Widevine

Widevine is a digital rights management system for protecting media. It lets content owners and distributors license content, deliver it securely and control playback on consumer devices. The aim is to keep revenue-generating services running on whatever device viewers choose.

What Widevine offers

• Licensing and secure distribution — handles the rights and delivery of protected content.
• Playback protection — guards content on phones, computers, television boxes and living room devices.
• Standards-based tools — supports encryption, adaptive streaming, transport and player software without licensing fees.
• High-quality formats — approved by studios for 4K, UHD and HDR.
• Implementation partners — the Certified Widevine Implementation Partner programme covers companies that install and configure it.

Who it works with

Content owners, service providers, broadcasters and digital media providers, including those running OTT networks.

Key facts

• Vendor: Google
• Device reach: described as available on 5 billion devices