Milestones
| 1993 | Universal Studios and Steven Spielberg fund DTS
Dan Slusser and Joe Fischer become key partners in the launch of DTS DTS debuts its revolutionary 5.1 sound system in 876 theaters with release of Jurassic Park |
| 1994 | DTS opens its European Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium |
| 1996 | DTS receives an Academy Award for the design and development of the DTS Digital Sound System
Dan Slusser retires from Universal Studios, joins DTS as Vice Chairman & CEO DTS Introduces Coherent Acoustics for the Consumer Market |
| 1997 | DTS opens office in Tokyo, Japan
DTS launches DTS Entertainment, a record label dedicated to producing high-quality channel music |
| 1999 | DTS relocates its European Headquarters to Twyford, England
DTS establishes licensing agreements with most major consumer electronics manufacturers worldwide DTS opens office in Bangor, Northern Ireland |
| 2000 | DTS introduces DTS-ES delivering, 6.1 channels of discrete audio
DTS Digital Sound is featured on all major Hollywood films Consumer electronics products with DTS decoders surpass ten million |
| 2001 | Company introduces DTS 96/24, offering unprecedented audio quality
DTS enters video game market, bringing its technology to the PlayStation 2 More than 20,000 motion picture screens worldwide utilize DTS digital sound playback systems DTS Cinema Division introduces the DTS-CSS Cinema Subtitling System for hearing impaired and foreign language audiences Dan Slusser becomes Chairman |
| 2002 | 100+ million home, auto and portable entertainment products incorporate DTS trademarks or technology
DTS Entertainment's release of Queen's classic A Night At The Opera becomes the best-selling DVD-Audio title ever Digital Video Broadcasting consortium recognizes DTS technology as a broadcast option DTS opens office in Hong Kong |
| 2003 | DTS celebrates its ten-year anniversary
Joe Fischer joins DTS Board of Directors DTS opens office in Guangzhou, China DTS goes public (Nasdaq: DTSI) 200+ million home, auto and portable entertainment products incorporate DTS trademarks or technology 2004 Acura TL becomes the first automobile with DTS technology as standard feature More than 100 films are released with DTS-CSS captioning and audio description |
| 2004 | DTS and Swedish Radio present the world’s first high-resolution 5.1 live broadcast
DTS adopted for both Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD next generation disc standards DTS purchases Q-Design and establishes DTS Canada ULC |
| 2005 | DTS acquires Lowry Digital Images, an industry leader in image restoration and enhancement
300+ million DTS-licensed consumer electronics products sold worldwide DTS officially changes its name from Digital Theater Systems, Inc. to DTS, Inc. DTS opens office in Vancouver, Canada |
| 2006 | DTS demonstrates DTS-HD Master Audio at CES
DTS opens office in Taipei, Taiwan DTS opens office in Limerick, Ireland |
| 2007 | DTS separates cinema and consumer divisions
DTS technology incorporated in first broadcast system in Norway PS3 ships with DTS technology DTS opens office in Seoul, Korea |
| 2008 | Blu-ray wins format battle
DTS Digital Images divested DTS Digital Cinema sold DTS becomes pure-play IP licensing business DTS acquires Neural Audio and establishes an office in Kirkland, Washington |
| 2009 | DTS Neural technology used for International Superbowl broadcast
DTS opens office in Scotts Valley, California DTS unveils Premium Suite, a new audio platform for PC’s DTS gains majority market share on Blu-ray content DTS moves Headquarters to Calabasas, California DTS-capable headphones appear on the market |
| 2010 | DTS lands first major television deal, Samsung puts DTS in all LCD TV’s
DTS lands first smartphone deal, partners with Pantech to deliver superior audio Dan Slusser retires as Chairman |
| 2011 | DTS stock hits all time high
DTS expands presence in Greater China with the opening of new office in Shenzhen. DTS unveils new animated logo at NAB 2011 in Las Vegas DTS opens new office in Singapore |
| 2012 | DTS acquires SRS Labs DTS acquires Phorus DTS launches Play-Fi™ technology
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