MEDIA ADVISORY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  OCTOBER 9, 2007

What: ATIS will present a Webinar entitled Digital Rights Management (DRM) and its Impact on IPTV Service Quality:  Security and its Impact on Quality of Experience Monitoring. The second in the ATIS TechThink series of three Webinars focusing on IPTV, the webinar will examine critical issues in deploying DRM technology and measuring its impact on quality of experience (QoE)  from source content to customer premises equipment.  Featured speakers are DRM experts from Symmetricom, Inc. and Verimatrix, Inc.

When:  Thursday, October 18, 2007
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT/10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PDT

Cost: Free

Webinar content: A can’t-miss event for anyone interested in helping IPTV deliver a much anticipated new era in next generation video services. Protecting the material of content owners, publishers and distributors from unauthorized users and illegal distribution is essential to IPTV’s success.  DRM is a collection of technologies enabling the definition and enforcement of secure content transport as well as secure content licensing. But, unchecked, content protection requirements can affect the video quality delivered to the viewer. This ATIS Webinar will examine the key issues in deploying DRM technology and measuring its impact on QoE end-to-end.  The ATIS webinar is presented in partnership with Symmetricom, Inc.

Featured presenters: Bob Kulakowski, Chief Technology Officer, Verimatrix, Inc., a company whose "camera to the couch" vision addresses system security challenges throughout the value chain of content creation and distribution, and Dr. Stefan Winkler, Chief Scientist, Symmetricom Quality of Experience Assurance Division, and one of the world’s top experts in digital media quality.  Following the presentations there will be a Q&A session.

Register: Enroll online at http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=45932&s=1&k=DEB904A9C3AFC59D9AC8C65C6A1052CA

The confirmation email will include all necessary information for joining the Webinar on the 18^th.

About ATIS Webinars
ATIS Webinars utilize interactive Web-based technology and conference calling capabilities for delivery of industry presentations in real-time. Webinar participants are able to view presentations via their laptop or PC while listening to presentations with other attendees via conference call.

About ATIS

ATIS is a technical planning and standards development organization that is committed to rapidly developing and promoting technical and operations standards for the communications and related information technologies industry worldwide using a pragmatic, flexible and open approach. Participants from more than 300 communications companies are active in ATIS’ 22 industry committees and Incubator Solutions Program. www.atis.org