NEWS RELEASECOMPREHENSIVE RESOLUTION OF PATENT ISSUE RELATING TO
CS 4K DIGITAL TELEVISION BROADCASTINGULDAGE and SKY Perfect Entertainment Corporation, a CS 4K Digital TelevisionBroadcaster, Agree on Execution of License Agreement
January 26, 2024
ULDAGE Inc.
ULDAGE Inc., the patent pool license administrator, is pleased to announce that,
SKY Perfect Entertainment Corporation, a CS 4K digital television broadcaster, andULDAGE, after long-held negotiations, have executed license agreement for essentialpatents relating to CS 4K digital television broadcasting.
Advanced Narrowband CS 4K digital television broadcasting which started in Japan in
March 2015 and Advanced Broadband CS 4K digital television broadcasting which startedin Japan in December 2018 (hereinafter collectively referred to as “CS 4K digital televisionbroadcasting”), is provided in conformity with the commonly known as ARIB Standards
established through discussions among the participating members of The Association ofRadio Industries and Businesses (ARIB). The Standards reflect technologies, suggestions,and ideas of numerous broadcasters, device manufacturers, and other concerned parties,and consequently, there is a wide variety of patent holders involved in such technologies,
and a large number of essential patents are also involved.
Unless appropriate measures are taken to tackle this kind of complex patent issue, thestandards themselves or the growth of CS 4K digital television broadcasting business itself
could be negatively affected.
ULDAGE was established in July 2006 in order to resolve such patent issue and promote
the growth of the digital television broadcasting system by gathering various essential
patents relating to digital television broadcasting in one place and then licensing them asa package through the commonly known as patent pooling method.
At present, ULDAGE has pooled approximately 660 essential patents held by 19 patent

holders. Under the CS 4K digital television license program intended for receivers, which
was implemented back in 2017, 85 licensee companies manufacture and sell such devices,and the program has contributed greatly to the establishment of the environment for thepromotion of the CS 4K digital televisions which are capable to receive high resolution 4K
digital television broadcasting in addition to existing 2K digital television broadcasting.
Digital television broadcasting cannot be realized unless both ends exist: the broadcasters
which send signals that comply with the ARIB Standards and the television receivers
which receive such signals.
Consequently, ULDAGE has long pursued negotiations with the representatives of thetelevision broadcasters to materialize the license program for digital television
broadcasting. The recent execution of license agreements with a CS 4K digital television
broadcaster, following the license agreements with 129 terrestrial digital television
broadcasters concluded in March 2013, as well as those with 19 BS digital television
broadcasters concluded in September 2015, as well as those with 21 CS digital

television

broadcasters concluded in April 2018, and with 9 BS 4K digital television broadcasters
concluded in December 2022, are groundbreaking in that the broadcasters will now
reward the patent holders, namely, the developers of the relevant technologies, bydirectly bearing an appropriate proportion of royalties for the use of such technologies.
As a result, the broadcasters will be able to conduct their broadcasting businesses without
any concern over the issue of CS 4K digital television broadcasting related essential
patents pooled with ULDAGE. ULDAGE shall contribute to maintain the culture of fairsharing of royalties among the implementers.

About ULDAGE Inc.
ULDAGE Inc. was established in July 2006 for the purpose of providing tools forrevitalizing business by creating a competitive environment through collaboration andresolution of patent issues in this complex digital age. ULDAGE Inc. undertakes its
business by granting licenses for essential patents held by multiple parties in a single
package (by the patent pooling method) which offers convenience to both patent
holders and business operators.

Location:

Yusen Building, 2-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Phone:+81-(0)3-6256-0150

President & CEO:

Shuichi Endo

Stated Capital:

60,000,000 yen

Shareholders:

JVC KENWOOD Corporation

14.29%

Maxell, Ltd.

14.29%

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

14.29%

Panasonic Holdings Corporation

14.29%

Sharp Corporation

14.29%

Sony Group Corporation

14.29%

Toshiba Corporation

14.29%

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