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June 2009 \| Video Business RCDb’s Zane Vella speaks at NARM “You can educate the consumer to appreciate sound quality and to appreciate the deeper experience you get when you combine great video with sound,” says Vella

Dec 2008 \| Home Media Magazine CDSA: Blue-ray Will Help Packaged Media Business Stay Strong According to Zane Vella, CEO of Related Content Database, all studios are putting out Blu-ray titles with some BD Live functionality.

Nov 2008 \| Techradar BD-Live Phone Application Premiered Two companies in America have previewed a new application that allows users to interact with their BD-live Blu-ray players through their mobile phones.

May 2008 \| Engadget Sun Microsystems Announces Support for BDLive.com Put simply, Sun -- a proud member of the Blu-ray Disc Association Board of Directors -- has teamed up with Related Content Database Inc. in order to create said website and offer devs, BD content owners and consumer electronics manufacturers “advanced network services focused on improving the overall BD-Live user experience.”

Apr 2008 \| Variety The Blu Crew Variety interviewed 13 programmers, studio execs, disc producers, sound guys and filmmakers who are on the ground floor of transforming Blu-ray into more than just high-def DVD.

Apr 2008 \| Video Business BD-Live Platform promises savings in time, money Variety interviewed 13 programmers, studio execs, disc producers, sound guys and filmmakers who are on the ground floor of transforming Blu-ray into more than just high-def DVD.

March 2008 \| Blu-Ray Statistics News Log The BD-Live Roll Out Also of interest at CES, the company RCDB was demonstrating their Related Content Database (RCDb) which provides software and services for network-connected Blu-ray discs and players. The company offers server platforms and rapid development programs to help content providers adopt BD-Live.

Jan 2008 \| Twice Web Extras Coming To Blu-ray LAS VEGAS — HD DVD won’t be the only high-definition video disc format with Web-enabled interactivity much longer. San Francisco-based software developer Related Content Database is announcing at International CES two new Blu-ray feature platforms — BD-Live and BD Magic.

Jan 2008 \| Home Theater Magazine That Ol' Blu-ray Magic One of the most compelling demos of next-gen interactivity I've seen is a technology being dubbed Blu-ray Magic. Using Blu-ray's network-connected BD live platform, connects BD users to pertinent content and materials, even when there's no disc in the machine.

Jan 2008 \| Blu-ray.com CES 2008: BD Magic Goes Live ArcSoft, Inc. and Related Content Database Inc. (RCDB) have come together to create ArcSoft TotalMedia Extreme with BD Magic, an optional Blu-ray player feature that adds both a network content delivery channel and an on-screen personal media library.

BLU-RAY and BD-LIVE titles in the NEWS

Oct 2008 \| Home Media Magazine BD-Live enabled title Showcased at Pixar Event The Producers Guild of America organized the event, and Pixar Animation hosted, with members of the public getting advance looks at upcoming Blu-ray Disc features, and a quick history of BD Live.

Sept 2008 \| Home Cinema Choice Fox Debuts BD Live With X-Files Sequel “The extras on this release take full advantage of the BD-Live technology and bring that interactive experience to a level never before possible.”

Sept 2008 \| Home Media Magazine Blu-ray Big in Q4 The next-generation packaged-media format in the fourth quarter will grab top billing on a cavalcade of new releases as studios agressively market Blu-ray beyond early adopters.

May 2008 \| Engadget Sun Microsystems Announces Support for BDLive.com Put simply, Sun -- a proud member of the Blu-ray Disc Association Board of Directors -- has teamed up with Related Content Database Inc. in order to create said website and offer devs, BD content owners and consumer electronics manufacturers “advanced network services focused on improving the overall BD-Live user experience.”

Apr 2008 \| Variety The Blu Crew Variety interviewed 13 programmers, studio execs, disc producers, sound guys and filmmakers who are on the ground floor of transforming Blu-ray into more than just high-def DVD.

Apr 2008 \| Video Business BD-Live Platform promises savings in time, money Variety interviewed 13 programmers, studio execs, disc producers, sound guys and filmmakers who are on the ground floor of transforming Blu-ray into more than just high-def DVD.

Mar 2008 \| IT Wire Next-gen Blu-ray ”mindblowing“ says Gosling Forthcoming third-generation improvements to the Blu-ray specification are ”going to be just mindblowing,“ according to James Gosling, vice president and fellow at Sun.

Jan 2008 \| Video Business CES: Studios plan to go live with BD-Live JAN. 7 \| LAS VEGAS—Studios demonstrated several Web-enabled features on planned 2008 Blu-ray releases, including Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s Godzilla, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s AVP: Alien vs. Predator and Lionsgate’s Saw IV, during a Monday CES press conference.

