Widevine Lands $15 Million for Video Delivery, DRM

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 14, 2009 - 10:14am.

Seattle - Widevine, a provider of forensic watermarking technologies and other digital rights management (DRM) services for content owners, announced on Monday that it has raised $15 million in new funding.

Investors included Samsung Ventures, Liberty Global and a third, undisclosed corporation.

Seattle-based Widevine currently provides content protection to a number of Internet movie services, including Sonic's CinemaNow.

The company says its technology "plays a central role" in the "TV Everywhere" strategies of cable, satellite and phone companies.

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