Comments on: DivX Unmuzzled – The Quiet Period Ends

By: PS3 Slim Deals

PS3 Slim Deals — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:08:27 +0000

Support for the MPEG 4 codec is in fact not the same thing as the PS3 supporting DivX!

By: Davis Freeberg’s Digital Connection - DivX Goes To Wall St - Updates Investors At JP Morgan Global Tech Conference

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:04:19 +0000

[...] During his presentation, Tanner gave a great rundown on the different moving pieces that make up DivX’s business model. He told investors that their codec has now been disseminated over 240 million times. On it’s own, this number is impressive, but it’s even more remarkable when you consider that when they first filed their S1 to go public, they referenced 180 million downloads. When they filed their first earnings report, they had hit the 200 million download mark and now approximately 6 months later, they are reporting 240 million downloads. While DivX doesn’t necessarily earn any revenue from disseminating their codec, they do have an opportunity to pick up some advertising revenue when people install their media player. Seeing this number continue to increase is also a very good indication that DivX has not only maintained their community over the last year, but have been increasing their relevance as well. [...]

By: Davis Freeberg’s Digital Connection - DivX In The Post Convergence World - An Interview With DivX CEO Jordan Greenhall

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:39:39 +0000

[...] Over the last few months, DivX has undergone a pretty dramatic shift. After years of being a closely held private company known more by the underground P2P community then, by the business suits on Wall St., they thrust the company into a wider spotlight by opening up their books and their business to greater scrutiny when they took the company public in a late summer IPO. With the YouTube craze at a fevered pitch and a mainstream audience beginning to seriously think about video downloadng for the first time, DivX’s timing was impeccable and as a result, they’ve seen their stock rise by approximately 70% since their debut. While the company was able to raise $145 million in cash from the proceeds of their IPO, it wasn’t without a cost. Because they agreed to take cash from the public markets, it means that they now have to publicly update investors on their performance and disclose details that many public companies would be more then happy to keep as trade secrets. When I saw that the company was going public, I siezed on this opportunity to take a look inside a company that I’ve known about for a long time. As a technology enthusiast and a huge video fan, I’ve used their codec for years and was eager to delve into all of the details that leak out during the very public IPO process. [...]

By: Davis Freeberg’s Digital Connection - DivX Declares War On Video On Demand

Davis Freeberg’s Digital Connection - DivX Declares War On Video On Demand — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 04:07:45 +0000

[...] One of the more interesting comments that Tanner made during his presentation, was in regards to the company’s partnership with Google and now YouTube. While it’s been no secret that Google makes up approximately 20% of DivX’s revenue, 17% of that has been from advertising. During the company’s last conference call, DivX CEO Jordan Greenhall had said that while they were optimistic that YouTube would consider using DivX’s codec, their current agreement only extended to Google Video, yet during the presentation Tanner specifically said “YouTube, we believe, is going to be a solid endorsement of DivX Tech, Uh it already is a solid endorsement of DivX technology.” He then went on to add that “Google pays us for the exclusive right to use our website to download their toolbar, in addition to having YouTube recommend DivX on it’s website.” [...]

By: Coleen

Coleen — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:51:58 +0000

Nice site I found â€¦ Plan on coming back later to spend a little time there.

By: LIVEdigitally » Blog Archive » links for 2006-11-01

LIVEdigitally » Blog Archive » links for 2006-11-01 — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:41:13 +0000

[...] My del.icio.us DivX Unmuzzled – The Quiet Period Ends David Freeberg goes deep into DivX. Deep Jive Interests » Fine, But What?s Viral Traffic Worth? Good article dissecting some of the differences between “traffic” and “valuable traffic” iRobot announces "Sentinel" robot army project – Engadget I’m interested in the robot angle, but these look like what I used to make with my Legos – BEFORE MindStorms… Time-lapse software for Canon Digital Cameras Just plain cool. Advertising Age – Better ROI From YouTube Video Than Super Bowl Spot ANY given ad can have a better ROI than a SuperBowl spot – that doesn’t mean they ALL will.more… [...]

By: Plasma Diary - An aggregation of latest updates in Gizmo World! » Davis Freeberg Cover’s DivX’s First Analyst Conference Call

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:04:47 +0000

[...] Davis Freeberg Cover’s DivX’s First Analyst Conference Call By Davis Freebergâ€™s Digital Connection ï¿½ Blog Archive ï¿½ DivX Unmuzzled – The Quiet Period Ends Davis Freeberg covered DivX’s first analyst conference call since going public today. [...]

By: DivX Goes Public « g-WH!Z

DivX Goes Public « g-WH!Z — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:16:37 +0000

[...] You know… I knew I was forgetting something this morning when I walked out of the house… DivX was going public today! How the heck could I forget a thing like that!? Davis Freebergâ€™s Digital Connection Â» Blog Archive Â» DivX Unmuzzled – The Quiet Period Ends [...]

By: Davis Freeberg

Davis Freeberg — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:16:18 +0000

You may be right and with DivX not discussing this on their call, it would certainly seem to support this conclusion. I still think that Microsoft will be making a major mistake if they allow Sony to have DivX and then not support it themselves though. For a lot of consumers, they won’t care, but there is definetely a contingency of gamers who will base their console decisions on this issue. I’m not exactly how to interprete DivX’s support on Soapbox, but it would be consistent with DivX’s strategy of partnering with Photobucket and other video sharing sites to help create DivX content and spread demand for CES equipment that can support it, so perhaps this is a second issue. While I appreciate your pointing out the 360 dashboard upgrade deep down inside I’m still hoping that you are wrong

By: Brian Hoyt

Brian Hoyt — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:56:46 +0000

I think the chances of Divx being directly supported on the Xbox 360 in the next 6 months are pretty slim. I say this because Xbox Live just had its semi-annual upgrade and the 360 Dashboard upgrade is out today. Neither mention divx at all. I don’t think there will be an out of band upgrade for something like divx, so it is now next spring before it could happen. By then Microsoft will see what the PS3 can do and how they need to respond.