SERVECAST LIMITED AND ENTRIQ, INC. PARTNER TO ENABLE AND SECURE
PAY MEDIA OVER THE INTERNET
Entriq Media Authorization Network to be integrated with
Servecast to add robust Access Control and Digital Rights
Management features to European content distribution network.
Carlsbad, CA, and Dublin, Ireland, January 03, 2003 - Entriq,
Inc., an independent subsidiary of MIH Limited, and the leading
authority in pay media over the Internet, and Servecast Limited,
Europe's leading provider for multimedia communication solutions,
are pleased to announce that they have partnered to offer
the most reliable solution for secure streaming media transactions
to the enterprise, sports, media and entertainment industries.
Entriq's Media Authorization services augment Servecast's
existing content delivery & protection services by expanding
the access control and protection mechanisms for content owners
and service operators to leverage their existing content and
services to generate additional revenues. Through Servecast's
proprietary content management platform, Media Studio, customers
will enjoy advanced access control services, supporting multiple
business models, such as Pay Per View (PPV), Subscription,
Syndication and Prepaid Time (PPT), supporting the most efficient
business model for the type of content.
"At Servecast we provide our clients with complete communication
solutions. Media Studio provides content owners with the tools
to automatically manage, protect and deliver their content
online. Now with the integration of Entriq's Media Authorization
services, Media Studio's content protection features have
been further expanded to allow our clients to maximize the
value of their media assets," says Darach Deehan CEO of
Servecast.
Using the seamlessly combined Entriq and Servecast solution,
streaming media content owners and service operators, especially
sports, media and entertainment distribution rights owners
will be able to quickly and easily implement and deploy pay
media operations, adding additional revenue streams with a
variety of business models. In addition, they will enjoy increased
and accelerated time to market with a completely secure, yet
simplified service available to them without the need for
any software or hardware installation.
"Leveraging more than a decade of experience in the
conditional access broadcasting market, Entriq is the most
experienced and proven platform for high-value content owners
and service operators to deploy an Internet pay media operation,"
says Jan Steenkamp, CEO of Entriq.
About Entriq
Entriq Inc., an independent subsidiary of MIH with over 15
years experience in pay television, enables and secures pay
media over the Internet. Based in San Diego, California, Entriq
provides customers with a unique and revolutionary Media Authorization
Network to enable secure streaming media transactions, involving
multiple content providers, network providers, and service
providers, supporting all established business models for
online media.
MIH Limited (NASDAQ: MIHL) is an international subscriber
platforms and software solutions group, with activities focused
on subscriber platforms providing subscription, television
and Internet services to over two million paying subscribers
in Europe, Africa and Asia. Over 55% of its subscriber base
consists of digital subscribers. MIH, and its subsidiaries,
have developed a comprehensive understanding of pay media
and other subscriber-based businesses, particularly in the
areas of content protection, subscriber management and platform
development. To learn more, please visit www.entriq.com.
Entriq operates a global media authorization network enabling
content and broadband service providers to cooperatively syndicate,
track and sell online media in an efficient and secure manner.
To learn more, please visit
www.entriq.com.
For further information contact:
Darach Deehan, CEO, Servecast
Tel: +353 1 474 8002
About Servecast;
Servecast is the leading provider of webcasting solutions
for the Enterprise, Sports and media sectors. Its enterprise
software solutions enable corporations to harness the power
of webcasting as part of their communications and training
programmes. Its solutions for the sports and media sectors
enable content owners to monetize their content by securely
delivering it to a global broadband audience.
Contact Servecast here.
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