Widevine securing content for Gaia Online
Widevine Technologies, the only provider of multiformat and multiplatform DRM and the recognized “Switzerland of DRM”, has announced it is actively securing the distribution of Flash-based content from Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures Television for Gaia Online. One of the fastest-growing hangout sites on the web, Gaia Online is geared towards teens who want to play games, make friends and participate in social networking. Widevine, which secures premium content during delivery and consumption, was a critical enabler of Gaia’s licensing deal.
Gaia’s monthly visitors number more than 2.5 million a month with tens of millions of views. It currently offers movies and television shows available for community members to watch within the Gaia Cinemas. Designed to entertain and enable interactivity, Gaia Online streams Flash-based titles to members using Windows® PCs or Mac® computers. Widevine secures the content during streaming and after decryption to further prevent against piracy tools such as screen scrapers and stream recorders.
Widevine investors include: Charter Ventures, Constellation Ventures, Macrovision, Pacesetter Capital Group, The Phoenix Partners, VantagePoint Venture Partners, Cisco Systems, Telos Venture Partners.
www.widevine.com, www.gaiaonline.com
