Macrovision announces contract with General Dynamics Interactive

Macrovision Corporation have signed a multi-year contract with General Dynamics Interactive to copy protect Video-On-Demand (VOD) programmes distributed to hotels throughout the world.
General Dynamics Interactive offers hotels Hollywood movies and a digital interactive platform called the Intrigue Multimedia System. Intrigue is an in-room entertainment and information system featuring digital VOD, high-speed Internet access, electronic shopping and video games, all via a television in guests¹ rooms or their own laptop computers. In contrast to analogue VOD systems, Intrigue offers truly interactive digital features, including the ability to pause, fast-forward and rewind anytime within 24 hours of starting a movie. General Dynamics Interactive is a part of General Dynamics C4 Systems, Taunton, Massachusetts.
Macrovision's copy-protection technology is incorporated within each digital set-top box deployed by General Dynamics capable of viewing VOD programming. It is designed to enable consumers to view VOD and PPV programming, but prevents unauthorised copying on DVD recorders and significantly distorts unauthorised copies on VCRs and D-VHS recorders.
It is now incorporated within 100 million digital set-top boxes deployed by hospitality, cable and satellite operators worldwide.
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