Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Thomson Licensing, Toshiba Corporation and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment decided to put all licensing right into a single "pot", making easier for companies willing to offer a products featuring a BD drive to avid running from one right owner to the next one to pay royalties. Toshiba will be the licensing office and a single procedure for client will give them the opportunity for licensing all BD linked technologies: media, player, burner, encoding/decoding, etc. Hereafter is the list of royalties for each product:
Of course, this is higher than the current prices for DVD-linked technology, however for BD, companies still have to cash back investment in R&D. Apple might not have so many excuse anymore to further delay adoption of BD drive in our Mac, except the long lasting conflict with the ACSS LA...
