Technicolor and Testronic Labs Join Forces to Offer Comprehensive Suite of Blu-ray Disc Verification Services
17 December 2009 - 12:00AM
Business Wire
Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453)(NYSE: TMS), through its
Technicolor Business Group, and Testronic Labs today announce that
they have teamed up to offer comprehensive Blu-ray Disc testing
capabilities that combine the unique areas of expertise that each
company offers.
Testronic Labs’ respected expertise in quality testing and
assurance for home video products combined with Technicolor’s
in-depth knowledge and leadership of Blu-ray Disc authoring
services and replication results in a formidable force in the
industry to ensure standards compliance, format integrity, and
player compatibility. Customers will benefit from this new
on-location offering since the total length of time to get product
to replication will be reduced by one to two days.
Testronic Labs was recently audited and accredited by the
Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) to provide BD-ROM Movie Player and
BD-ROM PC Application Software certification services, and in
September 2008, Technicolor established the first BDA-approved
Blu-ray Disc Test Center for Commercial Audiovisual (AV) Content in
the United States.
“We are very excited to work with Testronic to offer these
testing capabilities,” said Bob Michaels, vice president of
worldwide compression and authoring services. “This will provide a
value-added service to the industry and ultimately result in a
better user experience of Blu-ray Discs.”
"Earlier this year our two companies started thinking about ways
we could better serve the supply chain," added Seth Hallen,
president, Testronic Labs. "We are convinced that our combined
expertise brings powerful testing solutions to the Blu-ray Disc
industry."
Since the two companies already offer comprehensive Blu-ray Disc
testing capabilities, they will be ready and positioned to make the
leap to offer verification and testing services for Blu-ray 3D in
2010.
About Thomson
Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) is a worldwide leader
of services to content creators. http://www.thomson.net.
About Testronic
Labs
Testronic Labs, established in 1998, is the worldwide leading
Quality Assurance provider of choice for the software, hardware,
digital media and entertainment industries. Services cover DVD,
Blu-ray and video game QA along with a range of services for
telecommunications, e-learning, interactive software and hardware
products as well as a suite of certification standards.
Testronic Labs’ skilled team provides testing of any content
across any medium to any end device. Based in Burbank, CA, Pinewood
Studios and central London UK, Diepenbeek, Belgium and Warsaw,
Poland, Testronic Labs is the only global Quality Assurance company
operating across the entire digital media industry.
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