Widevine(R) Technologies Selected by TELUS to Protect Video Content on Multiple Devices.VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Widevine Technologies, the world's leading provider of downloadable content protection, forensic watermarking and digital copy protection solutions, today announced that TELUS TELUS Telemetric Universal Sensor (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :T) (TSX:T.A) (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TU) has signed a six-year agreement to apply its video content protection technology across a number of platforms. TELUS offers a range of video products including downloadable multimedia content, cellular-based TELUS mobile TV and TELUS TV, an IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. broadcast and video-on-demand service. Widevine will secure the delivery and consumption of content via set top boxes and PCs used by TELUS customers accessing these services. TELUS will also assess using the technology in its wireless devices such as cell phones. Widevine Cypher provides companies such as TELUS with a single content security platform protecting mobile, IPTV and broadband content delivery to a wide range of consumer electronics devices. Widevine's Digital Copy Protection solution will protect PCs and PC-based platforms that TELUS customers use to receive and distribute content between authorized devices in the home Co and on the road. "Widevine is an industry leader in the protection of downloadable content," said Ibrahim Gedeon, TELUS' Chief Technology Officer. "Managing security of multimedia content is essential. Widevine has proven it can provide the protection we need along with the scalability to support our growth." "TELUS is a customer with impressive long term video delivery plans," said Brian Baker, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Widevine. "Widevine is excited to continue our joint work to secure premium content delivered across all of TELUS' video delivery services for the range of services its customers are asking for." According to Michael Wolf, Director of Digital Home Research at ABI Abi (ā`bī) [short for Abijah], in the Bible, King Hezekiah's mother. (Application Binary Interface) A specification for a specific hardware platform combined with the operating system. , "Today's carriers want to provide consumers content across three screens. To do so, they must protect the distribution to multiple consumer platforms. Widevine's agreement with TELUS to secure multimedia content distribution across Internet, IPTV and mobile is another validation of Widevine's strength in providing this level of comprehensive content security." About Widevine Technologies, Inc. Widevine is the leading provider of downloadable content protection, forensic watermarking and digital copy protection solutions for IP video operators worldwide. Widevine enables telco, cable, satellite, internet and mobile service operators to generate new revenue opportunities through the secure distribution, identification and tracking of digital content. Utilizing a combination of downloadable conditional access and digital rights management techniques, Widevine enables operators to acquire and license premium studio content and, through unique patented technologies, reduce capital and operational expenditures. An innovator in the industry and holder of four patents, Widevine invented the downloadable Cypher Virtual SmartCard[TM] client which today protects more IP video set top boxes, consumer electronics devices and PCs in the industry than any other vendor. Widevine is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation headquartered in Seattle, WA, funded by Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ), Charter Ventures, Constellation Ventures, Dai Nippon Printing Dai Nippon Printing (大日本印刷 Dai Nippon Insatsu Co., Ltd (DNP DNP n. Deoxyribonucleoprotein; a complex of DNA and protein that usually yields DNA upon cell disruption and isolation. DNP 2,4-dinitrophenol. ), PaceSetter Capital Group, Phoenix Partners, TELUS (NYSE: TU) and VantagePoint Venture Partners. About TELUS TELUS (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) is a leading national telecommunications company in Canada, with $8.4 billion of annual revenue and 10.4 million customer connections including 4.7 million wireless subscribers, 4.6 million wireline network access lines and 1.05 million Internet subscribers. The company's strategic intent is to unleash the power of the Internet to deliver the best solutions to Canadians at home, in the workplace and on the move. TELUS provides customers with a wide range of wireline and wireless communications products and services including data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, entertainment and video services. For more information about TELUS, visit telus.com. |
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