Motorola (NYSE:MOT) today announced it will add multiple high-definition (HD) MPEG-4 AVC encoding channels at the HBO Latin America Group (LAG) digital transmission facility located in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The new channels will integrate with HBO-LAG’s existing Motorola MPEG-2 modular system to facilitate the rapid deployment of HBO’s new HD services.

At this year's NAB Radio Show(R), Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) will showcase real-world applications of Dolby(R) Pro Logic(R) II audio technology.

Microsoft Corp. today announced that its trademarked HDi™ logo will soon appear on all Toshiba HD DVD players. In addition, Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment will include the HDi logo on packaging for HD DVD movie titles beginning in the fourth quarter of this year.

Tektronix, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced today that the IRT, the Institut fuer Rundfunktechnik in Munich, Germany, has installed the Tektronix PQA500, a next generation picture quality analysis tool, to speed up its HD quality evaluation process and to significantly expand its HD reference toolset.

DIRECTV, the nation's leading satellite television provider, ends the summer on a high note with the exclusive HD broadcast of the premiere of Disney Channel's hit movie High School Musical 2 on August 24 at 6 p.m., 9 p.m., and midnight EST. Only DIRECTV customers can watch the three screenings in HD, with 5.1 digital audio, by tuning into DIRECTV's original entertainment channel, The 101.