Technology Partners
Sonic Solutions
NASDAQ: SNIC
http://www.sonic.com
Sonic Solutions is the leader in digital media software, providing a broad range of platform-independent software tools and applications for creative professionals, business and home users, and technology partners. Sonic's products include advanced DVD authoring systems and interactive content delivery technologies that are used to produce the majority of Hollywood DVD film releases, as well as the award-winning Roxio® CD and DVD creator, and playback and backup solutions that have become the premier choice for consumers, prosumers, and business users worldwide.
Sonic products are available globally from major retailers, and online at Sonic.com and Roxio.com. Sonic products are also bundled with PCs, after-market drives, and consumer electronic devices. Sonic's digital media creation engine is the de facto standard and has been licensed by major software and hardware manufacturers, including Adobe, Microsoft, Scientific-Atlanta, Sony, and many others. Sonic Solutions is headquartered in Marin County, California.
Sonic Solutions is also the maker of Qflix, a licensing and certification entity for technology and intellectual property. Qflix enables the electronic sell-through of movies and video programs on demand with Content Scramble System encryption. With Qflix, content owners, service providers, and media manufacturers can create reliable, compatible, and interoperable on-demand solutions. Qflix provides detailed technical information, certification testing, and an intellectual property license pool formed by Pioneer Electronics and Sonic to enable media and drive manufacturers to create optical discs and drives for recording CSS-encrypted video
Macrovison
NASDAQ: MVSN
http://www.macrovision.com
Macrovision Corporation is the market leader in content protection, software licensing and installation, and digital rights management (DRM) technologies. Their platform-driven approach focuses on providing complete and innovative solutions to entertainment content owners, publishers, software vendors, IT professionals, enterprises, network system operators, and internet service providers.
Macrovision's RipGuard technology is the anti-ripping solution preferred by Hollywood studios and used on major DVD releases today. Macrovision ACP is the world's leading device-to-device analog content protection system. It has protected over 4.5 billion DVDs since it was introduced. Macrovision ACP closes the analog hole on nearly every DVD player, DVD recorder, PC, and digital video recorder. Together, RipGuard DVD and Macrovision ACP form a comprehensive DVD protection solution that plugs analog and digital holes in a single step.
Plextor
Plextor LLC is a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance digital media equipment for professionals, consumers, and enterprises. Headquartered in Silicon Valley since 1990, Plextor has introduced generations of award-winning products, including digital video converters and CD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, and DVD±R/RW optical disk drives. Plextor is privately owned by Shinano Kenshi Co., Ltd., a developer and manufacturer of advanced technology hardware and precision electronic equipment headquartered in Japan.Back To Top
Copy-Protection Standardization
We are upgrading our TitleMatch systems to support Sonic's Qflix™-enabled DVD on-demand platform that will include Content Scramble System (CSS) encryption, and Macrovision's proven content-protection mechanisms: RipGuard and ACP.
The resulting TitleMatch systems will allow retailers and e-tailers to supplement physical inventory with a large high-quality digital library of television programming and movie titles. These products can then be securely manufactured to DVD on demand, complete with full-color artwork and disc packaging, providing customers with a unique shopping experience.