DRM (Digital Rights Management) News

Digital Asset Management Revenue Will Triple by 2013
Jun 17, 2008 – Global revenue from digital asset management (DAM) solutions is expected to triple by 2013, according to a new forecast released by ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Conditional Access, Content Protection, DRM, Market Research

NDS Tops New Digital Rights Management Vendor Matrix Ranking
Jun 6, 2008 – NDS has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research. Widevine and Verimatrix claimed the second and third spots in the company's new evaluation of worldwide Digital Rights Management (DRM) vendors.
News categories: ABI Research, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Market Research

PacketVideo's CORE™ Multimedia Player for Video and Music Powers 10 New Models in NTT DoCoMo 906i & 706i Series
May 27, 2008 – PacketVideo (PV), a subsidiary of NextWave Wireless (NASDAQ: WAVE), has been selected by NTT DoCoMo to power 10 new advanced multimedia player handset options with PV's universal player software, also known as CORE™ multimedia client framework.
News categories: PacketVideo, NTT DoCoMo, DRM, Japan, Media Player, Mobile

MRG's Global IPTV Market Leaders Report Reflects Market Resilience
May 13, 2008 – The new worldwide IPTV Forecast from MRG, Inc. confirms that the increased revenues of Telcos and IPTV Operators remain in positive financial territory, and are not negatively impacted by the global turmoil in the credit, oil and housing sectors.
News categories: MRG, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Denmark - YouSee to launch 16 channels on Web TV
May 6, 2008 – YouSee has launched a Web TV product with access to 16 channels. TV content is streamed directly to the computer via a broadband connection. The service is protected with Microsoft's Windows Media DRM.
News categories: TDC, Broadband, Denmark, Digital TV, DRM, Streaming

NDS Group plc Reports Third Quarter Results
May 1, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced its operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008. NDS had 86.9 million active digital TV smart cards, 83.1 million cumulative middleware clients deployed and 12.1 million cumulative DVR clients deployed.
News categories: NDS Group, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVR, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

Widevine Secures Digital Media Delivery and Playback on Archos Portable Video Players
Mar 12, 2008 – Widevine® Technologies has announced it now secures motion pictures, episodic TV and music on the Archos line of portable video players and WiFi digital video recorders.
News categories: Widevine, Archos, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Smart Home, Tablet, Video Exchange

Verimatrix Extends Premium Video Delivery Options with Next-Generation ViewRight PC Player
Mar 10, 2008 – Verimatrix has announced the availability of ViewRight™ PC Player 2.0 - a next generation IP client application that incorporates advanced Digital Video Recorder (DVR) functionality, mirroring the best time shifting features on TVs.
News categories: Verimatrix, Digital TV, DRM, Media Player, Streaming, Video Exchange

Conditional Access Revenues to Approach $1.4 Billion This Year
Mar 7, 2008 – Conditional access - the protection of multimedia content by requiring consumers to meet certain criteria for access - is set to generate revenues approaching $1.4 billion this year.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DRM, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite