Secure Video Processor
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The SVP is "an open technology specification for digital content protection", developed through an alliance of members. It operates as a hardware-based solution so that "an SVP-Compliant chip can be embedded in any device that has a digital processor".
The MPAA and its member companies worked closely with the SVPLA (Licensing Authority) on the SVP technical licensing terms to ensure that the studios’ security needs were met while enabling these new capabilities, according to a statement in early 2006 by Brad Hunt, chief technology officer for the MPAA.
SVP licenses are available on what’s called “a reasonable and non-discriminatory basis (RaND).” They are also available on a low cost non-royalty basis, which is intended to help to drive implementation.
Members
- AMD
- BroadcomBroadcomBroadcom Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company in the wireless and broadband communication business. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, USA. Broadcom was founded by a professor-student pair Henry Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas III from the University of California, Los...
- ConexantConexantConexant Systems, Inc. is an American semiconductor company, formerly the semiconductor division of Rockwell International. Currently it's privately owned by Golden Gate Capital, an equity firm headquartered in San Francisco.-History:...
- HumaxHumaxHumax is an electronics company. Founded in South Korea in 1989, it manufactures set-top boxes, digital video recorders and other consumer electronics. It is publicly traded on KOSDAQ....
- LGLG GroupLG Corp. is the second-largest South Korean conglomerate company following Samsung, and it is headquartered in the LG Twin Towers in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. LG produces electronics, chemicals, and telecommunications products and operates subsidiaries like LG Electronics, LG Display,...
- NDSNDS GroupNDS Group Plc. is a developer of pay TV technology. NDS was established in 1988 as an Israeli start up company. It was acquired by News Corporation in 1992. The company is currently headquartered in Staines, United Kingdom...
- Pace Micro Technology
- PhilipsPhilipsKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , more commonly known as Philips, is a multinational Dutch electronics company....
- SamsungSamsung ElectronicsSamsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul...
- STSTMicroelectronicsSTMicroelectronics is an Italian-French electronics and semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.While STMicroelectronics corporate headquarters and the headquarters for EMEA region are based in Geneva, the holding company, STMicroelectronics N.V. is registered in Amsterdam,...
- ThomsonThomson SATechnicolor SA , formerly Thomson SA and Thomson Multimedia, is a French international provider of solutions for the creation, management, post-production, delivery and access of video, for the Communication, Media and Entertainment industries. Technicolor’s headquarters are located in Issy les...
- Fox Filmed EntertainmentFox Entertainment GroupThe Fox Entertainment Group is an American entertainment industry company that owns film studios and terrestrial, cable, and direct broadcast satellite television properties...
The MPAA and its member companies worked closely with the SVPLA (Licensing Authority) on the SVP technical licensing terms to ensure that the studios’ security needs were met while enabling these new capabilities, according to a statement in early 2006 by Brad Hunt, chief technology officer for the MPAA.
SVP licenses are available on what’s called “a reasonable and non-discriminatory basis (RaND).” They are also available on a low cost non-royalty basis, which is intended to help to drive implementation.