DivX buys video technologies provider MainConcept for $22 mln

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)

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