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Siemens and Widevine
Cooperate to Give IPTV Providers More Options in Protecting Premium
Video Content from Piracy
Other Topics: IPTV Encoder SD,
IP Set-Top Box,
IPTV Encoders
Siemens Communications Inc.
April 24, 2006
Boca Raton, FL -- Siemens Communications Inc. today announced a
global agreement making Widevine Technologies Inc. a certified
content protection vendor for broadband carriers delivering Internet
protocol television (IPTV) services to viewers via the SiemensR
SURPASSR Home Entertainment solution.
Widevine is the leading provider of content protection and digital
forensic solutions for IP video. Widevine enables more than 90
global operators to acquire and license premium broadcast and
video-on-demand (VOD) content from major broadcasters and studios. |
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"Providing true choice and flexibility to IPTV service providers is
a hallmark of the SURPASS Home Entertainment portfolio," said Chris
Coles, CEO of Siemens Home Entertainment. "Through work with
companies such as Widevine, Siemens meets today's market
requirements with its capability to integrate industry-leading
solutions. Based on the integration and interoperability between
Siemens and Widevine, we are excited to extend this solution to our
global market."
The Siemens SURPASS Home Entertainment portfolio is the end-to-end
IPTV deployment solution of choice for more than 80 operators
worldwide. SURPASS Home Entertainment middleware and the Widevine
CypherR content protection system are already part of integrated
solutions for more than 25 customers in the United States. Globally,
several contracts are now pending with Widevine's content protection
solution integrated within the SURPASS Home Entertainment portfolio.
"The challenge is not only providing a broadband operator with a
great IPTV solution, but also ensuring that a robust content
protection system is tightly integrated with that solution," said
Brian Baker, CEO of Widevine. "The agreement enables Widevine to
continue to work with Siemens to provide a scalable and mature
content protection system, critical for enabling operators to
acquire premium broadcast and VOD content."
The Siemens SURPASS Home Entertainment portfolio is commercially
deployed by more broadband service providers than any other IPTV
software solution. The portfolio's middleware helps service
providers to increase subscriber revenue with a range of IP-based
video and on-demand entertainment offerings. Based on an open
architecture, the solution helps ensure interoperability with all
parts of the IPTV content delivery chain and helps broadband
operators to quickly and cost-effectively deploy leading IPTV
solutions. The portfolio provides back-office management tools as
well as building blocks for the convergence of entertainment,
communications and smart home solutions.
The Siemens LifeWorks Vision
The Siemens SURPASS Home Entertainment portfolio is a critical
component of the Siemens LifeWorksT vision to help people interact,
work and be entertained - without technology boundaries - in an
always-on world. The company's award-winning LifeWorks vision
provides the building blocks for the ongoing development of secure,
reliable and high-quality converged communication solutions that
drive greater efficiencies and improve user satisfaction.
About Widevine Technologies Inc.
Widevine is the leading provider of content security solutions
for IP video operators worldwide. Widevine enables telco, cable,
fiber, satellite, Internet and wireless service operators to
generate new revenue opportunities through the secure distribution,
identification and tracking of digital content.
Utilizing a combination of hardware and software-based encryption,
Widevine Cypher persistently encrypts both digital broadcast and
video-on-demand (VOD) content, regardless of video infrastructure,
network protocols or compression technologies. An innovator in the
industry, Widevine invented the downloadable, software-based Cypher
Virtual SmartCardT client, which today protects more IP video
set-top boxes and devices in the industry than any other vendor.
Widevine Virtual SmartCard clients quickly and affordably enable
operators to combat piracy on set-top boxes, personal video
recorders and other devices within the home. Widevine secured
operators are guaranteed to encrypt studio and broadcaster content,
across any video distribution network and on any Widevine secured
device.
Widevine is a privately held corporation headquartered in Seattle
and funded by Charter Ventures, Constellation Ventures, PaceSetter
Capital Group, Phoenix Capital Partners, and VantagePoint Venture
Partners and Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd (DNP).
For more information, see Widevine Technologies at www.widevine.com.
About Siemens
Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) is one of the largest global electronics and
engineering companies with reported worldwide sales of $96 billion
in fiscal 2005. Founded nearly 160 years ago, the company is a
leader in the areas Medical, Power, Automation and Control,
Transportation, Information and Communications, Lighting, Building
Technologies, Water Technologies and Services and Home Appliances.
With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in
the USA has sales of $18.8 billion and employs approximately 70,000
people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Eleven of Siemens'
worldwide businesses are based in the United States. With its global
headquarters in Munich, Siemens AG and its subsidiaries employ
460,000 people in 190 countries. For more information on Siemens in
the United States:
www.usa.siemens.com
About Siemens Communications Inc.
Siemens Communications Inc. offers its customers a broad portfolio
of communication products and services and is a leader in convergent
technologies, products and services for wireless, fixed and
enterprise networks. The company's portfolio ranges from devices for
end users to complex network infrastructures and complementary
services for enterprises, carriers and service providers. Siemens
Communications Inc. is headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla. For more
information, visit
www.usa.siemens.com/communications
Note: Siemens, SURPASS and LifeWorks are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Siemens AG or its
subsidiaries and affiliates. All other company, brand, product and
service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective holders.
This release contains forward-looking statements based on beliefs of
Siemens management. The words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate,"
"forecast," "expect," "intend," "plan," "should," and "project" are
used to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect
the company's current views with respect to future events and are
subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause the
actual results to be materially different, including, among others,
changes in general economic and business conditions, changes in
currency exchange rates and interest rates, introduction of
competing products, lack of acceptance of new products or services
and changes in business strategy. Actual results may vary materially
from those projected here. Siemens does not intend or assume any
obligation to update these forward-looking statements. |
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