Widevine to integrate content protection platform with Microsoft Silverlight
April 14, 2008 - Widevine Technologies has announced that it is integrating its content protection platform with Microsoft Silverlight, the company’s cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web.
Widevine’s cross-platform DRM solution enables secure delivery of content to all major browsers running on the Mac OS and Windows operating systems. This integration reportedly marks the first time Microsoft has worked with a third-party DRM content security company.
“Our content partners can now access their premium content libraries and build monetisation strategies around a Silverlight offering, including ad-supported, geo-filtered or pay models for their consumers,” said Steve Sklepowich, Group Product Manager in the Developer Division at Microsoft. “This is really a win for content owners, who have a choice of content-protection technologies from Microsoft and third-parties such as Widevine.”
When a consumer selects a Silverlight-based episode or movie, Widevine’s DRM will protect the content during delivery, storage and playback in a browser. An additional level of post-decryption digital copy protection technology from Widevine further monitors, detects and responds to the hundreds of screen scraping and recording utilities available on the Internet today.
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