June 2009 \| Video Business RCDb’s Zane Vella speaks at NARM “You can educate the consumer to appreciate sound quality and to appreciate the deeper experience you get when you combine great video with sound,” says Vella

Dec 2008 \| Home Media Magazine CDSA: Blue-ray Will Help Packaged Media Business Stay Strong According to Zane Vella, CEO of Related Content Database, all studios are putting out Blu-ray titles with some BD Live functionality.

Nov 2008 \| Techradar BD-Live Phone Application Premiered Two companies in America have previewed a new application that allows users to interact with their BD-live Blu-ray players through their mobile phones.

May 2008 \| Engadget Sun Microsystems Announces Support for BDLive.com Put simply, Sun -- a proud member of the Blu-ray Disc Association Board of Directors -- has teamed up with Related Content Database Inc. in order to create said website and offer devs, BD content owners and consumer electronics manufacturers “advanced network services focused on improving the overall BD-Live user experience.”

Apr 2008 \| Variety The Blu Crew Variety interviewed 13 programmers, studio execs, disc producers, sound guys and filmmakers who are on the ground floor of transforming Blu-ray into more than just high-def DVD.

Apr 2008 \| Video Business BD-Live Platform promises savings in time, money Variety interviewed 13 programmers, studio execs, disc producers, sound guys and filmmakers who are on the ground floor of transforming Blu-ray into more than just high-def DVD.

March 2008 \| Blu-Ray Statistics News Log The BD-Live Roll Out Also of interest at CES, the company RCDB was demonstrating their Related Content Database (RCDb) which provides software and services for network-connected Blu-ray discs and players. The company offers server platforms and rapid development programs to help content providers adopt BD-Live.

Jan 2008 \| Twice Web Extras Coming To Blu-ray LAS VEGAS — HD DVD won’t be the only high-definition video disc format with Web-enabled interactivity much longer. San Francisco-based software developer Related Content Database is announcing at International CES two new Blu-ray feature platforms — BD-Live and BD Magic.

Jan 2008 \| Home Theater Magazine That Ol' Blu-ray Magic One of the most compelling demos of next-gen interactivity I've seen is a technology being dubbed Blu-ray Magic. Using Blu-ray's network-connected BD live platform, connects BD users to pertinent content and materials, even when there's no disc in the machine.

Jan 2008 \| Blu-ray.com CES 2008: BD Magic Goes Live ArcSoft, Inc. and Related Content Database Inc. (RCDB) have come together to create ArcSoft TotalMedia Extreme with BD Magic, an optional Blu-ray player feature that adds both a network content delivery channel and an on-screen personal media library.

Oct 2008 \| Home Media Magazine BD-Live enabled title Showcased at Pixar Event The Producers Guild of America organized the event, and Pixar Animation hosted, with members of the public getting advance looks at upcoming Blu-ray Disc features, and a quick history of BD Live.

Sept 2008 \| Home Cinema Choice Fox Debuts BD Live With X-Files Sequel “The extras on this release take full advantage of the BD-Live technology and bring that interactive experience to a level never before possible.”

Sept 2008 \| Home Media Magazine Blu-ray Big in Q4 The next-generation packaged-media format in the fourth quarter will grab top billing on a cavalcade of new releases as studios agressively market Blu-ray beyond early adopters.

May 2008 \| Engadget Sun Microsystems Announces Support for BDLive.com Put simply, Sun -- a proud member of the Blu-ray Disc Association Board of Directors -- has teamed up with Related Content Database Inc. in order to create said website and offer devs, BD content owners and consumer electronics manufacturers “advanced network services focused on improving the overall BD-Live user experience.”

Apr 2008 \| Variety The Blu Crew Variety interviewed 13 programmers, studio execs, disc producers, sound guys and filmmakers who are on the ground floor of transforming Blu-ray into more than just high-def DVD.

Apr 2008 \| Video Business BD-Live Platform promises savings in time, money Variety interviewed 13 programmers, studio execs, disc producers, sound guys and filmmakers who are on the ground floor of transforming Blu-ray into more than just high-def DVD.

Mar 2008 \| IT Wire Next-gen Blu-ray ”mindblowing“ says Gosling Forthcoming third-generation improvements to the Blu-ray specification are ”going to be just mindblowing,“ according to James Gosling, vice president and fellow at Sun.

Jan 2008 \| Video Business CES: Studios plan to go live with BD-Live JAN. 7 \| LAS VEGAS—Studios demonstrated several Web-enabled features on planned 2008 Blu-ray releases, including Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s Godzilla, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s AVP: Alien vs. Predator and Lionsgate’s Saw IV, during a Monday CES press conference.