FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, March 5, 2007

Sonaecom Selects Widevine® Technologies To Secure Portugal's First IPTV Deployment

Widevine’s Muliplatform, Multiformat, Multidevice Solution Chosen to Protect Premium Content Delivered to Three Screens

London, Mar. 5, 2007 –Widevine Technologies, the world’s leading provider of downloadable content protection, forensic watermarking and digital copy protection solutions, today announced it is securing premium Hollywood programming for the first IPTV service in Portugal—Clix SmartTV, offered by Sonaecom, the country’s second largest telecommunications provider.

Portugal’s has one of the highest penetration rates of PayTV in Southern Europe and 1.4 million broadband access lines. Sonaecom determined it could take advantage of technological advances and be a strong competitor with IPTV services. Today, Sonaecom’s national network reaches 1.6 million homes in Portugal—approximately 50 percent of the population—and delivers multimedia content secured by Widevine to set top boxes, PCs and mobile devices.

“Sonaecom wanted to take advantage of explosive broadband growth and deliver a truly converged multi-service network offering. Widevine’s ability to protect multiple formats, multiple platforms and multiple devices using a single protection solution is a key factor in our growth plans for Clix SmarTV,” says Susanna Barbato, Sonaecom’s Director of IPTV. “And because content acquisition is one of the most critical elements of an IPTV deployment it was important to select a content security vendor that could ensure we can meet future expansion requirements to the PC and mobile platforms. Widevine is the proven content security vendor for enabling us to acquire the premium content that differentiates our service.”

Clix SmarTV offers a complete lineup of broadcast television, video on demand (VOD) and subscription video on demand (SVOD) with more than 100 channels and several entertainment packages including premium broadcast from Discovery Channel, Disney and movies from major Hollywood studios including Warner Bros and Buena Vista. The service has been successfully deployed in the cities of Lisbon and Porto. Clix has signed multi-year distribution agreements with Hollywood studios to solidify a competitive advantage and develop new revenue generating services, including movies and other programs delivered to PCs.

“Sonaecom’s selection of Widevine proves Widevine’s content protection technologies enable service providers to license premium content and deliver innovative services,” said Brian Baker, Widevine’s President and CEO. “We are pleased to work with Sonaecom to deliver new revenue generating business models and secure the future of its IP video initiatives. Our growing European presence proves our commitment as a customer-driven organization that supports our customers as they expand services to three screens.”

About Clix
Clix the residential brand for Sonaecom', the sub-holding of the Sonae Group for the area of Telecommunications, Media and Software and Information Systems. The company plays an active role in the integrated management of the several business units that compose it, identifying and building on existing synergies and the company’s growth potential. It is the first telco in Portugal to deploy a Gigabit Ethernet core network for supporting ultra-broadband services such as IPTV.

Sonaecom operates in three main business areas: Telecommunications (Optimus, Novis and Clix), Media (Público) and Software and Information Systems (WeDo, Bizdirect and Mainroad). Sonaecom’s main goal is simple and ambitious: to become the leader in the supply of integrated telecom services in Portugal.

Sonaecom is currently one of the main communications traffic generators in Portugal. Its strategy of having its own national telecom infrastructure was born from the inherent need to guarantee the reliability and quality of its network, minimizing costs associated to traffic management.

About Widevine Technologies, Inc.

Widevine is the world’s leading provider of downloadable content protection, forensic watermarking and digital copy protection solutions for over 120 video service providers worldwide. Widevine enables telco, internet, mobile, cable and satellite service operators to generate new revenue opportunities through the secure distribution, identification and tracking of multimedia content.

Utilizing a combination of downloadable conditional access, digital rights management and digital copy protection techniques, Widevine enables operators to acquire and distribute premium studio content and, through unique patented technologies, reduce video related capital and operational expenditures. An innovator in the industry and holder of seven patents, Widevine invented the renewable client security with the Cypher Virtual SmartCard™—which today protects more IP video set top boxes, personal video recorders, PCs, portable media players and mobile devices 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.

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

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