Cinea

Cinea Licenses Digital Watermarking Tech to News Corp.'s NDS

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 28, 2007 - 2:28pm.

Reston, Va. - Cinea, a unit of Dolby Laboratories that provides content-protection technology to the movie and TV industries, announced on Tuesday that News Corp.'s NDS has licensed the company's forensic watermarking technology for use with its video-on-demand and live broadcast products. The technology will provide NDS' customers with the ability to embed invisible, unique product IDs in individual video streams, allowing tracking of pirated content back to its source.

Cinea Introduces Video-on-Demand Watermarking Technology

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 10, 2007 - 3:52pm.

Reston, Va. - Cinea, a unit of Dolby Laboratories that develops content-protection technologies, on Tuesday introduced a new watermarking technology for video-on-demand content the company says will make the unique serialization of video streams easy and affordable. Virginia-based Cinea said the VOD watermarks can be deployed without using additional server power, involve no change in the distribution infrastructure, and require no updates to existing devices.

Cinea Debuts Digital Watermarking for Consumer Video Devices

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 30, 2006 - 12:35pm.

Reston, Va. - Cinea, a unit of Dolby that develops anti-piracy technologies for the movie and TV industries, on Wednesday introduced a new forensic watermarking application intended for use with consumer video devices.

$600 Cinea Device Plays Encrypted Digital Dailies on Windows PCs

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 17, 2006 - 12:52pm.

Reston, Va. - Cinea, a unit of Dolby Laboratories that develops copy-protection technology for the movie and TV industries, on Monday introduced a portable device that enables desktop and laptop PCs to play back video encrypted with Cinea's S-VIEW system.

Cinea Provides Secure Digital Dailies Distribution for "Casino Royale"

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 10, 2006 - 1:05pm.

Reston, Va. - Cinea, a unit of Dolby Laboratories that develops content protection technologies for the movie and TV industries, announced on Monday that EON Productions used its technology to encrypt and securely distribute digital dailies during production of its upcoming James Bond film "Casino Royale."

Redbus to Use Cinea Anti-Piracy on BAFTA DVD Screeners

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 15, 2005 - 5:24am.

Reston, Va. - Cinea, a unit of Dolby Laboratories that develops film anti-piracy technology, announced on Tuesday that European film distributor Redbus, a division of Lions Gate Entertainment, will use its technology on the DVD movie "screeners" it sends to voting members of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Cinea distributed special DVD players to BAFTA members, which are the only devices that can play the encrypted DVD screener copies of Redbus' "Good Night, and Good Luck" and "A Cock and Bull Story."

Disney to Use Cinea Anti-piracy Technology to Protect DVD Screeners

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 24, 2005 - 6:36am.

Burbank, Calif. - Disney announced on Monday that it will use anti-piracy technology from Cinea, a unit of Dolby Laboratories, to protect the DVD "screener" copies of films it distributes to voters for various 2005 film awards. The past two years have seen the sources of online leaks of movies traced back to such DVD screener discs, typically distributed to those who vote on the Academy Awards and other film awards. In 2004, one actor was kicked out of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, while an associate involved in posting the actor's screener DVDs online was convicted on federal copyright infringement charges. "Last year, pretty much every awards screener found its way to the Internet," Jeff Miller, an executive vice president at Disney who oversees post-production, told the L.A. Times. Disney said Cinea will distribute specially-designed secure DVD players to nearly 12,000 awards voters. The players will be the only devices capable of playing Disney's DVD screeners, which will also be encrypted with a code unique to each awards voter. "It is our hope that others will join us in this aggressive stand against piracy, and we believe that Cinea enables an important step in that direction," said Walt Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook. Reuters reported that representatives for Sony Pictures and Universal Pictures both said they have opted not to use the Cinea technology.

tags: Disney | DVD | Cinea | Anti-piracy Technology |

Digimarc Licenses Anti-piracy Watermarking Tech to Cinea

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 20, 2005 - 8:55am.

Beaverton, Ore. - Digimarc, a developer of digital watermarking technology, announced on Thursday that it has signed a multi-year patent licensing agreement with Cinea, a unit of Dolby Laboratories that provides anti-piracy technologies to the film and TV industries. Under the deal, Cinea will be able to offer Digimarc's forensic tracking, which can trace the source of an unauthorized leak of video content to its source file through inaudible digital watermarking.

tags: Anti-Piracy | Digimarc | Watermarking Tech | Cinea |