Dolby Laboratories and Paramount Home Media Distribution Partner to Bring Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos Content to the Home
July 20 2017 - 8:30AM
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Paramount Home Media Distribution to release
Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos titles across OTT streaming services
and for Ultra HD Blu-ray
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) and Paramount Home Media
Distribution, a part of Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), which
is a unit of Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA), today announced plans to
master content in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos for online streaming
services and Ultra HD Blu-ray™. Dolby Atmos content is planned for
Blu-ray™ discs as well. Consumers with Dolby Vision enabled
televisions and Dolby Atmos enabled home theater products will now
be able to enjoy a broad spectrum of entertainment from Paramount
Pictures and have access to a growing catalog of Dolby Atmos and
Dolby Vision content worldwide.
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Leveraging the high-dynamic range (HDR) innovation that powers
Dolby’s most advanced cinemas around the world, Dolby Vision
transforms the TV experience in the home by delivering greater
brightness and contrast, as well as a fuller palette of rich
colors. Dolby’s deep expertise in bringing advanced technologies
from the cinema to the home enables Dolby Vision to deliver
extraordinary viewing experiences to home consumers.
Dolby Atmos enabled home theater products allow sound to move
around the room in a three-dimensional way in order to create a
more powerfully immersive and emotive soundscape and experience.
The fusion of these two groundbreaking technologies provides
viewers with a premium home entertainment experience.
“Dolby has always been at the forefront of transforming the
entertainment experience both in the cinema and in the home,” said
Curt Behlmer, Senior Vice President, Content Solutions and Industry
Relations, Dolby Laboratories. “Our agreement with Paramount
signifies yet another example of our commitment to providing
consumers with access to exceptional movies and original content
with a life-like audio and visual entertainment experience through
Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision.”
“The combination of high quality, immersive audio and dramatic
visual imaging truly elevates the home viewing experience,” said
Bob Buchi, President, Worldwide Home Media Distribution, Paramount
Pictures. “Having diligently studied the range of offerings in next
generation home entertainment technologies, we are thrilled to be
working with Dolby to enhance the consumer entertainment experience
as they enjoy Paramount’s movies in Dolby Atmos and Dolby
Vision.”
From content creation to distribution and playback, the fusion
of Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos delivers a comprehensive
solution supported by content creators and distributors. To date,
over 100 studio titles are available in Dolby Vision, and more than
200 titles are available in Dolby Atmos. Additionally, more than
125 hours of original content is available in Dolby Vision across
leading OTT providers globally.
About Paramount Home Media Distribution
Paramount Home Media Distribution (PHMD) is part of Paramount
Pictures Corporation (PPC), a major global producer and distributor
of filmed entertainment. PPC is a unit of Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB,
VIA), home to premier global media brands that create compelling
television programs, motion pictures, short-form content, apps,
games, consumer products, social media experiences and other
entertainment content for audiences in more than 180 countries. The
PHMD division oversees PPC’s home entertainment and transactional
digital distribution activities worldwide. The division is
responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of home
entertainment content on behalf of Paramount Pictures, Paramount
Animation, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, MTV, Nickelodeon,
Comedy Central and CBS and applicable licensing and servicing of
certain DreamWorks Animation titles. PHMD additionally manages
global licensing of studio content and transactional distribution
across worldwide digital distribution platforms including online,
mobile and portable devices and emerging technologies.
About Dolby Vision
Dolby Vision transforms your TV experience with dramatic
imaging—incredible brightness, contrast, and color that bring
entertainment to life before your eyes via OTT online streaming,
Ultra HD Blu-ray, broadcast, and gaming applications.
About Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos delivers moving audio – sound that can be precisely
placed and moved anywhere in three-dimensional space, including
overhead. It brings entertainment alive all around the audience in
a powerfully immersive and emotive experience.
About Dolby Laboratories
Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) creates audio, video, and voice
technologies that transform entertainment and communications in
mobile devices, at the cinema, at home, and at work. For more than
50 years, sight and sound experiences have become more vibrant,
clear, and powerful in Dolby. For more information, please visit
www.dolby.com.
Dolby, Dolby Atmos, and the double-D symbol are registered
trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Dolby Vision is a trademark of
Dolby Laboratories. All other trademarks remain the property of
their respective owners. DLB-G
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Dolby LaboratoriesGrace Qaqundah,
+1-415-558-0315Grace-Ellen.Qaqundah@dolby.comorParamount Home Media
DistributionBrenda Ciccone,
+1-323-956-8091Brenda_Ciccone@Paramount.com
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