FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, November 4, 2005

Widevine® Showcases Watermarking and Integration with Leading IPTV Technology Partners at TelcoTV 2005

Additional show highlights include Widevine-sponsored seminar on acquiring and securing content and two presentations by CTO Glenn Morten

Seattle, Wash. Nov. 4, 2005 –Widevine Technologies, the leading provider of comprehensive content protection and digital forensics solutions to video operators, announced today it will highlight integration with best-of-breed IPTV technology partners and sponsor an educational seminar at the TelcoTV 2005 conference and exhibition scheduled for Nov. 9-10 in San Diego, Calif.

Widevine, TVN Entertainment and Motorola will sponsor “Acquiring & Securing Content from Hollywood to the Home,” a seminar for video operators to learn about market dynamics, studio requirements and the steps to license, acquire and secure content for their IPTV deployments. Speakers for the seminar include Doug Light, VP for Sales and Business Development at Widevine; Kurt Heisler, VP of National Accounts at TVN Entertainment; and Bruce Swail, VP and General Manager at Motorola. The seminar is offered Nov. 9 and 10 and is invitation only. For more information, contact: aburrows@widevine.com.

Also at TelcoTV, Glenn Morten, CTO and VP of Engineering, will speak on two panels during the TelcoTV conference:

• Nov. 8, 1:30-3 p.m.: He will participate in Unraveling the Mysteries of Content, moderated by Steve Hawley of Advanced Media Strategies.
• Nov. 9, 4-5:30 p.m.: See Glenn talk about Widevine’s approach to delivering downloadable conditional access and digital rights management (DRM) at Content Protection and DRM: Meeting the Needs of Hollywood, a Technology Track Panel moderated by Josette Bonte of RHK-Ovum.

Additionally, in Booth #318 learn more about Widevine Mensor™ watermarking and fingerprinting technology designed to identify and track where, when and to what device content is delivered. Also Widevine will highlight its integration with a range of video products including set-top boxes, middleware platforms and video servers including systems from leading technology partners Entone, Amino, Thomson, Wegener, i3, Motorola and TVN.

About Widevine Technologies, Inc.
Widevine is the most widely deployed provider of content security solutions for IP video operators worldwide. Widevine enables telco, cable, satellite and internet service operators to generate new revenue opportunities through the secure distribution, identification and tracking of digital content.

Utilizing a combination of hardware and software-based encryption, Cypher persistently encrypts both digital broadcast and video-on-demand (VOD) content, regardless of video infrastructure, network protocols or compression technologies. An innovator in the industry, Widevine invented the downloadable, software-based Cypher Virtual SmartCard™ client which today protects more IP video set-top boxes and devices in the industry than any other vendor. Widevine Virtual SmartCard clients quickly and affordably enable operators to combat piracy on set-top boxes, personal video recorders and other devices within the home. Widevine Secure operators are guaranteed to encrypt studio and broadcaster content, across any video distribution network and on any Widevine Secure device.

Widevine is a privately held corporation headquartered in Seattle, WA, funded by Charter Ventures, Constellation Ventures, PaceSetter Capital Group, Phoenix Capital Partners, and VantagePoint Venture Partners and Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd (DNP).

For more information see Widevine Technologies at www.widevine.com or visit Booth 318 at TelcoTV.

Media Contact:
Eric Moser
Ruder Finn Chicago (for Widevine Technologies)
Tel: +1 312 329 3908
mosere@ruderfinn.com

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