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October 26, 2006
France's Medialive To Protect Content In Japan Mobile Deal
We've got our eye on Paris-based Medialive SA, a digital media copyright protection technology vendor. The startup impressed the a:c euro last year when it raised $4.2M from Reston, Virginia-based Nextel, a wireless operator, and a French seed stage fund, on the back of convincing Nextel of the value of its innovative content protection solution.
This kind of thing is happening more than it used with Euro startups, but it is still rare enough that we notice it.
Medialive's Founders Might Be Brainy But They Can Explain To The Rest Of Us How Their Tech Works
Founded in 2000, Medialive developed “heavily patented” copyright protection software that is cheaper and easier to implement than existing encryption-based technologies. What makes it stand out is that its “digital keys” are still slim enough to fit on the tiny chips that are used for security inside mobile phones (so-called SIM cards).
The company just announced that Primeworks, a Japanese mobile content platform provider has signed up to use its technology. There are a few competing solutuions for mobile networks out there and an agreement is not a guarantee of revenues, but the fact that it has a foot in the US market and one in Japan suggests that Medialive is getting somewhere in a global market.
Read - Medialive Signs Major Contract In Japan (press rel.)
Posted on October 26, 2006 08:16 AM | Posted to Media | Wireless | Permalink
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