Civolution's NexGuard Forensic Watermarking Integrates with STMicroelectronics' Cannes and Monaco Systems-on-Chips
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Shown in Las Vegas during CES 2015, the integration of Civolution's content-
protection solution with STMicroelectronics' Ultra HD-4K Systems-on-Chips (SoC)
enables CE manufacturers to deploy Ultra HD-4K TV secure services and protect
content owners
Geneva, Switzerland and Eindhoven, The Netherlands, January 5, 2015 -
STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers
across the spectrum of electronics applications, and Civolution, the leading
provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetizing
content, today announced the integration of Civolution's NexGuard forensic
watermarking with ST's UltraHD-4K Cannes and Monaco SoCs to detect unauthorized
sharing of digital content and help deter piracy. The integration will be
demonstrated at STMicroelectronics' private suite during the 2015 Consumer
Electronics Show in Las Vegas (January 6-9).
Forensic watermarking is the means by which a unique and imperceptible
identifying code is inserted into a media asset, whether a movie, video or any
other type of content. By adding a unique identity disseminated throughout a
piece of media, that content, along with its owner, becomes identifiable.
Digital watermarks are used to enforce contractual compliance between a content
owner and the intended recipient. It provides proof of misuse and a link back to
the source of a leakage. By integrating Civolution's NexGuard with its Ultra HD-
4K Cannes (STiH314/318) and Monaco (STiH414/418) SoCs, ST ensures that its
leading-edge set-top box chipsets can offer a powerful deterrent against
digital-content piracy.
ST's Cannes and Monaco SoCs already support Conditional Access (CA) and Digital
Rights Management (DRM) systems to enable the efficient delivery of next-
generation 4K TV (broadcast and Internet) services. The addition of Civolution's
NexGuard raises the bar to meet the MovieLabs[1] guidelines, which require
platforms distributing and playing 4K content to support encryption methods, a
secure media pipeline, a hardware root of trust to protect studio content, as
well as forensic watermarking to securely mark video on the server or client
side to facilitate the detection and location of breaches.
"Civolution and ST work together to add support for the industry-leading
digital-watermarking solution with the powerful Cannes and Monaco SoCs for
UltraHD-4K services," said Alex Terpstra, CEO, Civolution. "As the leading
provider of forensic watermarking solutions for pre-release, digital cinema,
Pay-TV and streaming, we are proud to be working closely with ST to deploy our
solution in the powerful Cannes and Monaco chipsets. This recent integration is
further proof of NexGuard's role as a core component to providing best-in-class
innovation for high-value-content protection."
"The strong adoption of ST's Cannes and Monaco SoCs globally is the result of
the powerful ARM® multi-core processor-based design, incorporating superior
2D/3D graphics performance and integrated hardware Faroudja® multimedia
subsystem with HEVC-capable robust video decoder," said Philippe Notton, Group
Vice President and General Manager, Consumer Product Division,
STMicroelectronics. "Adding Civolution's NexGuard forensic watermarking to the
Cannes/Monaco security toolbox for UltraHD-4K premium content complements the
chips' existing industry-leading security capabilities and raises the bar in
content-rights protection."
The combined solutions will be demonstrated in a private suite in Las Vegas
during the Consumer Electronics Show, January 6-9, 2015.
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For more information:
Harrie Tholen
Civolution Sr VP Sales & Marketing
Tel: +1 347 493 4640
harrie.tholen(at)civolution.com
Segolene Roche
Platform PR
Tel: +44 (0)20 7486 4900
segolene(at)platformpr.com
Mike Gyulai
Beck Media & Marketing
Tel: +1 310 300 4800
mike(at)beckmedia.com
Michael Markowitz
Director Technical Media Relations
STMicroelectronics
Tel: +1 781 591 0354
michael.markowitz(at)st.com
About Civolution
Civolution (www.civolution.com) is the leading provider of technology and
solutions to identify manage and monetize media content. The company offers an
extensive portfolio of cutting edge digital watermarking and fingerprinting
technologies and applications, which are provided by two business units:
· The Teletrax business unit provides real time TV analytics and
synchronized advertisments, servicing the broadcast and digital media industry.
· The NexGuard business unit is the world leader in forensic
watermarking, providing solutions for forensic marking of media assets in pre-
release, digital cinema, pay TV and OTT streaming.
Follow us on Twitter: (at)Civolution. For more information, visit
www.civolution.com.
About STMicroelectronics
ST is a global leader in the semiconductor market, serving customers across the
spectrum of sense and power technologies and multimedia convergence
applications. From energy management and savings to trust and data security,
from healthcare and wellness to smart consumer devices, in the home, car and
office, at work and at play, ST is found everywhere microelectronics make a
positive and innovative contribution to people's life. By getting more from
technology to get more from life, ST stands for life.augmented.
In 2013, the company's net revenues were $8.08 billion. Further information on
ST can be found at www.st.com.
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[1] MovieLabs Specification for Enhanced Content Protection - Version 1.0:
Describes a set of high-level specifications for improving the security of
audiovisual works in this developing environment. MovieLabs recognizes that most
of these features will have broad and strong studio-wide support in most
contexts involving enhanced content distribution. Each studio will determine
individually which practices are prerequisites to the distribution of its
content in any particular situation.
ST Civolution Digital Watermarking:
http://hugin.info/152740/R/1884337/665737.pdf
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