Tag archive: Macrovision

Online digital video service CinemaNow has inked a deal with Macrovision intended to make it easier for device manufacturers to build support for CinemaNow's services into products like digital television sets, network-attached storage, and set-top boxes. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “CinemaNow is dedicated to providing access to great entertainment wherever our customer is, in the living room or on the… Read More

Covered Macrovision technologies include Macrovision's original analog copy protection (ACP), new enhanced capabilities for ACP aimed at new uses such as video-on-demand and pay-per-view (ACPe), and other rights signaling technologies (CGMS-A, the US over-the-air “Broadcast flag” and others). “Microsoft values Macrovision's leadership on media copy management and analog rights signaling technologies, and has… Read More

Shaw Communications Inc., a cable operator based in Calgary, Canada, has activated Macrovision's content protection for Video on Demand (VOD) content. Macrovision's technology prevents unauthorizedcopying of VOD movies on VCRs, DVD recorders, personal video recorders (PVRs/DVRs) and hard drive recorders. Macrovision's technology can also be used to permit secure storage and movement of VODmovies to PVRs and portable media… Read More

SafeDisc is the leading PC game protection solution available to interactive entertainment publishers, offering multi-level encryption which can be efficiently integrated by the software developer deep within the code of a game without affecting the game's performance. These layers ensure that the robust security can remain intact far beyond standard copy protection schemes which simply 'wrap' each game in an encrypted… Read More

Tools under review by the major labels would limit the number of backups that could be made from ordinary compact discs and prevent copied, or “burned,” versions from being used to create further copies, according to Macrovision and SunnComm International, rivals that are developing competing versions of the digital rights management (DRM) software. SunnComm said a version of its new “secure burning” technology is… Read More

Macrovision received the preliminary injunction in its patent-infringement lawsuit against 321 Studios, already forbidden by federal judges in recent months from selling its DVD-cloning software. Less than two weeks ago, 321 founder Robert Moore told a congressional panel the court rulings have put his company “on the brink of annihilation.” He said 321 had expected to generate $100 million in sales. Read the full… Read More