DRM (Digital Rights Management) News

MultiMedia Intelligence Identifies Digital Watermarking & Fingerprinting As Key New Technology Opportunities to Monetize Digital Media
Jan 21, 2008 – MultiMedia Intelligence reports that applications leveraging content identification technologies such as digital watermarking and fingerprinting are growing rapidly and could surpass US$500 million worldwide by 2012.
News categories: MultiMedia Intelligence, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Market Research, Streaming, Watermarking

Arcor Selects VideoGuard® to Secure its New IPTV Service for Germany
Jan 16, 2008 – NDS has announced that Arcor, the second largest telecommunications provider in Germany, has selected NDS VideoGuard® content protection to secure its new IPTV service.
News categories: NDS Group, Arcor, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVR, Germany, IPTV, Set Top Box

Morega Systems and ViXS Systems Partner to Deliver Solutions for Premium Content Portability, Streaming and Monetization
Jan 8, 2008 – Morega Systems has partnered with ViXS Systems to develop products targeted at Satellite, Cable and IPTV operators that will allow for the monetization and portability of premium video content between devices and across IP networks.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Morega Systems, Cable TV, CES2025, Content Distribution, DRM, DVR, IPTV, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

SyncTV Demonstrates Proof-of-Concept Hardware for Viewing HD Downloads on TVs
Jan 7, 2008 – SyncTV will demonstrate a proof-of-concept device that will play downloads, including 1080p HD video content on a television set at this year's CES show.
News categories: SyncTV, CES2025, Digital TV, DRM, Media Player, Streaming, USA

ViXS Debuts Next Generation HD Multi-stream Transcoder/Encoder/Decoder SoC
Jan 3, 2008 – ViXS Systems has announced the North American debut of the XCode™ 3290, the world's most advanced MPEG4 AVC (MPEG4 Part 10/H.264) Transcoder/Encoder/Decoder System-on-a-Chip (SoC).
News categories: ViXS Systems, CES2025, Content Protection, DRM, DVR, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor

Micronas USA Licenses DRM Solution from Elliptic
Dec 11, 2007 – Elliptic Semiconductor and Micronas (Zurich, Switzerland, SWX Swiss Exchange: MASN) have announced that Micronas USA has licensed the digital rights management (DRM) Elliptic security solution for use in its system-on-chips (SoCs) aimed at consumer electronics.
News categories: Micronas, Elliptic Semiconductor, Digital TV, DRM, Licensing, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Smart TV

NXP, iBiquity Drive Multi-Standard Digital Terrestrial Radio in Cars
Dec 11, 2007 – NXP Semiconductors has introduced a multi-standard digital terrestrial radio solution for high-quality analog and digital radio for in-car entertainment, anywhere in the world.
News categories: NXP, iBiquity Digital, Automotive, CES2025, DRM, Mobile, Semiconductor, USA

Irdeto Strengthens Content Security Solutions and Expands Security Portfolio with Acquisition of Cloakware
Dec 4, 2007 – Irdeto, a subsidiary of multinational media group Naspers (JSE: NPN), has announced that it has acquired 100 percent of Cloakware, a privately held software company based in Vienna, Virginia, USA and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
News categories: Irdeto, Cloakware, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, MandA, Mobile, Venture Capital

SecureMedia and BEE MediaSoft Announce Integration of Encryptonite ONE™ System with BEE's Vision TV Platform for Next-Generation IPTV
Nov 20, 2007 – SecureMedia and BEE MediaSoft ("BEE") have announced that SecureMedia's Encryptonite ONE™ CA/DRM System has been seamlessly integrated with BEE's Vision TV Platform, enabling TV service providers to offer enhanced, totally protected digital TV services.
News categories: SecureMedia, BEE MediaSoft, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, IPTV, Middleware, Video Exchange