FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday June 18, 2007

Widevine® Selected By Bell Aliant to Protect North America's Second Largest Regional Telco Provider

Widevine locks up all Canadian IPTV deployments enabling premium broadcast delivery to set-top boxes, PCs and mobile devices

SEATTLE, WA, June 18, 2007 –Widevine Technologies, the world’s leading provider of downloadable content protection, forensic watermarking and digital copy protection solutions, today announced that Bell Aliant (TSX: BA.UN), the leading IPTV provider in Atlantic Canada, has chosen Widevine to protect its broadcast service, Aliant TV.

Bell Aliant evaluated the entire market for content security and determined that Widevine’s comprehensive content security and proven deployments with other Canadian service providers—SaskTel, Telus and MTS Allstream—were key factors in meeting their business goals now and as their service expands. Widevine also was able to meet Aliant’s aggressive time-to-market goals. Bell Aliant’s conversations with the broadcasters yielded a high regard for Widevine’s patented content security capabilities and fast renewability of client security on a wide range of consumer platforms.

Aliant TV offers 300 channels of digital IPTV programming including broadcast TV, Pay-Per-View movies and events, over 90 regional radio stations and 40 commercial-free all-music channels. Its Interactive Program Guide lets users conveniently watch TV, channel surf and select programs.

“We talked with other operators who have successful TelcoTV deployments using Widevine’s downloadable content security solution and knew we could acquire the premium content we needed to get operational quickly,” says Gary Lund, Bell Aliant’s Chief Technical Officer. “We chose Widevine because it provided a fully integrated solution that allowed Aliant to suitably protect all of its IPTV content with minimum custom development work for us as an operator.”

“Canada is very progressive with TelcoTV deployments and growth of new services. Now with Bell Aliant’s selection of Widevine, it further demonstrates that Widevine is the preferred content security company that enables operators to license high-value Hollywood content—a critical component in a competitive marketplace—and to offer greater choice to their customers with new devices,” says Brian Baker, Widevine’s CEO. “We are pleased to secure Bell Aliant’s delivery of premium content along with all of Canada’s TelcoTV deployments.”

About Bell Aliant
Bell Aliant (TSX: BA.UN) is North America’s second largest regional telecommunications provider. Through its operating entities it serves customers in six Canadian provinces with innovative information, communication and technology services including voice, data, Internet, video and value-added business solutions. Bell Aliant combines Bell Canada’s former regional wireline operations in the less populated areas of Ontario and Québec with Aliant’s former wireline, information technology (IT) and related operations in Atlantic Canada, and also includes Bell Canada’s former 63.4% interest in NorthernTel Limited Partnership (NorthernTel) and Télébec Limited Partnership (Télébec) held indirectly through Bell Nordiq Group Inc. (Bell Nordiq).Through its xwave offices, Bell Aliant also provides IT professional services in Canada and the US. Bell Aliant’s 10,000 employees are committed to deliver the highest quality of customer service, choice and convenience.

For more information, please visit www.aliant.net.

About Widevine Technologies, Inc.
Widevine is the leading provider of downloadable content protection, digital forensics and digital copy protection solutions for IP video operators worldwide. Widevine enables telco, cable, fiber, satellite, internet and wireless 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 Cypher Suite enables operators to acquire and license premium studio content and, through unique patented technologies, reduce capital and operational expenditures. Widevine 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, solution Cypher Virtual SmartCard™ client which today protects more IP enabled set-top boxes, consumer electronics devices and Windows 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 Capital Partners, TELUS (NYSE: TU) and VantagePoint Venture Partners.

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

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