10 expressions of interest
The ARDG co-chairs have received 10 expressions of interest. Four of these are VBI-based (that is, they provide data in a publicly-documented place and a publicly-documented format in the video signal), and the other six appear to be watermark-based.
The proposers and proposals are:
- Consumer Electronics Association: CGMS-A (VBI)
- VEIL Interactive Technologies: CGMS-A+ (VBI plus visible mark)
- Visionaire Technology Corporation: a "patent-pending" line 21 VBI technology
- Macrovision: an unspecified VBI technology that also uses the horizontal blanking interval
- Philips: two video watermark proposals based on detection by display devices
- Kenwood Corporation: a video watermark proposal
- Dwight Cavendish Systems: RightsMaster (a video watermark proposal)
- Toshiba: HIDE (a video watermark proposal previously submitted to DVD CCA)
- VWM Companies: a video watermark proposal
These technologies will be the subject of presentations at the next ARDG meeting on Oct. 22 and 23 in Los Angeles.
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