Verimatrix Offers Solutions that Create a Competitive Edge at IPTV World Forum Middle East & Africa 2009

Steve Oetegenn to Discuss Compelling Content for Growth of IPTV Services

WHO: Verimatrix enhances the value and security of pay-TV networks with advanced technologies designed to address the content protection challenges of today, and those of tomorrow. The Verimatrix 3-Dimensional Content Security approach provides a framework to enhance operator competitiveness and the consumer experience in the new world of pay-TV.

WHAT: Conference Track:
Steve Oetegenn, chief sales and marketing officer, will be contributing to a panel session discussing how IPTV operators can gain a competitive edge with launching time-shifted and catch-up services.

The panel, which includes partners from Harmonic and ADB, will address:
• Exploiting the USPs of IPTV: time-shift and catch-up as “killer applications”
• Enriching the user experience with a compelling catch-up service
• Assessing service possibilities for PVR and full NPVR, beyond just “start-over” TV

WHEN: Sunday 15 Nov., 2009 at 4:10 p.m.

Product Focus:
VCAS 3 – Verimatrix’s next-generation Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) platform broadens the domain of traditional conditional access. The core value proposition for VCAS 3 shifts beyond content protection alone towards the broader perspective of revenue security. The initial release of VCAS 3 supports emerging video delivery formats and new consumption models through a single content authority architecture.

Multi-device Adaptive Rate Streaming – As an important extension to the revenue envelope of pay-TV deployments, Verimatrix will be promoting its ability to secure adaptive rate streaming services to the PC, iPhone and other devices. In its latest whitepaper, “Adaptive Rate Streaming: Pay-TV at an Inflection Point,” the company highlights advances with this emerging technology are likely to alter the current framework of managed network vs. OTT delivery.

WHEN: During exhibition hours; 15 – 16 Nov., 2009

WHERE: IPTV World Middle East & Africa, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai, Booth #2

About Verimatrix
Verimatrix sets the standard for content and revenue security solutions for pay-TV networks, with a global customer base of premier service providers. The Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) offers a suite of independently audited, next-generation solutions and is consistently ranked as the global leading IPTV content protection solution. The company’s 3-Dimensional Content Security approach, built around VCAS and its ViewRight® client device technologies, enables the business of content delivery to screens of all types, across multiple networks, while using multiple layers of protection techniques to achieve the widest security perimeter. Maintaining close relationships with major studios, broadcasters, industry organizations and a progressive partner ecosystem helps address the challenges facing the pay-TV industry of today, and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow. For more information, please visit www.verimatrix.com or our Pay TV Views blog to join the conversation.