and CIF (Common Intermediate Format) Internet TV resolutions, simultaneously. The C4 can also simultaneously encode in Windows Media Video (VC-1), AVC / H.264 as well as in QuickTime formats. The design of the C4 allows service providers to protect their investment by providing a solution that can be easily configured to support a variety of formats within one unit.

Spinnaker is a comprehensive advanced encoding solution that enables content providers to reach new audiences through new media networks. This professional-grade solution delivers best-in-class quality for live media delivery applications such as IPTV, web streaming, PEG, broadband TV, enterprise, education, or government video.