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Entone
and Verimatrix Team to Provide Secure VoD Delivery
Other Topics: IPTV Standards,
IPTV Video Quality Measurement (VQM)
Entone Technologies
January 30, 2006
Delivering and protecting on-demand revenues and content rights
Looking to help IPTV operators protect their on-demand content from
unwanted service theft and piracy, Entone Technologies, a leading
provider of personal video content delivery solutions, and
Verimatrix, Inc., a leading developer of content protection and
security solutions, today announced that Entone’s widely-deployed
StreamLiner network video recorder (NVR) is integrated with the
Verimatrix Content Authority System (VCAS). This collaborative
effort will enable IP television (IPTV) service providers a more
efficient and enhanced content security solution that can be quickly
and easily deployed.
By integrating the VCAS software with Entone's StreamLiner video
streaming technology, Entone and Verimatrix offer a comprehensive
digital rights management (DRM) and video on demand (VOD) solution
that significantly streamlines the process for getting VOD assets
securely and reliably through the process from content creation,
processing, distribution and playout. |
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Currently with most DRM systems, VOD content is distributed over a
core network and stored at the operator’s site on a stand-alone
system called a "catcher." This content is manually copied to
another server where encryption technology is applied, and then
copied again to an on-site VOD server .
Entone has integrated VCAS into StreamLiner so that operators can
avoid the extra intermediate step of copying a file. By running VCAS
natively on Entone’s StreamLiner, when a new VOD asset appears on
the catcher, Entone’s StreamLiner NVR automatically copies the
content and seamlessly moves it to a VOD server for playout. For
operators, this results in a simpler and error-free workflow that
enables them to deliver VOD assets to subscribers faster and more
efficiently.
“With numerous worldwide deployments over the past year, Entone’s
StreamLiner VOD solution has emerged as the clear market leader for
IPTV VOD deployments,” states Ian Jefferson, VP of Business
Development for Entone Technologies. “Entone’s traction is due not
only to our market leading performance on open hardware platforms,
but also from our end-to-end solution offering which includes
content protection through our customer-driven partnership with
Verimatrix.”
“The success of many types of personal television services require
secure availability to content and an easy way to prepare and
deliver that content,” said Steve Oetegenn, EVP, Global Sales and
Marketing for Verimatrix. “This partnership ensures that our
customers get both in a fully integrated, intuitive and highly
automated package. Entone has the experience and proven technology
necessary to help our customers build out their systems quickly and
cost-effectively.”
The integrated Entone and Verimatrix solution is being deployed at a
number of video service operators worldwide.
About VCAS
The Verimatrix Content Authority System is an array of software
modules that was designed from the ground up to address the
increased security requirements imposed on emerging Video over IP
systems. Whereas traditional cable TV infrastructures allowed only
one-way communication, Internet Protocol infrastructures provide
two-way capabilities, thus obviating the need for smart cards. The
Verimatrix VCAS is built on the principles of PKI (Public Key
Infrastructure). PKI uses X.509 digital certificates to identify
each component in the system as well as the means to securely
encrypt data using public/private keys.
About StreamLiner Network Video Recorder (NVR)
The Entone StreamLiner NVR provides the industry’s most flexible,
reliable and cost-effective solution for delivering personal
television services. StreamLiner NVR is an open, highly scalable
software architecture that transforms standard server hardware from
HP and IBM into specialized, high-performance video servers that
ingest, store and stream video programming on demand. The
StreamLiner NVR solution is field proven in dozens of deployments
worldwide. |
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