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Over-the-top video player Boxee could soon add live TV channels and Hollywood hits to its content roster after striking a deal to use Widevine Technologies Inc.'s digital rights management (DRM) and adaptive streaming technology.

Boxee will be able to use Widevine’s DRM technology, adaptive streaming, and virtual DVD controls to deliver linear TV channels directly to viewers via the Internet, Widevine CEO Brian Baker tells Light Reading Cable.
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EchoStar Technologies LLC appears poised to make a stronger push into the cable and service provider (SP) markets after tapping Widevine Technologies Inc. to provide security for the vendor's "SlingLoaded" set-tops and other devices that use EchoStar's video place-shifting technology.

The new agreement enables EchoStar to DRM-enable its range of other Sling products, including standalone Slingboxes, SlingLoaded set-tops tagged for Europe, and a tru2way-based HD-DVR box that's shooting for distribution in the US.
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Lovefilm, the Netflix-of-Europe, looks set to beef up its multi-platform play via a newly signed agreement with Widevine. The deal will enable the video subscription service to continue to break out from its ‘DVDs by post’ legacy into the video-on-demand market, ensuring that its digital content is “playable on many new devices.”
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Samsung Electronics has signed a global agreement with Widevine to use its digital rights management and adaptive streaming technologies on Samsung’s connected devices. The agreement, which named Widevine as a preferred provider, also includes the use of Widevine’s virtual DVD-like trick play offering.
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In this article about the evolution of the set-top box, Widevine's CEO Brian Baker comments that existing set-top box vendors are all in the process of adding more functionality to their traditional set-tops to create hybrid boxes: “What could get squeezed out by that ongoing evolution are the Internet-only boxes," he said. "They might need to find a way of adding broadcast content in order to stay relevant."
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Widevine, a supplier of digital rights management and adaptive streaming solutions for video content, has announced a number of wins within the space of just a few weeks...[ACG] sees these wins as mounting evidence that Widevine has gained sufficient traction to be considered a major player in providing integrated video for both incumbent/traditional multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs, for example, cable, satellite and telcos) and web-based over the top (OTT) video providers (Netflix, Hulu, YouTube).
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Widevine has tucked away a deal to supply the digital rights management (DRM) and adaptive streaming components of a Dish Network Corp.-operated "TV Everywhere" service that will let subscribers stream authenticated, premium video from a Web-based portal.
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Widevine revealed its biggest customer to date this morning — Netflix — saying it’s been using its DRM for distribution across multiple consumer electronics devices. And the DRM provider could see even more takeup soon, as it has announced new features, such as support for live streaming, and a large — and growing — number of CE devices that support its software.
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Widevine, a company that is moving into its second decade of delivering digital rights management (DRM), announced today that its video optimization and protection platform now supports live HTTP streaming and peer-to-peer distribution. Once a pure-play DRM solution provider, Widevine's video optimization may be its strongest competitive advantage.
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Content security specialist, Widevine, said Tuesday that Funai Electric Co.—which manufactures consumer electronics sold in the US under the Philips, Magnavox, Sylvania and Emerson brands—will incorporate its adaptive streaming technology, virtual DVD/Blu-ray-like controls and DRM solution on its Internet-connected HDTV's, Blu-ray players and other connected devices.
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Brian Baker, Widevine CEO, is featured in Multchannel News' 40 Under Forty list which highlights the movers and shakers under the age of 40 who are helping their companies grow and succeed, while playing an important part in mapping the future of cable and telecommunications.
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Metrological Media Innovations will integrate Widevine’s adaptive streaming, virtual DVD/Blu-ray features and digital rights management (DRM) into its software which is a "smart decision" according to author Tim Poulus.
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Widevine announces that Blockbuster will use Widevine's DRM and video optimization as a part of its BLOCKBUSTER On Demand Service to deliver a high-quality entertainment experience to internet-connected retail consumer electronic devices.
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Widevine has raised $15 million in funding for its business of delivering video to web-connected consumer electronics gear. New investors include Liberty Global, Samsung Ventures and a third, unnamed, strategic invest
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Best Buy announces launch plans to embed a branded digital storefront in a wide range of broadband-connected consumer electronics (CE) devices. Widevine will supply the DRM and video optimization for the service.
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This article, featuring Widevine customers, discusses how Sonic Solutions, Blockbuster and others have partnered with CE manufacturers to enable consumers to watch internet video on the internet connected Blu-ray players, TVs and more.
