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In November 2020, Tayloe Stansbury was appointed Kaleidescape's new CEO.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last=Sait|first=Daniel|title=KALEIDESCAPE APPOINTS NEW CEO AND VP OF MARKETING|url=https://essentialinstall.com/news/kaleidescape-appoints-new-ceo-and-vp-of-marketing/|website=Essential Install}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-17|title=Talking with Kaleidescape's New CEO and VP of Marketing|url=https://www.residentialsystems.com/blogs/taking-with-kaleidescapes-new-ceo-and-vp-of-marketing|access-date=2020-12-04|website=Residential Systems|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-17|title=Kaleidescape Names Software Exec as New CEO|url=https://www.cepro.com/audio-video/kaleidescape-names-software-exec-as-new-ceo/|access-date=2020-12-04|website=CEPRO|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kaleidescape Appoints New CEO – Media Play News|url=https://www.mediaplaynews.com/kaleidescape-appoints-new-ceo/|access-date=2021-01-29|language=en-US}}</ref> Norma Garcia-Muro also joined the company as vice president of marketing.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sait|first=Daniel J.|date=2020-11-17|title=Kaleidescape Appoints New CEO and VP of Marketing|url=https://essentialinstall.com/news/kaleidescape-appoints-new-ceo-and-vp-of-marketing/|access-date=2020-12-10|website=Essential Install|language=en-GB}}</ref>
In November 2020, Tayloe Stansbury was appointed Kaleidescape's new CEO.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last=Sait|first=Daniel|title=KALEIDESCAPE APPOINTS NEW CEO AND VP OF MARKETING|url=https://essentialinstall.com/news/kaleidescape-appoints-new-ceo-and-vp-of-marketing/|website=Essential Install}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-17|title=Talking with Kaleidescape's New CEO and VP of Marketing|url=https://www.residentialsystems.com/blogs/taking-with-kaleidescapes-new-ceo-and-vp-of-marketing|access-date=2020-12-04|website=Residential Systems|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-17|title=Kaleidescape Names Software Exec as New CEO|url=https://www.cepro.com/audio-video/kaleidescape-names-software-exec-as-new-ceo/|access-date=2020-12-04|website=CEPRO|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kaleidescape Appoints New CEO – Media Play News|url=https://www.mediaplaynews.com/kaleidescape-appoints-new-ceo/|access-date=2021-01-29|language=en-US}}</ref> Norma Garcia-Muro also joined the company as vice president of marketing.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sait|first=Daniel J.|date=2020-11-17|title=Kaleidescape Appoints New CEO and VP of Marketing|url=https://essentialinstall.com/news/kaleidescape-appoints-new-ceo-and-vp-of-marketing/|access-date=2020-12-10|website=Essential Install|language=en-GB}}</ref>



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Revision as of 12:49, 11 November 2023

Kaleidescape, Inc.
Company typePrivate
FoundedMountain View, California
(February, 2001)
HeadquartersMountain View, California
and Waterloo, Ontario
Key people
Tayloe Stansbury, CEO[1]
Websitekaleidescape.com

Kaleidescape, Inc. is an American multimedia company based in Mountain View, California. Founded in 2001, it designs multi-room home entertainment server systems that store and play back video and audio content (such as movies, television shows, and music) to movie players that can be connected to televisions or projectors.

History

2001-2014; Founding and early history

Kaleidescape was founded in 2001 by Michael Malcolm, Dan Collens, and Cheena Srinivasan. Malcolm had previously founded Network Appliance and CacheFlow.[2] Malcolm self-funded the startup and the company spent over two years developing its technology in "stealth mode".

Kaleidescape originally focused on building home theater movie servers that could store digital copies of customers’ DVD and Blu-ray collections.[3] Its first movie server was introduced in 2003 and allowed customers to import DVD content onto a series of hard drives, utilize the company's movie guide database to identify and sort films, and then present the customer's movie collection in an onscreen user interface.[4]

In 2004, the DVD Copy Control Association, the licensor of CSS (content scramble system), the technology for the copy control of DVDs, sued Kaleidescape for breach of contract. The DVD CCA alleged that its CSS License did not permit Kaleidescape's movie servers to serve DVDs from copies on hard disk.[5] In June 2014, Kaleidescape and DVD CCA reached a settlement agreement and as of 2019, the company had license agreements with 29 studios to allow the purchase and download of content from its movie store.[6] The case, although only for breach of contract and not a copyright case, was considered by some to be an important recent test of fair use precedent,[7] given advancements in technology and the digital media rights field.[8]

