FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, Nov 6, 2006

Widevine® and Amino Sign Reseller Agreement

Initial purchase of 50,000 Virtual SmartCard clients targeted to add value to Amino solutions at key IPTV operators worldwide

Dallas, TX, Nov. 6, 2006 –Widevine Technologies, the world’s leading provider of downloadable content protection, forensic watermarking and digital copy protection solutions, today announced that Amino has entered into a reseller agreement to distribute Widevine Cypher®, the leading content security solution for IP video operators worldwide. Under the terms of the deal, Amino has purchased the first 50,000 Virtual SmartCards for planned deployments around the world.

Amino, a leading IPTV platform supplier, offers a full range of products and technology for IPTV, triple-play and in-home media distribution. Widevine Cypher is a downloadable conditional access and digital rights management solution to protect IPTV, broadband and mobile content delivery to consumers. Under the terms of the reseller agreement, Amino will resell Widevine Cypher along with their suite of consumer electronics platforms to customers worldwide. Widevine is currently integrated with the AmiNET103, AmiNET110, AmiNET120, AmiNET124 and AmiNET500 IPTV platforms. Availability on the AmiNET125 (2nd generation multi-codec) and AmiNET130 (SD/HD MPEG-2/4) platforms is planned for early November.

“Widevine is one of the leaders in enabling premium content licensing and distribution across all modes of IP video delivery,” said Roy Kirsopp, Vice President and General Manager at Amino. “Enabling flexible content delivery is critical for both Amino and Widevine. We believe this partnership will enhance the Amino product offering while increasing the potential for our customers to continue the delivery of high value content services.”

Brian Baker, Widevine President and CEO said, “This partnership will continue to speed the delivery of secure high demand hardware platforms for new and existing customers from both companies. We are pleased to add Amino to our channel network as the first consumer electronic manufacturer reselling Widevine’s innovative Widevine Cypher solution. Widevine will benefit greatly from the worldwide reach of the Amino sales force now and into the future.”

"With the number of IP set top boxes sold worldwide forecast to triple between 2006 and 2007, it’s an increasingly competitive marketplace. Because service operators must have content security to acquire and license premium content, it’s an emerging trend for video device manufacturers to bundle content protection to enhance the value of their offer,” says Jeff Heynen at Infonetics Research.

About Widevine Technologies, Inc.
Widevine is the leading provider of downloadable content protection, forensic watermarking and digital copy protection solutions for IP video operators worldwide. Widevine enables telco, cable, satellite, internet and mobile service operators to generate new revenue opportunities through the secure distribution, identification and tracking of digital content.

Utilizing a combination of downloadable conditional access and digital rights management techniques, Widevine enables operators to acquire and license premium studio content and, through unique patented technologies, reduce capital and operational expenditures. An innovator in the industry and holder of four patents, Widevine invented the downloadable Cypher Virtual SmartCard™ client which today protects more IP video set-top boxes, consumer electronics devices and PCs in the industry than any other vendor.

Widevine is a privately held corporation headquartered in Seattle, WA, funded by Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), Charter Ventures, Constellation Ventures, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd (DNP), PaceSetter Capital Group, Phoenix Partners, TELUS (NYSE: TU) and VantagePoint Venture Partners.

For more information see Widevine Technologies at www.widevine.com or visit booth #425 at TelcoTV.

About Amino Communications
Amino Communications (www.aminocom.com) supplies the AmiNET™ series of set-top boxes, renowned for their low-cost and reliability. The AmiNET range materially reduces service operators’ capital expenditure, whilst offering the full range of specification required; MPEG2 and MPEG4 encoding standards, standard and high definition TV, personal video recording and home networking. The high performance coupled with the innovative design of Amino’s set-top boxes, have brought the series industry accolades and the company a leading position within the IPTV market.

The AmiNET series of IPTV set-top boxes has been used by more than 500 customers in commercial deployments and trials in over 50 countries worldwide. The set-top boxes have also been sampled by another additional 800 customers. Amino Communications’ principal customers are telecommunications, broadcast and hospitality service operators. Generally, AmiNET products are supplied with the IntAct™ IPTV software stack pre-loaded.

Amino Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of Amino Technologies plc. listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM, symbol AMO. Amino is based near Cambridge, UK, and has offices in Atlanta Georgia and Hong Kong.

Media Contact:
For Widevine:
Eric Moser
Tel: +1 312 329 3908
mosere@ruderfinn.com

For Amino:
Jenna Keighley, EML
+44 (0) 20 8408 8000
amino@eml.com

Joanne Martin-Loat, Amino Communications
+44 (0) 1954 234 100
www.aminocom.com

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