Digital TV News: Brian Baker

Widevine DRM Selected for BLOCKBUSTER On Demand® Service
Dec 15, 2009 – Widevine and Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI,BBI.B) have announced that Blockbuster will use Widevine's DRM and video optimization as a part of its BLOCKBUSTER On Demand® Service to deliver entertainment to internet-connected retail consumer electronic devices.
News categories: Widevine, Blockbuster, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DRM, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

$15M in Growth Capital for Widevine
Dec 14, 2009 – Widevine has announced that Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA), Samsung Ventures, the venture capital arm of Samsung Group, and a third corporation have become strategic shareholders in the company.
News categories: Widevine, Content Protection, Streaming, Venture Capital

Sonic and Widevine Team to Put Hollywood Hits on USB Flash Media Drives
Jul 23, 2009 – Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC) and Widevine have announced they are enabling the delivery of premium movies on USB flash memory devices. The CinemaNow USB Movie Drives™ will include a media player to enable PC playback of movie content offline.
News categories: Widevine, Sonic Solutions, Digital TV, Media Player, Peripherals / Accessories, Streaming

Sonic Solutions Selects Widevine for Video Optimization and DRM
Jun 8, 2009 – Widevine® and Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC) have announced that Widevine adaptive streaming, interactive DVD/Blu-ray features and DRM will help facilitate Roxio® CinemaNow® digital entertainment on broadband-enabled consumer electronics.
News categories: Widevine, Sonic Solutions, Blu-ray, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVR, Gaming, Media Player, Smart TV, Streaming, Tablet, USA

CinemaNow Selects Widevine® to Enable Multiplatform Content Distribution to Consumer Electronics Devices and PCs
Aug 18, 2008 – Widevine Technologies has announced that it has been selected by CinemaNow to secure multiplatform distribution of CinemaNow content to major consumer electronics (CE) devices and PCs.
News categories: Widevine, CinemaNow, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Gaming, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Tablet, USA

Chunghwa Video Services Demand Explodes with Premium HD and Olympics Content Secured By Widevine
Aug 6, 2008 – Widevine Technologies has announced that Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE: CHT) has purchased an additional 450,000 Cypher® Virtual SmartCard™ clients from Widevine to accommodate rapid expansion and in-home network proliferation with existing subscribers.
News categories: Widevine, Chunghwa Telecom, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Smart Home, Subscribers, Taiwan

Widevine® Secures Viginta's One Way DTT Video Service
Jun 30, 2008 – Widevine has announced that leading Lithuanian multichannel television, telephone and internet service provider Viginta has selected Widevine Cypher to secure content delivered over DTT, hybrid QAM (cable) and IPTV deployments.
News categories: Widevine, Viginta, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Terrestrial

Nortel and Widevine® Give IPTV Providers More Options in Protecting Premium Video Content from Piracy
Oct 22, 2007 – Nortel [NYSE/TSX: NT] and Widevine Technologies have announced that Widevine's content security solution has been integrated into Nortel's IPTV solution to protect telco operators' revenue streams and enable premium content licensing.
News categories: Nortel, Widevine, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Watermarking

Inuk Networks launches world's first PC-based virtual set-top box; delivering a true TV experience to the PC
Sep 7, 2007 – Inuk Networks has announced the commercial launch of its igloo virtual set-top box software product. igloo enables IPTV platform operators to deliver a true television set-top box experience to a desktop or laptop computer or Mac using standards-based, technology-agnostic software.
News categories: Inuk Networks, Widevine, Digital TV, IPTV, Media Player, Middleware, Set Top Box, Software, Streaming, UK