InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[artk]

Thanks NukeJohn. Google's already been working on compression, maybe they see some synergies with IDCC's technology.

Below are a couple of links, and also the text from Shuttleworth's interview.


Google Acquires Video Compression Technology Company On2
http://techcrunch.com/2009/08/05/google-acquires-video-compression-technology-company-on2-for-106-million/


Google announces WebP image compression format to lighten JPEG’s load up to 40%
http://www.geek.com/articles/news/google-announces-webp-image-compression-format-to-lighten-jpegs-load-up-to-40-2010101/


Shuttleworth Interview
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They invented some technology around video compression that we saw in Barcelona and we think it could be very disruptive. They can compress compressed video. Now, when Sandvine tells the world that 1% of Netflix subscribers represent 20% of mobile data capacity, video is a big problem. And we think that Interdigital might have a solution for that. They're in trials already, they don't know how they're going to make money off of it yet, but they will soon and we think it's a pretty good play. If you can reduce the band width of a movie by 20 times you've got a pretty big impact. That's a silver bullet.