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18 April 2007

Widevine partners with On2 to protect Flash video files

On2 Technologies, the codec company now famous for supplying its codec to Macromedia to include in its Flash video implementation says that it is working with Widevine on downloadable content protection and forensic watermarking.

Just a week earlier Widevine said that it had changed its DRM system to accommodate Flash Video, but didn’t specify what changes this required. We’re pretty sure that it is possible to use just about any other DRM to protect Flash Video content. Presumably Flash video created using On2 toolsets will have the option to include Widevine watermarking and copy protection. It is to be implemented in On2’s Flix for Flash encoding and publishing product line, starting with flagship Flix Engine and Flix Engine Live.