Digital Rights Management (DRM) and the Implications for Digital Video Content - An Examination of Current Industry Thinking

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

1.0 Introduction

• 1.1 Scope
  • 1.1.1 Defining Digital Rights Management
  • 1.1.2 DRM Vs. Conditional Access
  • 1.1.3 Objectives
  • 1.1.4 Report Content
• 1.2 Methodology
  • 1.2.1 Information Sources
  • 1.2.2 Companies Interviewed

2.0 Current Issues in DRM and Video Content Protection

• 2.1 Hardware-based Vs. Software-based Content Protection
• 2.2 Content Portability and DRM Interoperability
• 2.3 Pay-TV and DRM-Related Issues
• 2.4 Platform Considerations: Mobile Handsets and Portable Media Players
  • 2.4.1 Portable Media Players and DRM
  • 2.4.2 Ongoing Issues in Mobile DRM - OMA and Microsoft
• 2.5 DRM and the Digital Household
• 2.6 Other Content Protection Issues: Digital / Analog Holes and Watermarking
  • 2.6.1 Watermarking as DRM
• 2.7 Protecting Internet Delivery of Premium Video Content
  • 2.7.2The Tradeoff Between Security and Alienation
• 2.8 Needs and Concerns of Studios and Content Owners

Appendix - Company Directory

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• 2.1 Worldwide Pay-TV Digital Set-top Boxes, Split by Platform
• 2.2 Worldwide Handheld Digital Media Players (HDD & Flash only), by Media Type
• 2.3 Worldwide Cellular Handsets, Split by Functionality
• 2.4 Worldwide Digital TV Households
• 2.5 Worldwide Home Networked Households
• 2.6 Worldwide HDTVs, HD STBs & HD DVRs