FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, Nov 13, 2006
Widevine® Technologies Selected by TELUS to Protect Video Content on Multiple Devices
Vancouver, Canada, Nov. 13, 2006 –Widevine Technologies, the world’s leading provider of downloadable content protection, forensic watermarking and digital copy protection solutions, today announced that TELUS has signed a six-year agreement to apply its video content protection technology across a number of platforms.
TELUS offers a range of video products including downloadable multimedia content, cellular-based TELUS mobile TV and TELUS TV, an IPTV broadcast and video-on-demand service. Widevine will secure the delivery and consumption of content via set top boxes and PCs used by TELUS customers accessing these services. TELUS will also assess using the technology in its wireless devices such as cell phones.
Widevine Cypher provides companies such as TELUS with a single content security platform protecting mobile, IPTV and broadband content delivery to a wide range of consumer electronics devices. Widevine’s Digital Copy Protection solution will protect PCs and PC-based platforms that TELUS customers use to receive and distribute content between authorized devices in the home—and on the road.
“Widevine is an industry leader in the protection of downloadable content,” said Ibrahim Gedeon, TELUS’ Chief Technology Officer. “Managing security of multimedia content is essential. Widevine has proven it can provide the protection we need along with the scalability to support our growth.”
“TELUS is a customer with impressive long term video delivery plans,” said Brian Baker, President and CEO of Widevine. “Widevine is excited to continue our joint work to secure premium content delivered across all of TELUS’ video delivery services for the range of services its customers are asking for.”
According to Michael Wolf, Director of Digital Home Research at ABI, “Today’s carriers want to provide consumers content across three screens. To do so, they must protect the distribution to multiple consumer platforms. Widevine’s agreement with TELUS to secure multimedia content distribution across Internet, IPTV and mobile is another validation of Widevine’s strength in providing this level of comprehensive content security.”
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.
About TELUS
TELUS (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) is a leading national telecommunications company in Canada, with $8.4 billion of annual revenue and 10.4 million customer connections including 4.7 million wireless subscribers, 4.6 million wireline network access lines and 1.05 million Internet subscribers. The company’s strategic intent is to unleash the power of the Internet to deliver the best solutions to Canadians at home, in the workplace and on the move. TELUS provides customers with a wide range of wireline and wireless communications products and services including data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, entertainment and video services. For more information about TELUS, visit telus.com.
Media Contact:
Eric Moser
Ruder Finn Chicago (for Widevine Technologies)
Tel: +1 312 329 3908
mosere@ruderfinn.com
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