2010-2014; Addition of Blu-ray

In 2010, Kaleidescape released its M300 and M500 Blu-ray players as part of its Premiere line for home cinemas.[9] The M500 had Blu-ray copying abilities to allow customers to import Blu-rays, DVDs, and CDs onto home servers.[10] To address the copyright concerns of movie studios, Kaleidescape required the Blu-ray disc to be present when the content was played from the server.[11][12] Later that year, Kaleidescape launched the industry's first Blu-ray server with its release of its new 100-disc Blu-ray vault.[13] The vault, when paired with the M300 or M500 players, could rip, store, and stream copies of Blu-ray movies throughout a home.[13]

Through Kaleidescape's online movie store, which launched in beta in 2012 and officially opened in May 2013,[14] users are able to add high-definition and standard definition movies to their collections instantly.[15] Cinema One allows the storage and playback of up to 100 Blu-ray quality, 600 DVD quality or 6,000 CD quality titles.[16]

2015-present

In 2015, Kaleidescape released the Strato movie player and the Terra movie server.[17] The Strato is a movie-playback device which holds Ultra 4K HDR movies as well as DVD quality movies depending on the model.[18][19][20] The Terra provides computing and caching services to enhance the performance of the Strato, and provides extra storage space for movies purchased from the store.[21] Content for the Strato can be added by downloading movies from the Kaleidescape movie store.[22]

In November 2020, Tayloe Stansbury was appointed Kaleidescape's new CEO.[23][24][25][26] Norma Garcia-Muro also joined the company as vice president of marketing.[27]


References

  1. ^ Prange, Stephanie. "Kaleidescape Appoints New CEO". Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. ^ Healey, Jon (2005-04-18). "Lawsuit may cause DVD jukebox to tilt". Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 2005-04-28. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  3. ^ "Strato Movie Player". Robb Report.
  4. ^ "Kaleidescape Strato 4K Ultra HD Movie Player Review". SoundandVision. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  5. ^ Wong, May (2004-12-08). "Film industry group sues DVD jukebox maker". USA Today. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  6. ^ "Interview: Kaleidescape CEO Discusses Single Room Solutions,HDR10". CEPRO. 2019-05-01. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
  7. ^ Hachman, Mark (2007-03-25). "Can You Legally Rip a DVD? Trial to Test 'Fair Use'". The Industry Standard. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  8. ^ Merritt, Rick (2007-03-16). "Trial Could Test Digital Media Rights". InformationWeek. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  9. ^ "Kaleidescape outs M300 and M500 Blu-ray players, copiers". Engadget. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  10. ^ VanHemert, Kyle. "Kaleidescape M500 Movie Player Rips Blu-Ray Discs". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
  11. ^ "Kaleidescape outs M300 and M500 Blu-ray players, copiers". Engadget. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
  12. ^ Willington, Ray (2010-05-11). "Kaleidescape (Sort Of) Supports Blu-ray On New M300 And M500 Players". HotHardware. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
  13. ^ a b "Kaleidescape launches 100-disc Blu-ray movie server". Engadget. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  14. ^ Lawler, Richard. "Kaleidescape's online video store officially opens, promises Blu-ray quality downloads". Engadget.
  15. ^ Snider, Mike (2013-07-13). "New Movie Server Lets You Watch Films Instantaneously". USA Today. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  16. ^ Dension, Caleb (2013-07-13). "Kaleiedescape Brings Its Exotic Media Servers to Wider Audience with $4,000 Cinema One". Digital Trends. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  17. ^ Jacobson, Julie. "Kaleidescape Tackles Complete 4K Ecosystem with Strato Player and UHD Content". www.cepro.com. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
  18. ^ Meek, Andy (2018-10-24). "Kaleidescape Strato S is the world's best media player". BGR. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
  19. ^ Eberle, Chris (2018-02-05). "Kaleidescape Strato Ultra HD Movie Player Review". HomeTheaterHifi.com. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
  20. ^ "Kaleidescape Strato Movie Player Review | Audio Advice | Audio Advice". www.audioadvice.com. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
  21. ^ "Strato Does 4K". CEPRO.
  22. ^ "Kaleidescape Strato 4K Movie Player Reviewed". HomeTheaterReview.com. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  23. ^ Sait, Daniel. "KALEIDESCAPE APPOINTS NEW CEO AND VP OF MARKETING". Essential Install.
  24. ^ "Talking with Kaleidescape's New CEO and VP of Marketing". Residential Systems. 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  25. ^ "Kaleidescape Names Software Exec as New CEO". CEPRO. 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  26. ^ "Kaleidescape Appoints New CEO – Media Play News". Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  27. ^ Sait, Daniel J. (2020-11-17). "Kaleidescape Appoints New CEO and VP of Marketing". Essential Install. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
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