DivX buys video technologies provider MainConcept for $22 mln

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Notizia molto importante considerando che Mainconcept ha un encoder avanzato h.264 e divx un accordo commerciale per l'utilizzo del marchio in molti player stand-alone. Imho un passo verso la sostituzione del "vecchio" divx con un più performante h.264 anche nei player da tavolo.

Nov 14 (Reuters) - DivX Inc (DIVX.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said it acquired MainConcept AG, a Germany-based provider of video technologies, in a cash and stock deal valued at about $22 million, with additional milestone payments of up to about $6 million.

DivX, a maker of video compression software, said increased costs related to operations and the integration of MainConcept could impact its fourth quarter by about 2 cents to 3 cents a share.

The company said it expects the deal to add to quarterly earnings in the second half of 2008. (Reporting by Shikhar Balwani in Bangalore)

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Concordo sulla positività della notizia.
La compressione divx produce anche al massimo della qualità orrendi artefatti mentre l'h.264 è praticamente perfetto.