The topic of online video is hotter than ever. Therefore, the moment that the American company
DivX has chosen for the initial issue of shares can be called very successful.
A small San Diego company called DivX (formerly DivXNetworks) is known worldwide as the developer of one of the most popular
MPEG-4 codecs. It receives the bulk of revenue from licensing fees from equipment manufacturers. Now the company
is preparing for an IPO . The company should be listed on the Nasdaq on Friday, September 22, under the ticker “DIVX”.
Due to the initial public offering, it is planned to raise up to $ 104 million. About 27% of DivX shares (9.1 million units) will be thrown at the stock exchange at prices ranging from $ 12 to $ 14. If everything goes according to plan, the total capitalization of the corporation will be about $ 468 million. For comparison, the developer of an alternative online video format,
RealNetworks , has a capitalization of around $ 1.6 billion.