Widevine Technologies Joins Digital Watermarking Alliance + DWA and House Entertainment Industries Caucus Host Event
The Digital Watermarking Alliance (DWA), an international group of industry leading companies involved in commercializing digital watermarking solutions, recently announced the addition of Widevine Technologies to the industry organization.
Widevine Technologies is a leading provider of content protection and forensic watermarking solutions for telco, internet, mobile, cable and satellite service providers worldwide. Its patented Widevine Mensor solution invisibly watermarks content at multiple points in a video distribution network and employs session-based watermarks in real-time to content that is streamed from a server to a client.
"The Digital Watermarking Alliance is delighted to welcome Widevine Technologies, a company that is developing innovative digital watermarking solutions," said Reed Stager, chairman of the DWA. "Growing interest in our industry alliance is a testament to the fact that real-world digital watermarking solutions and technologies offered by DWA members are bringing enhanced consumer experiences and more efficient media management and security to the media, entertainment and government markets."
Upcoming Event
House Entertainment Caucus
DWA Host Event
February 5, 2007
Washington, DC
Rep. Diane Watson (Chairwoman of House Entertainment Industries Caucus), Reed Stager (Digital Watermarking Alliance, Chairman), and Rob Schumann (Digital Watermarking Alliance, Board Member) will present at a luncheon discussion about how the proliferation of digital media content and strong consumer demand has created many new distribution models for the media and entertainment industry. Attendees will learn how movie, music and television content can be identified and managed across any device from anywhere at anytime. They will also hear about new approaches to managing content in HDTV, IPTV, Digital Cinema and P2P network environments. Attendees will receive policy recommendations on the "Orphan Works" issue.
Additional Resources
DWA White Paper on P2P 
Read this DWA white paper on how digital watermarks can enable P2P systems and online communities to determine copyrighted from noncopyrighted content files within the existing distributed system architecture.