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Mobiclip previously Actimagine (pronounced /ˈɑːktɨmədʒiːn/) develops Mobile TV and Mobile VOD software. Mobiclip has patents on its video codecs and DRM technology.
The company's headquarters are located in Paris. It has a subsidiary in Tokyo and offices in Singapore and San Diego, California. Actimagine Corp. is a Delaware registered company.
Some notable customers include Nintendo, Sony Pictures Digital, and Fisher-Price. Nintendo licensed Mobiclip compression technology for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS video game consoles, used by popular games such as Square Enix's Final Fantasy III and Konami's Contra 4; Fisher-Price used them for its Pixter Multi-Media educational toy. Sony Pictures Digital and The Carphone Warehouse used Mobiclip software to deliver TV-like full length movies on MicroSD memory cards for smart phones.
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History
Mobiclip, previously Actimagine was established in March 2003 by a team of engineers and managers. Actimagine started out with mobile gaming consoles. The video compression technology offered by Mobiclip was an optimized response to the battery life and video quality requirements of Nintendo mobile video gaming platforms: Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Advance SP and Nintendo DS.
The Mobiclip codec provides high video quality with low battery consumption and has been selected by major studios, such as Sony Pictures Digital, Paramount, Fox and Gaumont Colombia Tristar Films, and by leading handset manufacturers, such as Nokia or Sony Ericsson, to deliver video on memory cards for mobile phones. In addition, Actimagine has a technology showcase website, www.mobiclip.com, which demonstrates the unique web to mobile platform that can be branded to any website, delivering video content instantly to mobile phones live and on demand.
In April 2006, Actimagine raised €3 million in equity financing from US venture capital firm GRP Partners. This first round of institutional fund raising enabled Actimagine to accelerate its business development in the US and Japan.
In 2008 Mobiclip launched the first application delivering live TV on the Apple iPhone.
Mobiclip Technology
Mobiclip for mobile
Mobiclip was developed with a completely different algorithm from the one used for other video codecs on the market, based on minimal use of the processor resources, allowing battery life to be increased considerably and the cost of the hardware to be reduced.
The codec provides extended battery life and high media quality. It is also simple to use: if the storage medium is a memory card, users just insert the card in the phone and click on an icon to start the video.
Video content can be pre-recorded on a memory card or on a SIM card or downloaded or streamed via a telecom network. For example, the full version of a full length movie can be stored on a 256 MB memory card. For mobile phones equipped with TV output, like the Nokia N95, users are even able to enjoy movies on a television screen, via their mobile phone, without affecting the picture quality. The phone therefore becomes a true video player.
Mobiclip Mobile is available for mobile platforms:
No announcement was made to support theses missing target mobile platforms: Google Android, RIM BlackBerry.
Mobiclip for embedded device
Mobiclip videos sequences may also be available for game consoles (Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo 3DS), as part of a video game.
Mobiclip for PC
Mobiclip HD is available for PC running Windows. It's available as a direct show codec (filter), enabling existing media players such as Windows Media Player to open and play Mobiclip HD content (provided as AVI files). Mobiclip HD live streams are also available.
Mobiclip.com
Actimagine created mobiclip.com to enable users to select and manage video content on the web, synchronize it with the mobile handset, and access it from a mobile phone at the click of a button, all in high definition. Mobiclip.com is available worldwide and accessible via any mobile phone.
References
- Sharp Microelectronics and Actimagine Collaborate to Boost SoC Video Capabilities; Video Decompression Rates Increase Fourfold with Same Power Use (Deal Link)
- Exactmobile Launches Video Ringtones with Mobiclip Technology
- CEO of Mobiclip, Andre Pagnac, comments on the iPhone.
- VP Sales & Marketing of Mobiclip comments on Mobile TV.
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