TORONTO, Aug. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tri-Vision International Ltd./Ltee (TSX:TVL) today announced that it has licensed its V-chip technology under United States Patent # 5,828,402 (the '402 Patent) to Syntax-Brillian Corporation, Digimedia Technology Co., Ltd., and Taiwan Kolin Company. The license covers all digital receiver products produced for sale in the United States. The license is valid through the expiration of the patent in 2016. Syntax-Brillian licensed the Company's Canadian Patent in February of this year.
In Tri-Vision's growing licensee family 28 companies have been awarded a U.S. License. Other companies which have acquired V-chip licenses for Tri-Vision's U.S. '402 Patent include: LG Electronics, Hitachi, Sharp, Pioneer, Funai, Orion, Korat Denki, World Electric, Eastech, Erae Electronics, Seiko Epson, Shenzhen KXD, Optoma, Coretronic, Akai, Chunghwa, NEC, Humax, Viewsonic, Shinco, Lite-On and a number of major corporations, including Dell Inc., have committed to selling televisions under Tri-Vision's license.
As part of the transition to a digital television broadcast system in the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has mandated phased-in rules to ensure that the V-chip can respond to any rating system changes in all digital television receiver products by March 1, 2007. Tri-Vision's open V-chip (also known as V-chip 2.0) is the only known patented technology capable of accepting modified or new rating systems. The FCC ruling took effect on March 15, 2006.
About Syntax-Brillian Corporation:
Syntax-Brillian Corporation (http://www.syntaxbrillian.com/) is one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of LCD and LCoS(TM) HDTVs and digital entertainment products. The Company's lead products include its Olevia brand (http://www.olevia.com/) of widescreen HDTV Ready and HD-built-in LCD TVs -- one of the fastest growing global TV brands -- and its Gen II LCoS(TM) 720p and 1080p rear-projection HDTVs for the high-end video/audio market. Syntax-Brillian's global supply chain, Asian operations and North American sales channels position the Company as a market leader in consumer and high-end HDTV and digital entertainment products.
About Tri-Vision:
Tri-Vision International Ltd/Ltee is a public company founded in 1986. Shares of the Company trade on Canada's Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol TVL. Tri-Vision operates two wholly-owned subsidiaries: Tri-Vision Electronics Inc. and Think Broadband Solutions Inc.
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