The forthcoming Blu-ray Disc Academy forum at Frankfurt on 19 May will be Europe’s first event showcasing 'live' advanced Blu-ray features and BD-Live applications that push the creative boundaries of the high-definition format, and how these can unlock commercial opportunities.
Examples already abound: a BD disc linking Internet-based social networks; a BD playercommunicating with WiFi-enabled smart devices; a pay-per-view video delivery service that lets users rent movies via their BD player; a low-cost ’out-of-the-box’ BD-Live content management solution with back office server; a copying software added to a Pure Audio Blu-ray service; an application which allows mobile phone users to send videos to any BD-Live-enabled BD player. Not to mention the arrival of 3D on Blu-ray.
If you are yet to produce Blu-ray Discs you ought to know that you can include extra material and bonuses that will move the viewer's experience into vastly new and exciting territories, much beyond what is available on DVD!
That includes Internet interactivity - 'BD-Live' - and many other advanced BD features which your client publishers could use as unique selling propositions to make a different in a crowded marketplace.
This one-day Forum is organised for producers like you. It brings the world's leading Blu-ray authoring and post-production companies who have pioneered the most creative BD features to date. Registration fees have been kept low to encourage the widest participation from small to medium-size companies.
So, see you in Frankfurt on 19 May. You won't regret it!
Jean-Luc Renaud, Forum Director