Dolby Laboratories, Inc. develops and delivers sound technologies that assist the entertainment creation process and enhance the entertainment experience. Dolby technologies are standard in a range of entertainment platforms. Dolby products are used in movie theatres worldwide and its technologies are used in digital versatile disc (DVD) players and DVD playback software for personal computers. In addition, Dolby Digital is mandated in all North American digital televisions and digital set-top boxes that include Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) television tuners, and is included in high-definition, set-top boxes used for European high-definition television (HDTV) broadcasts. It operates in two segments: licensing its technologies to manufacturers of consumer electronics products, software developers and developers of professional products, and selling its professional products and related production services. In April 2007, the Company acquired BrightSide Technologies Inc.

2008-07-05