DivX Certifies Samsung Handset with Video Capability
Samsung Ultra Video SGH-F508 mobile phone delivers outstanding mobile multimedia experience
San Diego, CA and Seoul, Korea -- July 31, 2007 -- DivX, Inc. (NASDAQ: DIVX) today announced the DivX® Certification of the Samsung Ultra Video (SGH-F508) mobile phone, an innovative handset device that features stylish design and cutting-edge multimedia experiences, including high-quality DivX video playback. The DivX Certification of the Samsung F508 ensures true interoperability between the device and the over 90 million DivX Certified® consumer electronics devices in the world today.
The Ultra Video SGH-F508 is the second mobile phone from Samsung to attain DivX Certification. One of Samsung's popular Ultra Edition handsets, the F508s large, swiveling LCD screen gives users the optimal video watching experience. With this mobile phone, users gain unparalleled access to high-quality DivX movies on-the-go--from their personal collections, the DivX Stage6 video website, or through other mobile content services.
"Adding the Samsung F508 phone to the family of DivX Certified devices gives users on-the-go access to a wide variety of digital media and ensures the high-quality experience that video aficionados demand and DivX users expect," said Patrice Lagrange, Vice President and Group Business Manager, Media Languages, DivX, Inc. "DivX is working to build a common digital media language that offers real interoperability across devices and platforms, and innovative devices like the Samsung Ultra Video F508 phone are an important piece of that ecosystem."
Products that bear the DivX Certified logo have undergone a rigorous testing program to ensure a high-quality DivX media experience, including reliable video creation and playback, interoperability with other DivX Certified devices and the visual quality users expect from DivX.
The DivX Certified Samsung Ultra Video F508 phone is slated for release in the Chinese language market in 2007.
About Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2006 parent company sales of US$63.4 billion and net income of US$8.5 billion. Employing approximately 138,000 people in over 124 offices in 56 countries, the company consists of five main business units: Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business, Telecommunication Network Business and Digital Appliance Business. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.
About DivX, Inc.
DivX creates products and services designed to improve the experience of media. Our first product offering was a video compression-decompression software library, or codec, which has been actively sought out and downloaded over 220 million times since January 2003, including over 70 million times during the last twelve months. We have since built on the success of our codec with other consumer software, including the DivX Player application, which is distributed from our website, www.divx.com. We also license our technologies to consumer hardware device manufacturers and certify their products to ensure the interoperable support of DivX-encoded content. In addition to technology licensing to consumer hardware device manufacturers, we currently generate revenue from software licensing, advertising and content distribution.
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San Diego, CA and Seoul, Korea -- July 31, 2007 -- DivX, Inc. (NASDAQ: DIVX) today announced the DivX® Certification of the Samsung Ultra Video (SGH-F508) mobile phone, an innovative handset device that features stylish design and cutting-edge multimedia experiences, including high-quality DivX video playback. The DivX Certification of the Samsung F508 ensures true interoperability between the device and the over 90 million DivX Certified® consumer electronics devices in the world today.
The Ultra Video SGH-F508 is the second mobile phone from Samsung to attain DivX Certification. One of Samsung's popular Ultra Edition handsets, the F508s large, swiveling LCD screen gives users the optimal video watching experience. With this mobile phone, users gain unparalleled access to high-quality DivX movies on-the-go--from their personal collections, the DivX Stage6 video website, or through other mobile content services.
"Adding the Samsung F508 phone to the family of DivX Certified devices gives users on-the-go access to a wide variety of digital media and ensures the high-quality experience that video aficionados demand and DivX users expect," said Patrice Lagrange, Vice President and Group Business Manager, Media Languages, DivX, Inc. "DivX is working to build a common digital media language that offers real interoperability across devices and platforms, and innovative devices like the Samsung Ultra Video F508 phone are an important piece of that ecosystem."
Products that bear the DivX Certified logo have undergone a rigorous testing program to ensure a high-quality DivX media experience, including reliable video creation and playback, interoperability with other DivX Certified devices and the visual quality users expect from DivX.
The DivX Certified Samsung Ultra Video F508 phone is slated for release in the Chinese language market in 2007.
About Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2006 parent company sales of US$63.4 billion and net income of US$8.5 billion. Employing approximately 138,000 people in over 124 offices in 56 countries, the company consists of five main business units: Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business, Telecommunication Network Business and Digital Appliance Business. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.
About DivX, Inc.
DivX creates products and services designed to improve the experience of media. Our first product offering was a video compression-decompression software library, or codec, which has been actively sought out and downloaded over 220 million times since January 2003, including over 70 million times during the last twelve months. We have since built on the success of our codec with other consumer software, including the DivX Player application, which is distributed from our website, www.divx.com. We also license our technologies to consumer hardware device manufacturers and certify their products to ensure the interoperable support of DivX-encoded content. In addition to technology licensing to consumer hardware device manufacturers, we currently generate revenue from software licensing, advertising and content distribution.
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