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Sorenson Media Inc.
Sorenson may refer to: * Sorensen, a surname * Sorenson codec Sorenson Media was an American software company specializing in video encoding technology. Established in December 1995 as Sorenson Vision, the company developed technology which was licensed and ultimately acquired from Utah State University. ..., digital video coder-decoder * Sorenson Glacier, Antarctica {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorensen
Sorensen, or Sorenson, is a surname that can be of Danish or Scandinavian origin. The basic derivation is "son of Søren", the Danish variety of the name Severin. The name almost exclusively comes from Danish or Norwegian emigrants named Sørensen who altered the spelling of their names when they moved to countries outside Scandinavia whose orthographies do not use the letter ø. Notable people with this surname include: * Albert Sorensen (born 1932), American politician *Alfred Sorensen, Danish mystic, horticulturalist and writer who lived in Europe, India and the US * Arne Sørensen, Danish politician and writer * Arne Sørensen, Danish footballer and coach *Bill Sorensen, New Zealand rugby league footballer *Charles E. Sorensen, Danish-American, one of the principals of the Ford Motor Company during its first four decades * Christian A. Sorensen (1890-1959), American politician *Dane Sorensen, New Zealand rugby league footballer *Daniel Sorensen, Kansas City Chiefs strong safet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorenson Codec
Sorenson Media was an American software company specializing in video encoding technology. Established in December 1995 as Sorenson Vision, the company developed technology which was licensed and ultimately acquired from Utah State University. The company first announced its codec (compression and decompression tool) at a developer’s preview at MacWorld Expo in January 1997. One of the company's best known products is the Sorenson Video codec licensed to Apple Inc. for their QuickTime 3.0 software. Since its release, Sorenson Media’s video encoding technology was used in Apple's trailer web site and video clips for film studios such as Disney, Lucasfilm, MGM, and Paramount, as well as Apple's iTunes music videos, before the switch to the industry standard H.264 format. The company was led by its chairman and founder James Lee Sorenson; its final president and CEO was Patrick Nola. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October 2018, and was acquired at auction by N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |