Verimatrix Struts at IBC

AMSTERDAM -- Verimatrix, setting the standard in content security technologies that enhance the value of pay-TV networks, today announced a growing range of partners that have committed to the commercial availability of VideoMark(tm)-enhanced set-top boxes (STBs). Tilgin, WEGENER, Entone, Softier and Setabox are integrating VideoMark, Verimatrix's patent-pending forensic watermarking technology, and Video Content Authority System (VCAS) with their leading IPTV boxes in response to new content owner and system requirements. Verimatrix will be demonstrating VideoMark capabilities and exhibiting their partners' upgraded STBs at IBC2006 Hall 4, Booth 199.

VideoMark, an extended content security option for all VCAS deployments, is the only robust and invisible content tracking solution that enables forensic, user-specific marking of individual video copies to track piracy to the culpable user outside the digital network. Recent announcements indicate that VideoMark is the only forensic watermarking solution gaining traction in the marketplace (see Time Broadband Service of India Selects Verimatrix for First Deployment of VideoMark in Asia, June 21, and Auroras and Verimatrix Partner to Deploy Encryption, Service Protection and Forensic Watermarking Technology, March 20). VideoMark was selected for these deployments to ensure that the IPTV operators featured differentiated services including early release windows for High Definition (HD) and super premium content.

"We are thrilled to see the growing momentum in worldwide deployment of VideoMark. Content owners, our customers and partners have always responded positively to the idea of forensic watermarking that can trace piracy to the source. Now we are seeing a wave of system deployments enabled by our forward-thinking partners," said Steve Oetegenn, EVP of Global Sales and Marketing, Verimatrix.

Verimatrix Inc.