Motorola Mobility announced that its SecureMedia content protection system has been approved by the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE) for streaming UltraViolet content.
Archive of posts filed under the Copying Deterrents and Content Protection category.
Motorola SecureMedia Goes UltraViolet
Posted by Hugh Bennett on 19 March 2013, 8:34 am
Filed under Copying Deterrents and Content Protection, News.
Tagged Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE), Digital Rghts Management (DRM), Motorola Mobility, SecureMedia, TV Connect 2013, UltraViolet
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Dune HD Selects Verimatrix VCAS for IPTV
Posted by Hugh Bennett on 18 October 2012, 5:00 pm
Dune HD announced that it will incorporate Verimatrix’s Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for IPTV into its digital media players.
Filed under Broadcast, VOD, Streaming and Download, Copying Deterrents and Content Protection, News.
Tagged Dune HD, Verimatrix, Verimatrix VCAS
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Viaplay Goes Over-the-Top with Irdeto
Posted by Hugh Bennett on 11 July 2012, 12:00 pm
Irdeto announced that Viaplay will deploy Irdeto’s ActiveCloak for Media software security on its Over-the-Top (OTT) video service.
Filed under Broadcast, VOD, Streaming and Download, Copying Deterrents and Content Protection, News.
Tagged ActiveCloak, Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), Irdeto, Over-the-Top (OTT) video, Viaplay
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ContentGuard and Sharp Ink DRM Patent License
Posted by Hugh Bennett on 4 July 2012, 10:30 am
ContentGuard Holdings announced that Sharp Corporation has renewed its global patent licensing agreement to access ContentGuard’s Digital Rights Management (DRM) patent portfolio.
Filed under Copying Deterrents and Content Protection, Intellectual Property, News.
Tagged ContentGuard Holdings, Digital Rghts Management (DRM), Sharp Corporation
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Ubiquitous SDK Supports DTCP+
Posted by Hugh Bennett on 8 May 2012, 2:45 pm
Ubiquitous Corporation announced that it has added DTCP+ software libraries to its DTCP-IP software development kit (SDK).
Filed under Copying Deterrents and Content Protection, News.
Tagged Blu-ray Disc (BD), Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP), DLNA, DTCP for Internet Protocol (DTCP-IP), SDK
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Throw Another DRM Initiative on the Fire
Posted by Hugh Bennett on 28 February 2012, 12:00 pm
Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox announced they are working with SanDisk and Western Digital to develop standards that will allow high definition movies to be securely distributed to, as well as stored and played back on, a range of devices.
Filed under Anti-Piracy, Copying Deterrents and Content Protection, News.
Tagged Blu-ray Disc (BD), Flash Memory, Project Phenix, SanDisk Corporation, SD, Secure Content Storage Association (SCSA), Solid-State Drive (SSD), Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, UltraViolet, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Western Digital (WD)
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New Initiative Secures HD Content on Flash Cards
Posted by Hugh Bennett on 19 December 2011, 12:00 pm
Panasonic, Samsung, SanDisk, Sony and Toshiba announced that they will work together to develop and promote a new HD content protection technology for flash memory cards and embedded storage devices.
Filed under Copying Deterrents and Content Protection, News, Standards and Specifications.
Tagged Android, Blu-ray Disc (BD), Digital Rghts Management (DRM), Next Generation Secure Memory Initiative, Panasonic Corporation, Samsung Electronics, SanDisk Corporation, SD, Smartphone, Sony Corp., Toshiba Corporation
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RUB Researchers Defeat HDCP
Posted by Hugh Bennett on 28 November 2011, 12:00 pm
Researchers from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) announced they have successfully circumvented the High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) system.
Filed under Copying Deterrents and Content Protection, News.
Tagged Blu-ray Disc (BD), Digital Content Protection LLC (DCP), Digital Visual Interface (DVI), HDCP, HDMI, HDTV, Intel, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB)
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Technicolor Completes ContentGuard Sale
Posted by Hugh Bennett on 3 November 2011, 9:00 am
Technicolor announced that it has completed the sale of its 25.7% stake in ContentGuard to Pendrell Technologies LLC.
Filed under Copying Deterrents and Content Protection, Financial, News.
Tagged ContentGuard Holdings, Pendrell Corporation, Pendrell Technologies, Technicolor
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Liberals Criticize Digital Lock Provisions
Posted by Hugh Bennett on 20 October 2011, 12:05 pm
The Liberal Party of Canada announced its opposition to the digital lock provisions contained in proposed amendments to the Canadian Copyright Act.
Canadian Copyright Reform Draws Comments
Posted by Hugh Bennett on 2 October 2011, 7:00 am
A number of organizations representing various public and private interests have chipped in their two cents concerning the Government of Canada’s reintroduction of its copyright reform legislation.
Government of Canada Reintroduces Copyright Modernization Act
Posted by Hugh Bennett on 30 September 2011, 8:54 am
The Government of Canada announced that it has reintroduced legislation to modernize the Copyright Act.
Technicolor Sells ContentGuard Stake
Posted by Hugh Bennett on 29 September 2011, 11:00 am
Technicolor announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its 25.7% stake in ContentGuard Holdings to Pendrell Technologies LLC.
Filed under Copying Deterrents and Content Protection, Financial, News.
Tagged ContentGuard Holdings, Digital Rghts Management (DRM), Technicolor
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Pendrell Acquires Control of ContentGuard
Posted by Hugh Bennett on 28 September 2011, 7:04 pm
Pendrell Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Pendrell Technologies, entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 90.1% ContentGuard Holdings.
Filed under Copying Deterrents and Content Protection, News.
Tagged ContentGuard Holdings, Digital Rghts Management (DRM), Pendrell Corporation, Pendrell Technologies
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Will Ultraviolet Survive in an Apple World?
Posted by Hugh Bennett on 21 September 2011, 10:52 am
Strategy Analytics announced it reckons that the Ultraviolet initiative may struggle in the face of Apple’s dominance in the digital media content and device market.
