SecureMedia Enters New Phase of Growth with Acquisition by Cavalier Telephone and TV

NATICK, MA and RICHMOND, VA USA — SecureMedia, the industry leader and most experienced source for digital media protection is now the strongest, financially and strategically, having been acquired by Cavalier Telephone and TV, the largest full-service competitive communications provider in the United States. SecureMedia will remain an independent company, servicing current customers while pursuing new worldwide opportunities that require innovative, cost-effective digital content security. The company will also provide technology and services to advance Cavalier Telephone and TV’s new business developments and long-term strategy.

Cavalier entered the telecommunications industry offering local and long-distance voice products. However, Cavalier gained strides by offering the nation’s first MPEG-4/IPTV network (Digital TV) and by leveraging its billion-dollar fiber network to offer the nation’s fastest broadband access (15Mbs downloads) to business and residential customers far below the price charged by cable and monopoly-telephone companies.

“When Cavalier first set out to deliver advanced, custom-branded, interactive IPTV services as an affordable alternative to cable or satellite TV, we examined and scrutinized several DRM technologies since media protection is a requirement to license and deliver premium Hollywood content and broadcast pay TV. Only SecureMedia’s Encryptonite ONE™ System provided the required security, flexibility and scalability needed for our rapidly growing network,” said Brad Evans, Executive Chairman of Cavalier Telephone and TV. “In addition to servicing our existing security needs, SecureMedia’s portfolio of content protection solutions will be an important component of our broader broadcast future strategies.”

With a 10-year history of leadership and innovation, SecureMedia offers a wide range of digital content security solutions, enabling operators to fulfill consumer’s demand for secure, yet unobtrusive, high quality entertainment at home or on the road. Its flagship product, the Encryptonite ONE™ System, delivers the most comprehensive, cost effective and portable open platform CA/DRM (conditional access/digital rights management) available today for IPTV Networks. Approved by all Hollywood studios and major TV broadcasters, this proven system allows telcos and broadband operators to acquire distribution rights to the most compelling broadcast channels and VOD programming while offering them low cost implementation and operation.

“This strategic acquisition is an enormous win for SecureMedia, our customers and, of course, Cavalier,” said Fred Ellis, CEO of SecureMedia. “It not only allows us to continue providing superior content protection and services to our customers, SecureMedia is able to pursue new business opportunities and market segments with truly innovative products that protect converged media distribution. And with Cavalier at the forefront of the IPTV industry, SecureMedia can dynamically experience and fully understand the IPTV ecosystem needs of Telco marketplace and address those needs with advanced, flexible security solutions.”