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This article explains how Widevine's Adaptive Streaming technology enables Sonic to stream films in 1080p resolution with seamless playback.
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Sonic Solutions and Widevine have announced they are enabling the delivery of premium movies on USB flash memory devices. Widevine is providing Hollywood-approved digital rights management technologies to enable secure multiplatform playback.
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This article discusses how Best Buy and Sonic Solutions/CinemaNow content will leverage Widevine's digital rights management (DRM) technology to secure content across multiple devices. By doing so, Best Buy could enable a consumer to buy a title once, either through its online store or through a CinemaNow-connected device, and watch it on multiple platforms.
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Related News:
Best Buy Storefront to Land on Samsung, LG HDTVs
(Contentinople, July 15, 2009)
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Widevine announced today that its DRM and adaptive streaming platform for the iPhone is being licensed by Synchronous Communications Co., a local reseller of its products in the Taiwanese market.
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When Best Buy opens its new online video store, the movies sold through the service will be secured with digital rights management (DRM) software from Widevine.
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Related News:
Blockbuster to stream video rentals on Samsung TVs
(USA Today, July 14, 2009)
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Motorola to put Blockbusters on handsets
(Rethink Wireless, Auguest 20, 2009)
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This article discusses whether or not the television industry has made a good business decision by making shows available online for free. Brian Baker, Widevine CEO, comments that advertisers are not willing to pay top dollar for content delivered over the Internet to PCs and that this could jeopardize the relationship networks have with cable and satellite providers.
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At TelcoTV, Widevine Technologies Inc. displayed its iPhone encryption client to let carriers offer on-phone movie services. Widevine's security would apply any necessary rules, setting a time limit on how soon you have to complete watching the video, or limiting the number of times you could view it.
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Conditional access provider Widevine is bringing its digital rights management capabilities to mobile video and PC-based viewing as well via a unified content protection platform. Widevine demonstrated how its Cypher Virtual SmartCard can be downloaded onto an iPhone or similar device, and onto a PC as well.
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In this article about the flaw in Amazon’s new Video on Demand service that allowed consumers to capture video content from for free, Widevine is mentioned as offering superior protection for Flash including the ability to protect against real-time “screen scraping.”
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In this article, which broke the news about Amazon’s Video on Demand service that was allowing consumers to view video content for free, the author mentions Widevine’s DRM as one solution that can encrypt online video using Flash and preserve the business models for delivering online video.
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Online movie service CinemaNow announces the latest in a series of efforts to reduce the hassle factor, licensing anti-piracy technology from Widevine that should make it easier for customers to watch CinemaNow movies on their TV sets, Macs, iPods and other portable devices.
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Widevine Technologies, a provider of multiformat and multiplatform digital rights management and digital copy protection solutions, announced an enhancement to Widevine Cypher that enables traditional television services to be securely delivered direct to major PC players.
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Widevine Technologies last week announced enhanced seek capabilities within Cypher for Digital Media. The new feature enables Adobe enhanced player controls on progressive downloaded H.264 Flash content when using the Adobe Player, which currently is installed on more than 700 million devices. It also works with any http server and can seamlessly support other major video formats based on customer demand.
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By adding enhanced player functionality to its digital rights management (DRM) platform, Widevine Technologies Inc. says its products are now an alternative to Adobe Systems Inc. servers for using Flash with H.264 progressive downloads.
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Widevine discusses how its digital copy protection technology can stop would-be pirates from capturing online video as it is played back on the PC.
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Microsoft is working with Widevine to supply a non-Windows DRM for content delivered via Silverlight. "This is the first time Microsoft has partnered (with), endorsed and utilized a third-party DRM technology for their video format," (said) Widevine CEO Brian Baker.
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It took Brian Baker only five minutes to persuade a major U.S. television network that it needed his company's technology to protect their programs from Web pirates.
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Widevine, a multiplatform digital rights management provider, [announced] Tuesday it has added Flash DRM to its library. The Seattle-based company, which touts its independence from content services, devices, operating systems, and video formats as compared to the competition, is looking to widen its domain from telco TV to the open web.
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The debate over copy protection software is so heated, all parties are pointing fingers. Content owners such as record labels accuse companies like Apple and Microsoft of using proprietary anti-piracy software to gain too much control in the market. In turn, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said label greed gave Apple no choice but to use its proprietary software to keep music fans from illegally copying music. Into the fray steps startup Widevine, which says its content protection software is platform-agnostic.
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