Envivio and Nagravision Partner to Demonstrate First MPEG-4 ISMA-Based Content Protection Solution
Envivio to Demonstrate at Broadband Plus Show
San Francisco, CA, December 3, 2002 – Envivio, Inc., a leading provider of end-to-end MPEG-4 broadcast and streaming solutions, and Nagravision, the world’s leading independent provider of conditional access and secure digital TV solutions, announced today the first-ever Digital Rights Management (DRM) and Conditional Access solution based on Internet Streaming Media Alliance (ISMA) draft specifications. This standards-based solution will be demonstrated for the first time to network operators and telecom service providers at the Envivio booth 2925 at the Broadband Plus Show, December 4-6, in Anaheim, California.
This joint solution, which utilizes Nagravision’s conditional access security technology and Envivio’s industry leading MPEG-4 solution, allows content to be both produced and protected. The ISMA specification provides a common standard for decrypting content, thereby allowing multiple security solution companies to provide solutions that can be decrypted in the same player. Now content providers, network operators and telecom service providers worldwide can experience the benefits and interoperability inherent only in a standard, including the ability to choose from a variety of different codecs and security systems. The encrypted files can then be streamed over any standard-based MPEG-4 server. As such, network operators can now be assured that their content is protected and infrastructure investment is “future-proofed.”
“The advantage of Envivio’s standards-based solution is that we can easily plug-in DRM and Conditional Access solutions to help our customers protect and monetize access to their content,” said Julien Signes, president and CTO, Envivio. “We will be working closely with Nagravision, one of the global leaders in security solutions, to provide innovative, cost-effective, interoperable solutions for network operators and telecom service providers around the world.”
“Nagravision’s partnership with Envivio strengthens our commitment to developing MPEG-4 based solutions,” said Eric Chaubert, Vice President New Solutions at Nagravision. He added, “This can be a more cost effective and flexible way for operators to expand their service offering and subscriber base, while still ensuring high levels of content distribution security.”
About Envivio
Envivio is a leading provider of complete MPEG-4 solutions consisting of a rich set of integrated streaming media tools and systems: high performance audio and video, two-dimensional graphics and animation, providing a rich interactive user experience. The company has established itself as the most experienced creator of high-quality MPEG-4 solutions that enable broadcasters, network operators and content developers to build new revenue streams and utilize the efficiencies of delivering content to the full range of MPEG-4 capable devices. The Envivio Solution includes various components to create, encode, protect and distribute MPEG-4 content: the Envivio Encoding Station for offline encoding and protection of MPEG-4 audio and video, the Envivio Broadcast Studio for authoring complete MPEG-4 applications, the Envivio Streaming Server to manage and distribute video on demand and interactive multimedia, the Envivio Live Broadcaster for encoding content in real time, the Envivio plug-in to the RealSystem Server, to distribute MPEG-4 content over the Web and broadcast networks, and the EnvivioTV™ plug-in to the RealOne Player, RealPlayer®, QuickTime, and Windows Media Player to retrieve and playback MPEG-4 content. EnvivioTV™ is also being customized for various set-top box manufacturers.
About NagraVision
Nagravision is a world leader in open conditional access systems, advanced management tools, and integrated solutions for digital television operators, representing over 35 million television subscribers worldwide. Nagravision solutions provide cable, satellite, terrestrial, MMDS, FTTH and xDSL operators with the tools to securely deploy and manage a wide range of pay-TV services including pay TV and interactive applications.
Nagravision is a member of the Kudelski Group, a world leader in digital security. Kudelski is traded on the Swiss stock Exchange (SWX: KUD) and is listed on the SMI (Swiss Market Index). For more information, please go to www.nagravision.com
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