Engaging a PlayReady® Service Provider
If you are a company that would like to enjoy and use the benefits of the Microsoft PlayReady Server technology, but you would like to minimize your development and hosting costs, working directly with a PlayReady Service Provider may be an excellent fit for your needs. Microsoft provides a list of PlayReady Service partners who specialize in content access technology solutions to develop, implement, and host your PlayReady service.
The benefits of working directly with a PlayReady Service Provider include:
| • | The ability to outsource (to specialists who understand the complexities of content-access technology) the development and deployment of the content access and protection part of the service |
| • | No agreements to sign with Microsoft, eliminating the need to report and pay royalties to Microsoft |
| • | No upfront license fees for deploying your PlayReady service, an upfront savings of $30,000 |
PlayReady Service Providers:
If you are interested in outsourcing the development and hosting of your branded service, please contact one of the PlayReady Service Providers listed below for more information:
Acetrax AG
Acetrax runs a European VOD service, working with premium brands to offer premium movies to their customers. Acetrax is an independent, privately owned company headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, and holds contracts with major Hollywood Studios as well as independent and local providers.
Website: http://www.acetrax.com
Contact email: info@acetrax.com
Contact phone: +41 43 204 2080
BuyDRM
BuyDRM was founded in 2001 to meet the needs of the rapidly expanding pay media industry. BuyDRM's platform KeyOS is offered as a service and a solution, representing extensive research, development and practical commercial use in deploying digital rights management technology.
Website: http://www.buydrm.com
Contact email: sales@buydrm.com
Contact phone: (+1) 512 377 1340
CDNetworks
CDNetworks, a global, full-service content delivery network (CDN), provides a comprehensive suite of technology for video streaming, large-volume-files downloads, image caching, website acceleration, application acceleration, business analytics and monetization.
Website: http://www.cdnetworks.com
Contact email: info@cdnetworks.com
Contact phone: (+1) 408 969 1000
Connexia S.r.l.
Connexia is a communication agency that provides top level technological services (e.g. web design, search engine, digital marketing) and services for webcasting (Web TV, IPTV, Dynamic Digital Signage, digital right management, content distribution, User Generated Content management platforms).
Website: http://www.connexia.com/
Contact email: info@connexia.com
Contact phone: (+39) 028135541
CSG Systems, Inc.
CSG's Content Direct solution empowers content creators, aggregators and distributors to easily and effectively market, monetize and manage content and customers. Content Direct is offered as either a set of software services or as an integrated solution.
Website: http://www.csgsystems.com/contentdirect
Contact email: jim_benz@csgsystems.com
Contact phone: (+1) 312 660 5667
Entriq
Entriq develops and manages an open, standards-based pay/premium media infrastructure to help the world's leading content owners and content rights holders reduce the cost and complexity of building and running their own pay-media and ad-supported platforms.
Website: http://www.entriq.com/solutions.php
Contact email: sales@entriq.com
Contact phone: (+1) 760 795 2600
ExtendMedia, Corp.
ExtendMedia provides OpenCASE, a multi-screen media monetization platform that uses PlayReady technology to enable telecommunications operators and other media distributors to create, manage, publish, and securely deliver digital content across broadband, TV and mobile devices.
Website: http://www.extend.com
Contact email: sales@extend.com
Contact phone: (+1) 617 332 5700
EZDRM
Founded in 2003, EZDRM has been a leader in digital rights management solutions for content owners. The EZDRM hosted DRM solution helps cut cost and infrastructure required for business. EZDRM has evolved with Microsoft DRM technologies from WMDRM to Silverlight DRM powered by PlayReady.
Website: http://www.ezdrm.com
Contact email: Sales@ezdrm.com
Contact phone: (+1) 888 636 9723
fabbricadigitale s.r.l
fabbricadigitale realizes innovative infrastructures and software applications, always aiming at technological perfection, in order to meet the developments of the national and international market. The corporate strategy is to provide technologically advanced and future-oriented solutions.
Website: http://www.fabbricadigitale.it
Contact email: d.ghisolfi@fabbricadigitale.it; a.coli@fabbricadigitale.it
Contact phone: (+39) 0375284600
Ipercast Network
Ipercast is a European firm that manages the diffusion of secure multimedia content on the Internet and on mobile. Ipercast has its own infrastructure. Its network consists of more than 10 000 km of optical fiber to offer Meta-CDN and VoD services for media and ISP.
Website: http://www.ipercast.net/
Contact email: jmlaveissiere@ipercast.net
Contact phone: (+33) 1 72 77 70 70
iStreamPlanet
iStreamPlanet provides digital media strategy, managed webcasting services, and Rich Internet Applications that enable enterprises and media/entertainment content owners to securely distribute and monetize their media assets across multiple platforms using Silverlight and PlayReady technologies.
Website: http://www.istreamplanet.com/About.aspx
Contact email: jhopkins@istreamplanet.com
Contact phone: (+1) 702 492 5923
Stream UK
Founded in 2001, Stream UK was an early implementer of the Windows Media™ Rights Manager software. Since then, Stream UK has continued to invest in the technology and expertise required to ensure your content is both available to those you intend and secure from those you don't.
Website: http://www.streamuk.com
Contact email: playready@streamuk.com
Contact phone: +44 (0)207 419 2028
Xstream Media Solutions
Xstream offers complete broadcast solutions for the dissemination of audio and video via the Internet, mobile and TV-platforms. Xstream's media asset management software, MediaMaker, is a focus area serving Xstream customers with a complete management platform for Internet-TV and VOD services.
Website: http://www.xstream.dk
Contact email: sales@xstream.dk
Contact phone: (+45) 70 27 17 78
Yacast
Founded in April 2000, Yacast has become a leader in media streaming and monitoring services. The company is operating one of the largest CDN platforms in Europe. A complete range of live and on-demand services is provided using state of the art IP and mobile technologies.
Website: http://www.yacastmedia.net
Contact email: contact@yacastmedia.net
Contact phone: (+33) 1 56 28 59 00
Interested in becoming a PlayReady Service Provider?
If you are interested in becoming a PlayReady Service Provider, please contact CAPLT@microsoft.com for more information. One of our Business Development Managers will help explain the criteria and the application process.