About DCP
Digital Content Protection LLC (DCP) is an organization that licenses technologies for protecting premium commercial entertainment content. High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) is a specification developed by Intel Corporation to protect digital entertainment content across the DVI/HDMI interface. The HDCP specification provides a robust, cost-effective and transparent method for transmitting and receiving digital entertainment content to DVI/HDMI-compliant digital displays.HDCP has broad industry support from the major players in the digital entertainment value chain, including major motion picture studios such as The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros., and Sony Pictures Entertainment. Nearly 400 leading companies license the technology, including the following:
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“Consumers are clamoring for high-definition formats, and worldwide HDTV sales are skyrocketing, with 256 million homes expected to have at least one HDTV by 2010,” explained Stephen Balogh, President of DCP LLC. “HDCP revision 2.0 supports wireless transmission of compressed and uncompressed HD content, providing new home theater networking scenarios with a widely accepted content protection technology.”
“The combination of ubiquitous HDCP with Wireless HD technology will enable compatibility of new WirelessHD-enabled consumer electronics products with billions of HDMI/HDCP-enabled interfaces already present in consumer homes,” said John Marshall, President and Chairman of the WirelessHD Consortium. “HDCP support is a key enabler in accelerating the adoption of WirelessHD technology and essential to fulfilling its promise as an unmatched wireless home entertainment experience.”
"By providing a secure connection for premium quality high-definition content for digital TVs, HDCP provides an important link that opens up exciting new home entertainment choices for consumers," stated Mitch Singer, Chief Technology Officer of Sony Pictures Entertainment.
“Technologies such as HDCP are important to providing consumers access to premium entertainment,” said Joseph Cates, Senior Vice President of Technology at Universal Pictures. “As home theater networks become more sophisticated and technology evolves, HDCP needs to encompass more digital and wireless interfaces.”
“The evolution of HDCP technology is instrumental in providing the premium high-definition entertainment consumers want with their new digital TVs,” said Darcy Antonellis, President of Technical Operations for Warner Bros. Entertainment. “We expect wired and wireless solutions to coexist in home theater networking scenarios for the foreseeable future, so HDCP backwards compatibility is key to advancing the home entertainment environment.”
“Broadly adopted wired and wireless connections, such as HDMI and WiHD using HDCP, are important elements of a high quality digital content delivery environment – better access for consumers, and easier to use,” said Bob Lambert, Senior Vice President of Technology Strategy for The Walt Disney Company
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