High frame rates, 4K and 3D are all on the UltraViolet development agenda with an eye toward continuing to improve the viewer experience, according to DECE GM Mark Teitell. On the agenda, the Common File Format (CFF) is currently in B-to-B trials plans call for end users to start testing in the coming months.
It also has retail support from Barnes & Noble (NOOK Video), Best Buy (CinemaNow), Flixster, M-GO,, , and Walmart (VUDU). They are BBC, DreamWorks Animation, Fox, Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Starz Anchor Bay, Universal and Warner Bros. The consortium - with roughly 85 member companies - estimates that there are approximately 8,500 UltraViolet titles currently available from nine content providers. It expects to launch UltraViolet in Australia, New Zealand and Ireland in the coming months, with France and Germany anticipated later in the year.
Roughly nine million households in the U.S., UK and Canada now have UltraViolet accounts, according to DECE.
A booth located in the Grand Lobby of the Las Vegas Convention Center will offer live demonstrations and an opportunity for CES attendees to register for UltraViolet accounts. Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem’s UltraViolet launched in October 2011 and at the 2013 International CES, attendees can expect to hear news and updates from consortium members about the rollout, support and its Common File Format.
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