DMDsecure And SeaChange Boost VOD Opportunities With IP Content Protection

23-Apr-04

DMDsecure and SeaChange join forces to offer Telco and cable operators an integrated solution for securing and managing content rights access that enable new business opportunities for in-home video entertainment. In support of growing Telco and cable video-on-demand (VOD) opportunities, the world's most widely deployed VOD system from SeaChange International now supports content protection from DMDsecure. The integrated solution is aimed at providing operators with encryption protection for VOD content encoded with next generation advanced compression technologies. Operators are moving forward today with video services, and they will need to provide a protected environment for storing and delivering content in order to secure access to the high value content that will make their service offering successful. DMDsecure and SeaChange are providing that secure environment. In addition, operators are looking to advanced compression technologies such as Microsoft's Windows Media 9 Series to deliver broadcast-quality video over bandwidth-constrained networks and for introducing new High-Definition services. SeaChange's widely-deployed MediaCluster-based VOD System provides reliable streaming of broadcast quality, multi-format VOD streams over DSL, FTTH, and HFC networks. DMDsecure's open, interoperable DRM software protects digital content while creating, managing, delivering and enforcing rights. Licensing of content can be done in advance, or at the time the content is viewed, with flexibility to adapt to individual business models required by each operator. Deploying these technologies together, operators can confidently deploy VOD services in a protected environment, allowing them to secure rights to the best content for in-home viewing. ìThis agreement between SeaChange and DMDsecure marks the availability of essential integrated components for Video on Demand services over IP-networks,î said Rist Brouwer, CEO of DMDsecure. ìIn order to guarantee protection of valuable content, while providing quality of service and also keeping cost of operations low, telcos and cable operators demand standards-based, scalable integrated solutions that SeaChange and DMDsecure deliver.î ìOur agreement with DMDsecure provides a proven way of protecting content and managing access rights,î said Yvette Kanouff, Corporate Vice President, Strategic Planning, SeaChange. ìIt is essential for content owners to have full confidence in licensing the broad range of compelling content that is required for VOD success.î ìThe use of Windows Media 9 Series by SeaChange and DMDsecure is making the delivery of premier entertainment content over IP networks a reality today,î said Jason Reindorp, Group Manager of the Windows Digital Media Division at Microsoft. ìThe secure environment provided by SeaChange and DMDsecure's collaboration is enabling new business opportunities for Telco and cable operators to distribute Windows Media 9 Series contentî. For more information on SeaChange please visit www.schange.com; for more information on DMDsecure, please visit www.dmdsecure.com.

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