http://www.widevine.com/news.xml Widevine in the News http://www.widevine.com/pr/183_qtv_partnership.html http://www.widevine.com/pr/183_qtv_partnership.html Widevine and Qtv, Inc. today announced that they will partner to bring Widevine’s video optimization and multiplatform Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology to the Qtv Internet TV Media Player for the television, mobile phone and personal computer. Qtv also leverages the Sony PlayStation 2 (PS2), the world’s most popular game console, as a TV set-top box. The combination of Widevine’s industry leading technologies and Qtv’s media player will enable content providers to rapidly expand the distribution of their content to new devices and customers. http://www.widevine.com/pr/182_60th_patent.html http://www.widevine.com/pr/182_60th_patent.html Widevine today announced the company has reached a patenting milestone by logging its 60th patent issued worldwide. “System, Method, and Apparatus for Securely Providing Content Viewable on a Secure Device” (U. S. Patent 7,640,435), covers technologies that allow consumers to enjoy High Definition (HD) entertainment securely over the Internet. http://www.widevine.com/pr/181_red_herring.html http://www.widevine.com/pr/181_red_herring.html Widevine® today announced that the company has been selected for Red Herring’s Global 100, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from North America, Europe and Asia. http://www.widevine.com/pr/180_rovi.html http://www.widevine.com/pr/180_rovi.html Widevine® today announced that it will be collaborating with Rovi Corporation to make Widevine’s adaptive streaming, interactive DVD/Blu-ray features and DRM technologies available in CE devices powered by Rovi’s TotalGuide. http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=185836&site=cdn http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=185836&site=cdn Widevine announces that Blockbuster will use Widevine's DRM and video optimizationas a part of its BLOCKBUSTER On Demand Service to deliver a high-quality entertainment experience to internet-connected retail consumer electronic devices. http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/12/widevine_to_grow_with_new_15_million_venture_round.html http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/12/widevine_to_grow_with_new_15_million_venture_round.html Widevine disclos[es] that Liberty Global -- the international cable company -- Samsung Ventures -- the venture arm of the South Korean electronics giant -- and a third undisclosed company have led a $15 million investment in the company. http://www.widevine.com/pr/179_blockbuster.html http://www.widevine.com/pr/179_blockbuster.html Widevine, provider of multiplatform, multiformat DRM and video optimization solutions, and Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE: BBI) (NYSE: BBI.B), a global leader in entertainment, today announced that Blockbuster will use Widevine’s DRM and video optimization as a part of its BLOCKBUSTER On Demand® Service to deliver a high-quality entertainment experience to internet-connected retail consumer electronic devices. Widevine’s software is natively supported in nearly all major brands of retail consumer electronics. http://www.widevine.com/pr/178_investment.html http://www.widevine.com/pr/178_investment.html Widevine®, a provider of digital entertainment solutions, today 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. Widevine plays a central role in the delivery of video to Internet-connected retail consumer electronics and the “TV Everywhere” strategies of cable, satellite and telephone companies. http://www.widevine.com/pr/177_ibc_preview.html http://www.widevine.com/pr/177_ibc_preview.html Widevine, provider of digital media solutions for the delivery of digital entertainment to any device, will demonstrate how its DRM and video optimization solutions enable video operators to deliver a branded, high quality entertainment offering to internet-connected consumer platforms, such as Blu-ray players, televisions and iPhones. http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6673607.html?rssid=207 http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6673607.html?rssid=207 This article explains how Widevine's Adaptive Streaming technology enables Sonic to stream films in 1080p resolution with seamless playback. http://www.widevine.com/pr/176_sonic_hd_streaming.html http://www.widevine.com/pr/176_sonic_hd_streaming.html Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC) today announced Sonic CineVision® Adaptive HD, a next-generation encoding, multiplexing, streaming and decoding system designed specifically to deliver the highest quality HD video possible to internet-connected CE devices. CineVision Adaptive HD leverages Sonic's CineVision HD encoding system, currently used for Hollywood Blu-ray title production, and Widevine's extensive expertise in adaptive streaming. The solution makes it possible for premium content, including 3D entertainment, to be encoded to Blu-ray Disc resolution at 1080p while still enabling automatic broadband scalability to ensure buffer-free playback. http://www.cable360.net/technology/news/36806.html http://www.cable360.net/technology/news/36806.html Sonic Solutions and Widevine have announced they are enabling the delivery of premium movies on USB flash memory devices. Widevine is providing Hollywood-approved digital rights management technologies to enable secure multiplatform playback. http://www.widevine.com/pr/175_sonic_usb_flash_media_drive.html http://www.widevine.com/pr/175_sonic_usb_media_flash_drive.html Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC) and Widevine today announced they are enabling the delivery of premium movies on USB flash memory devices. The self-contained CinemaNow USB Movie Drives™ will include an integrated media player as well as the necessary video codecs to enable instant high-quality PC playback of movie content offline. http://www.contentinople.com/author.asp?section_id=450&doc_id=179006 http://www.contentinople.com/author.asp?section_id=450&doc_id=179006 This article discusses how Best Buy and Sonic Solutions/CinemaNow content will leverage Widevine's digital rights management (DRM) technology to secure content across multiple devices. By doing so, Best Buy could enable a consumer to buy a title once, either through its online store or through a CinemaNow-connected device, and watch it on multiple platforms. http://www.widevine.com/pr/174_sync_iphone.html http://www.widevine.com/pr/174_sync_iphone.html Widevine® today announced Synchronous Communications Co. has become a licensed reseller of Widevine DRM and Adaptive Streaming for the Apple® iPhone. http://www.contentinople.com/author.asp?section_id=450&doc_id=177736 http://www.contentinople.com/author.asp?section_id=450&doc_id=177736 When Best Buy opens its new online video store, the movies sold through the service will be secured with digital rights management (DRM) software from Widevine. http://www.widevine.com/pr/173_sonic.html http://www.widevine.com/pr/173_sonic.html Widevine® and Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC) announced a value added reseller agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Widevine adaptive streaming, interactive DVD/Blu-ray features and DRM will be used to help facilitate Roxio® CinemaNow® digital entertainment experiences on broadband-enabled consumer electronics (CE). http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/business/media/30cable.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/business/media/30cable.html This article discusses whether or not the television industry has made a good business decision by making shows available online for free. Brian Baker, Widevine CEO, comments that advertisers are not willing to pay top dollar for content delivered over the Internet to PCs and that this could jeopardize the relationship networks have with cable and satellite providers. http://www.widevine.com/pr/172_patent.html http://www.widevine.com/pr/172_patent.html Widevine Technologies announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has reconfirmed the validity of many claims of Widevine’s U.S. Patent No. 7,165,175. Verimatrix had previously asked the USPTO to reexamine that patent based on additional prior art. The USPTO issued a ruling last week confirming that twenty-two claims of that patent remain valid. It is continuing to consider other claims.