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SecureMedia and DirectStreams
Enable Secure Digital Entertainment Delivery on the Apple® Platform
to the Hospitality Marketplace
Other Topics:
IPTV HDTV
Box, IPTV
Hospitality Network
SecureMedia
January 10, 2009
SecureMedia's eONE™ Virtual
Set Top Box for Mac®, powered by the award-winning Encryptonite One™
System, allows Hotel guests to access and enjoy the best in
protected IP Digital Video, Audio and TV on the iMac® and Mac® mini
line
Natick, MA & Paris, France -- SecureMedia, the technology leader in
open content protection software for secure video and multimedia
delivery over IP networks and DirectStreams, the IP Technology
Services provider dedicated to the hospitality industry today
announced that SecureMedia's eONE™ Virtual Set Top Box for Mac® is
now integrated with DirectStreams InRoom Digital solution and
enables a true and unobtrusively secure television viewing
experience on Apple iMac and Mac mini. |
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Built on Apple's Mac OS® X and
protected by the Encryptonite ONE™ System, DirectStreams InRoom
Digital solution intelligently manages the distribution of IPTV,
Video On Demand, Music On Demand and games across IP networks while
providing Internet connectivity, Network access control,
authentication and managed billing.
Unique to the industry, DirectStreams engineered their Apple-based
IPTV system to offer both multimedia and computer services over IP
with a single local server, providing a lower Total Cost of
Ownership (TCO) while expanding on features and capabilities. Guests
can enjoy a multitude of digital TV and radio channels in HD
quality, play their own DVD and CDs, take advantage of WiFi Internet
access with 100% room coverage and easily utilize the onscreen
Hotel's interactive room service.
Furthermore, by fully embracing IP convergence, DirectStreams has
designed and extended the in-room entertainment experience to allow
guests to access the office and multimedia features of the iMac and
Mac mini, such as office software tools, internet browsing, webmail
and printing services - essentially offering them a business center
in each hotel room.
The secure viewing of broadcast IPTV, streaming VOD and downloaded
content is accomplished by SecureMedia's eONE Virtual Set Top Box
for Mac (and also PCs), providing guests with the same user
experience on the Mac as they would get on their TV.
The eONE Virtual Set Top Box encapsulates all of the features and
functions of an IPTV STB, including EPG, middleware functionality,
channel change, playback control into a single monolithic
application. In addition to supporting both MPEG-2 and MPEG-4
encoded video in both windowed and full screen modes, the eONE
Virtual Set Top Box enables fully secured PVR features using the
Mac's existing internal hard disk. As additional security,
SecureMedia's built-in I-Detect™ Tamper Detection senses hacker
tools and rogue applications and gracefully turns off the player
operation if detected.
"Travelers are demanding the same high quality entertainment
experience in their hotel room as in their home," said Thierry Beau,
CEO of DirectStreams. "Only SecureMedia offered the complete
flexibility and proven security needed to support our unique digital
content delivery technology to provide the best in in¬room
entertainment and business communications services.
"Now with support for the Mac OS X platform, SecureMedia's
Encryptonite ONE System again proves its ability to protect
converged digital media delivery across a range of advanced
operating systems and media appliances," said Fred Ellis, CEO of
SecureMedia. "We are excited to work with DirectStreams on providing
world hotel guests rich, unobtrusively secure, entertainment
products and services through our newest innovation, the eONE
Virtual Set Top Box for PC and Macs."
SecureMedia's Encryptonite ONE
System is an open platform CA/DRM software solution that provides
the highest levels of digital content security, allowing telcos and
broadband operators to acquire distribution rights to the most
compelling broadcast channels and VOD programming. Winner of the
industry's two highest awards for best content protection; the 2008
IPTV World Series Award and the TelcoTV Visions Award, the
Encryptonite ONE System enables "Entertainment Everywhere!" of
secure ubiquitous content on current and future media devices while
offering IPTV service providers the lowest cost of operation. Its
unique design requires minimal incremental bandwidth and features an
ultra-light, processor-efficient client that can be deployed on
virtually any consumer media appliance. By employing a patented,
common encryption scheme for both broadcast and VOD content, the
Encryptonite ONE System is the only solution available today that
enables persistent and efficient protection of content [SecureMedia's
EverLock™ process] in PVR and nPVR applications, set-top boxes,
PVRs, PCs, portable players and mobile phones.
About DirectStreams
DirectStreams is an IP Technology
Services provider dedicated to the hospitality industry. To cover
the market requirements, a network of systems integrators
distributes its 4 high value added services: PC internet access,
Self-service internet kiosks, TV Digital Multimedia, Telephone
services. With DirectStreams, the hospitality market is able to
offer the best quality in order to increase guest loyalty. For
further details visit www.direct-streams.com.
About SecureMedia
SecureMedia is the world's most
experienced provider of proven open platform content protection
software for the delivery of video-on-demand, IPTV, multimedia,
music and other digital content over broadband IP networks. Winner
of the industry's two highest awards for best content protection;
the 2008 IPTV World Series Award and the TelcoTV Visions Award,
SecureMedia was the first company to introduce the Hollywood studios
and leading broadcasters to the advantages of software-based content
security systems. Today, SecureMedia enables "Entertainment
Everywhere!™" by delivering innovative digital media content
security solutions including the popular Encryptonite ONE™ System
CA/DRM software suite, the eONE™ Virtual Set Top Box for PC and MAC,
the eONE™ PC Media Player and comprehensive software developer kits.
Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA,
SecureMedia, a Cavalier Telephone and TV company, services its
global customers with offices in San Francisco, London, Amsterdam,
Dubai, Beijing and Auckland aided by representatives in Moscow,
Stockholm, Bucharest, Paris, Ried, Pretoria, Tokyo, Hong Kong,
Seoul, Taipei and Melbourne. For more information visit
www.securemedia.com.
SecureMedia is a registered trademark and Encryptonite ONE, eONE,
EverLock, I-Detect and Enabling Entertainment Everywhere! are
trademarks of Cavalier Telephone and TV. Apple, Mac, iMac and Mac OS
are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. All other company and
product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective owners.
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