Sony DADC has announced the completion of its latest investment round in Blu-ray Disc authoring and mastering facilities at its London office, focusing on the evolution of its BD-Live authoring tools that blend Blu-ray seamlessly with internet connectivity.

The company claims it has now created “Europe’s best resourced and most advanced Blu-ray Disc authoring and mastering cluster comprising of the London facility working closely with its Salzburg, Austria, Blu-ray Disc authoring centre.”

" With its unprecedented picture and sound quality together with the rapidly developing BD-Live, Blu-ray is revolutionising the European home entertainment industry,” commented Neil Bottrill (pictured), Head of DigitalWorks Authoring & Post-Production at Sony DADC’s London Office. “Already, Blu-ray accounts for more of our revenue than DVD projects. In just 12 months, we have seen our Blu-ray authoring business grow by more than ten times in both volume and value."

Delivering a fast-track Blu-ray Disc production facility for its clients, Sony DADC has invested heavily in HD production equipment, which covers the entire creative process from HDCAM-SR format High Definition tape decks to specialist encoding systems and authoring software.

" As a result of this investment, Sony DADC has all the necessary BD production facilities in-house and can turn around projects faster than any other facility operating in Europe. We can offer a seamless One-Stop-Shop service for Blu-ray customers: from content creation, through authoring, mastering and production through to direct-to-retail shipments," Bottrill added.

Sony DADC’s Blu-ray clients include 2Entertain, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Icon, Entertainment Film, ITV DVD, Optimum, Showbox Media Group Limited, Metrodome, Artificial Eye, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Music and Eagle Vision.

Story filed 17.11.08