FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Widevine® and Move Networks Announce Partnership & Integration to Secure Delivery of Video Content for Major Broadcast Networks
Partnership provides first local syndication online of popular prime time show
“Two and a Half Men” for Warner Bros
SEATTLE, January 8, 2008 — Widevine® Technologies, the only provider of multiformat, multiplatform DRM and the recognized “Switzerland of DRM”, today announced it has integrated with Move Networks, a leading provider of digital media publishing and delivery services. The integration delivers a complete and secure
end-to-end solution for monetizing online video delivery and enables major media companies to secure Internet TV, copyrights, ad-based revenue and geo-political boundaries.
Widevine and Move Networks have successfully deployed their solution with Warner Bros offering secure, full episodes of CBS’s “Two and a Half Men,” one of the top-rated comedies on broadcast television. Warner Bros has made past episodes of the hit show available to over 150 CW local affiliate web sites nationwide using the Widevine/Move solution to securely deliver online TV distribution of full episodes.
Move Networks gives content publishers the ability to deliver broadcast-quality streaming video and, now with the Widevine integration, complete security to the desktop. This high-quality experience, coupled with comprehensive viewer metrics, and the delivery of highly relevant ads, enables content publishers to attract and capture the attention of today's viewer that demand access to premium content anytime, anywhere. Utilizing the On2 VP7 (AMEX:ONT), the Move Networks player enables online broadcasters, TV studios, film companies, sports leagues and content owners to provide high resolution and quality streams to viewers.
Widevine’s security integration provides greater monetization opportunities for content owners and is compliant with users on any platform–Mac or PC–which is an industry first for premium secure content. While traditional DRM technologies restrict content purchase and usage to specific devices, video formats and online services, Widevine opens DRM interoperability to all platforms, networks and video devices.
“As the leader in IPTV content security internationally, we have existing relationships with leading content companies and studios which makes us keenly aware of their security concerns and standards. We have translated this expertise into our digital media content protection technology. Widevine ensures content is paid for and copyrights are protected while, in other cases, we ensure advertising integrity is maintained within the video, a critical component to maximizing revenue generation through Internet media distribution,” said Brian Baker, CEO Widevine Technologies. “Integrating with Move Networks allows media companies to access our security platform from Move’s TV-like interface solution enabling content owners to deliver their premium,
ad-supported content within the Move Networks platform securely.”
"Move Networks is committed to helping content publishers with their monetization strategies across all their business units and content types,” said John Edwards, CEO of Move Networks. “Widevine, with its excellent relationships with Hollywood Studios, and Move Networks worked together to provide Warner Bros a terrific solution for delivering, cross platform, multiple format video.”
Widevine's integration also offers a unique on-device Digital Copy Protection solution that thwarts hundreds of screen scraping and recording utilities that record streams and strip out or remove valuable online ad inventory. Some of these utilities can record and store a stream as a downloadable file that can easily be pirated and uploaded into a file sharing network.
About Move Networks
Move Networks, Inc., is a provider of a video technology and management platform that drives the growth and support of online audiences for leading broadcasters and publishers. The video technologies and services developed and managed by Move Networks are codec agnostic and enabling leading brands to deliver live and on-demand programming to millions of people without the buffering, stalling, and low-quality viewing experiences common with competing technologies.
For more information visit www.movenetworks.com.
About Widevine Technologies, Inc.
Widevine is a leading provider of content protection solutions worldwide for telco, cable and internet service providers and the recognized “Switzerland of DRM”. With the only multiformat and multiplatform DRM solution available, Widevine solutions enable content owners to protect their ad-based revenues, pay media revenue streams and copyrights.
Deployed at over 130 locations worldwide, Widevine makes it possible to securely distribute Internet digital media and PayTV content to STBs, PVRs, PCs and mobile devices. A holder of 30 DRM, digital copy protection and conditional access patents, Widevine continues to develop innovative solutions making it easier for content owners and service providers to profitably deliver compelling content however consumers choose.
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: www.widevine.com.
Contact:
Bret Clement
Page One PR (for Move Networks)
+1 303 462 3057
bret@pageonepr.com
Erik Moser
Ruder Finn Chicago (for Widevine Technologies)
+1 312 329 3908
mosere@ruderfinn.com
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