Showing posts with label Content Secuirty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Content Secuirty. Show all posts

Sunday, August 10, 2008

NDS Vision of the Future

Broadband TV News published and article describing a conversation with NDS about its vision of the future of TV delivery. It discusses approaches to pushing content out to DVRs using content security software to insure that digital rights are enforced. The article also discusses approaches to personalized advertising based on push technology. It states that people will be shown different ads on different TVs in their home.

It has been clear for a long time that content security software is key to the delivery to a number of new services, especially push services. It seems to me that Netflix will move to this kind of model replacing postal delivery with push technology.

Monday, March 10, 2008

Verimatrix Introduces PC Video Player

Verimatrix introduced its ViewRight PC Player 2.0. This player uses Verimatrix's industrial grade content protection as part of the product. This player operates with the key management system that IPTV and other pay TV providers use to protect their content.

This player can be used by IPTV providers that use Verimatrix content security to deliver content to the PC as well as the TV. It could also be used by over the top Internet video providers that implement Verimatrix's content security.

I think that this kind of player could open PC delivery to a broader set of content. The broadcasters and the Hollywood studios should be significantly more comfortable with the security provided with this kind of system. They are likely to be more willing to provide the hottest titles to the PC that support this level of content security.

Verimatrix is a pioneer of this kind of player. Clearly, the other established content security companies can offer similar products and will as they become popular.