'Range' of Ultra HD Blu-ray Authoring Tools To Be Showcased at NAB Show, BDA Says

A "range" of authoring tools for next-gen Ultra HD Blu-ray will be on display at next week's NAB Show, Blu-ray Disc Association spokeswoman Heather Gioco said in a Thursday email to reporters. Ultra HD is expected to dominate "much of the conversation" at NAB, just as it did at CES, she said. "The creation and distribution of Ultra HD content will be a critical driver to consumer adoption of the UHD format. To that end, with the licensing of Ultra HD Blu-ray on schedule to begin this summer, the BDA is also working closely with industry leaders in the authoring, testing, certification and replication industries to develop the tools and processes needed to ensure interoperability between players and software and to facilitate the development of a robust ecosystem to support the launch of Ultra HD Blu-ray." LG and Samsung are among the suppliers that have said they plan to introduce Ultra HD Blu-ray players in time for 2015's holiday selling season, assuming licensing of the new format begins on schedule by the summer (see 1409170023).