On January 13, 2004 it acquired the intellectual property for multi-layer optical discs from MultiDisc Ltd. and TriGM International S.A, and became headquartered in London.

[1] On June 14, 2005, Rupert Snow became chairman, and Mahesh Jayanarayan became chief executive officer, replacing interim CEO Irene Kuan.

Levich had a long history of developing multi-layer formats, such as the fluorescent multilayer disc of Constellation 3D.

[2] In December 2005, NME announced an agreement with Chinese-based company E-World which was developing a similar format called Enhanced Versatile Disc.

[3] At CeBIT in March 2006, NME demonstrated a prototype VMD player and announced that it was expecting to launch the format in the third quarter of 2006.

[5] At the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association trade show in September 2007, NME exhibited two players set for release in October 2007.

In January 2007, Toshiba announced development on a triple layer HD DVD (TL51) that would have had a capacity of 51 GB.