[opendtv] HP and Philips to Begin Licensing Video Content Protection System to Manufacturers after Gaining FCC Approval
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: undisclosed-recipient: ;
- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 13:50:52 -0400
HP and Philips to Begin Licensing Video Content Protection System
to Manufacturers after Gaining FCC Approval
- Aug 5, 2004 09:00 AM (BusinessWire)
PALO ALTO, Calif. & AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--Aug. 5, 2004--
Technology Enables Recording of Digital Television
Broadcasts with the Broadcast Flag
HP (NYSE:HPQ)(Nasdaq:HPQ) and Philips (NYSE:PHG) today announced
that their Video Content Protection System (VCPS), formerly called
Vidi, has received approval from the United States Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) and will now be offered to
manufacturers through a license program. VCPS-enabled products will
allow consumers to record video from digital television (DTV)
broadcasts under the FCC's Broadcast Flag regulation. VCPS is designed
to be used with DVD+R, DVD+RW and DVD+R DL optical discs.
The FCC adopted the Broadcast Flag rules as a content protection
mechanism for digital broadcast television. The Broadcast Flag is a
digital code that can be embedded into a digital broadcasting stream
and signals DTV reception equipment to prevent indiscriminate
redistribution of digital broadcast content over the Internet. The use
of VCPS in digital video discs and recorders makes it possible for
consumers to record digital broadcasts that are protected by the
Broadcast Flag onto a DVD+R/+RW disc, and enjoy TV programming
protected by the FCC rules.
After July 2005, FCC regulations require manufacturers of digital
video recorders to use FCC-approved content protection technology when
recording U.S. digital television broadcasts that are marked with the
Broadcast Flag. VCPS provides a transparent solution for consumers --
there is no change in how the customer records and views their
favorite TV program -- while automatically adhering to these
regulations. VCPS is easily integrated in PCs, DVD recorders and
players and in optical discs. The use of this technology does not
increase the cost of the manufacturing process of DVD+R/+RW discs.
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