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Author Topic: It's Official: Dolby now owns Doremi Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-04-2014 11:06 AM                     Just received the release today. Dolby now, officially, owns Doremi. Furthermore, all Doremi product will be branded Dolby going forward (existing stock will not be re-badged but new stock will carry the Dolby name). So who is the #1 server company now?  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 11-04-2014 12:01 PM                     I just wonder which font they'll use on the new gear.  |  IP: Logged Ken Lackner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1907 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 11-04-2014 12:04 PM                     Are they going to maintain the Doremi product line? What about offices and support staff?  |  IP: Logged Mitchell Dvoskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1869 From: West Milford, NJ, USA Registered: Jan 2001 posted 11-04-2014 12:16 PM                     I would suspect that they will take what they want from the Doremi hardware/software and incorporate it into their products, eventually discontinuing the Doremi. Time will tell. Sony has not had a good track record of maintaining separate brands, especially in the professional products divisions.  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 11-04-2014 12:45 PM                     I did not realise that new Doremi servers will be Dolby branded!  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-04-2014 01:43 PM                     For now...they are maintaining both product lines. I would suspect that there would be a merging of them in time, however. As for staff...again, from what I hear...both are still on but again, I would have to think that there would be a consolidation.  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 11-04-2014 07:02 PM                     more software RAIDs... - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Marcel Birgelen Film God Posts: 3357 From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 11-04-2014 07:07 PM                     For a storage device, like a NAS, that has nothing else to do besides "storing stuff" and putting it on the network, I don't really mind software RAID. Actually, there are several software RAID systems like ZFS already outperforming many entry- and mid-sized hardware storage solutions. But for a box (a playout server would probably qualify) that has a lot more to do, hardware RAID should still be preferable.  |  IP: Logged Jarod Reddig Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 513 From: Hays, Ks Registered: Jun 2011 posted 11-05-2014 01:31 AM                     All be damn. I wonder why Doremi wanted to sell? Must of been a great offer.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 11-05-2014 01:58 AM                     Definitely will give GDC a run for its money ....  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 11-07-2014 06:59 AM                     http://www.dcinematoday.com/dc/extURLs.aspx?id=417 --- (Reuters) - Dolby Laboratories (DLB.N) on Monday received EU clearance for its acquisition of digital cinema technology group Doremi, the European Commission said. The Commission, which acts as the competition watchdog in the 28-member bloc, said that while there was overlap between the two companies in the digital cinema servers business, the merger did not distort the market. "The proposed transaction would not lead to any anti-competitive effects because of the presence of alternative suppliers, the fast-moving nature of the market and the ease of switching for customers," the Commission said in a statement on Monday. In February, Dolby said it had agreed to acquire Doremi for $92.5 million in cash and $20 million in contingent consideration. (Reporting by Robert-Jan Bartunek; editing by Adrian Croft) --- No anti-competitive effects... well, as a matter of fact, in some areas of the world there is only Dolby or Doremi to choose from, I have yet to see a Qube or GDC in the wild around here. Meanwhile, Doremi already adjusted their support contacts to reflect the final aquisition: http://support.doremitechno.org/index.php/news/news-letter/630-doremi-dolby-support-comtacts --- AMERICAS Please contact the Americas support team by phone at +1-415-645-4900. At the prompt, please select option 3 for cinema support, and then select option 1 for Dolby product support or option 2 for Doremi product support. In addition, you can send an email to the Americas support team: Doremi products: doremisupport@dolby.com Dolby products: customersupport@dolby.com EMEA Please contact the EMEA support team by phone at +44-1793-842-130. At the prompt, please select option 3 for cinema support, and then select option 1 for Dolby product support or option 2 for Doremi product support. In addition, you can create a case on the Doremi support portal: http://support.doremitechno.org/ticketing You can send an email to the EMEA support team: Doremi products: doremisupportemea@dolby.com Dolby products: customersupport@dolby.com APAC Please contact the APAC support team by phone at + 86-10-5910-3066. At the prompt, please select option 3 for cinema support, and then select option 1 for Dolby product support or option 2 for Doremi product support. In addition, you can send an email to the APAC support team: Doremi products: doremisupportasia@dolby.com Dolby products: customersupport@dolby.com JAPAN Please contact the Japan support team by phone at + 86-10-5910-3066. At the prompt, please select option 3 for cinema support, and then select option 1 for Dolby product support or option 2 for Doremi product support. In addition, you can send an email to the Japan support team: Doremi products: doremisupportjapan@dolby.com Dolby products: customersupport@dolby.com These contacts can assist with technical issues, return material authorization (RMA), software downloads, Doremi license message (DLM) generation, and general questions. In addition, for Dolby products, the customer can log a case on the Dolby support portal at www.dolbycustomer.com or send an email to the support team at customersupport@dolby.com. ============================================================== WHOM DO I CONTACT FOR SUPPORT FOR MY BROADCAST PRODUCTS? AMERICAS Please contact the Americas support team by phone at +1-415-645-4900. At the prompt, please select option 2 for broadcast support, and then select option 1 for Dolby product support or option 2 for Doremi product support. In addition, you can send an email to the Americas support team: Doremi products: doremisupport@dolby.com Dolby products: broadcastsupport@dolby.com EMEA Please contact the EMEA support team by phone at +44-1793-842-130. At the prompt, please select option 2 for broadcast support, and then select option 1 for Dolby product support or option 2 for Doremi product support In addition, you can create a case on the Doremi support portal: http://support.doremitechno.org/ticketing You can send an email to the EMEA support team: Doremi products: doremisupportemea@dolby.com Dolby products: broadcastsupport@dolby.com APAC Please contact the APAC support team by phone at + 86-10-5910-3066. At the prompt, please select option 2 for broadcast support, and then select option 1 for Dolby product support or option 2 for Doremi product support. In addition, you can send an email to the APAC support team: Doremi products: doremisupportasia@dolby.com Dolby products: broadcastsupport@dolby.com JAPAN Please contact the Japan support team by phone at + 86-10-5910-3066. At the prompt, please select option 2 for broadcast support, and then select option 1 for Dolby product support or option 2 for Doremi product support. In addition, you can send an email to the Japan support team: Doremi products: doremisupportjapan@dolby.com Dolby products: broadcastsupport@dolby.com These contacts can assist with technical issues, RMA, software downloads, DLM generation, and general questions. In addition, for Dolby products, the customer can log a case on the Dolby support portal at www.dolbycustomer.com or send an email to the support team at customersupport@dolby.com --- - Carsten  |  IP: Logged

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