FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, April 6, 2005
Widevine® Technologies Selected for ChungHwa Telecom IPTV Subscriber Expansion
ChungHwa Purchases an Additional 500,000 Downloadable Virtual Smart Cards from Widevine
Seattle, WA, April 6, 2005 –Widevine® Technologies, the most widely deployed provider of content security solutions to the video over IP market, today announced that it has signed an Agreement to secure video distribution for Taiwan's state-owned ChungHwa Telecom with Widevine Cypher®, a comprehensive conditional access and digital rights management solution. Cypher supports ChungHwa's ambitious expansion of its Interactive TV service called Multimedia on Demand (MOD).
ChungHwa Telecom's MOD project, one of the largest IPTV deployments in the world, offers True Video-on-Demand (TVOD), Near VOD (NVOD), Karaoke-on-Demand and linear broadcast channels. Its MOD expansion project will add another 500,000 subscribers to the current MOD subscriber base.
The MOD expansion project will feature two additional head ends. For the project, Widevine will deploy with two middleware providers—Orca and Alcatel—and four set-top boxes from three manufacturers: Pace, Foxconn and Hwacom/Setabox.
"Widevine is extremely pleased to support ChungHwa’s rapid expansion in the digital video market," said Brian Baker, President and CEO of Widevine. "This is a company that has been strategic and methodical in its video deployment right from the beginning. It is no surprise that ChungHwa now boasts one of the largest such deployments in the world."
"Widevine provides us with a precise technological fit for our requirements," stated Dr. Chain-Chin Yen, ChungHwa Telecom MOD Director. "The strong combination of leading edge technology and Widevine's good relationship with Hollywood places them at the top in the field."
Under the terms of the Agreement, ChungHwa Telecom has licensed Widevine Cypher from Mediascape, Widevine's distributor in Taiwan. Mediascape, Widevine's sales agent in Taiwan, secured the Agreement. Gino Gau, President of Mediascape, commented: "ChungHwa's MOD project requires best of breed technologies and Widevine proved to have exactly what it takes. The Virtual SmartCard is the obvious answer to maintaining and operating a secure content delivery system. The selection of the Cypher Suite is a testament to Widevine's position as the leading vendor of next generation conditional access and digital rights management. It is also proof of ChungHwa's dedication to delivering a quality service to its customers.
About ChungHwa Telecom
Headquartered in Taipei, ChungHwa Telecom Co., Ltd. has been providing Taiwan with telecommunications services, including telephone, mobile, leased-line, Internet access, and other services for over 50 years. ChungHwa Telecom currently provides ADSL services to over 1,200,000 customers and expects to reach 2,000,000 this year. ChungHwa Telecom's English website is http://www.cht.com.tw/CHTFinalE/Web/.
About Mediascape Corp.
Mediascape Corp. was established in 2003. Mediascape is a private company under laws of Republic of China. Mediascape focuses on the agency and technology integration of products related to multimedia video services. Mediascape has a strong software development team providing value-added applications on leading edge video solution products. For more information please visit www.mediascape.com.tw.
About Widevine Technologies, Inc.
Widevine supplies comprehensive conditional access and digital rights management to Telco, Cable, and Satellite Operators to enable their deployment of Interactive Television services such as Digital Broadcast, VOD and PVR.
Widevine is the inventor of the Virtual SmartCard: a cost-effective method of securing high value content, including that produced by Hollywood. Widevine insures that viewed content is paid for and only used for its intended purpose. Widevine's products secure video services (VOD, digital broadcast channels, etc.) over cable, satellite, xDSL (Telco), and Fiber optic networks. Comprised of world-class engineers and experts in security and encryption based in Seattle, WA.
The Widevine Cypher® Suite and implementation services enables an operator to obtain premium On-Demand titles. Cypher Suite contains Patent pending technologies for VOD (Cypher VOD™), digital broadcast (Cypher Broadcast™), conditional access/digital rights management (Cypher CA™) and Digital Copy Protection™ (Cypher DCP™). For more information see Widevine Technologies at www.widevine.com. Widevine has one patent issued and 22 pending.
Media Contact:
Eric Moser
Ruder Finn Chicago (for Widevine Technologies)
Tel: +1 312 329 3908
mosere@ruderfinn.com
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