DigiOn® DiXiM® Product Family to support ‘Marlin IPTV-ES’ DRM

Fukuoka, Japan - January 8th, 2007 -- DigiOn®, Inc. announces that DiXiM Product Family supports ‘Marlin IPTV-ES’, a subset of new Digital Right Management (DRM) system called Marlin. The company starts development and product delivery.

The Marlin Developer Community (the “MDC”) provides Technical specifications for Marlin DRM. For CE product manufacturers who want to implement into devices with limited resources and less computing power, ‘Marlin IPTV-ES’ is the one to use as a Marlin DRM.

DigiOn has been delivering Home Network Middleware and SDK such as DLNA products, and hearing strong requests that users want to use them with outside network connection. It’s a seamlessly connected device operation with Internet. The company has made the decision to develop and support Marlin IPTV-ES to meet customer demands in IPTV segment. DiXiM family products will be modified and started shipping from Q1/2007.

Commenting on Marlin IPTV-ES related products, Mr. Hisatoshi Taura, President of DigiOn, said:

“On top of the delivery of DiXiM family products including DiXiM premium version, IPTV-ES enabled products will expand usage and scenarios that users watch IPTV on the same device as the home network player. It’s an honor to support this capable DRM for the new digital entertainment market.”

Scott Smyers, co-chair of the MDC, said:

“The Marlin community is well served through the support of its members and through the introduction of enabling technologies and commercial products, such as the one announced today by DigiOn”

About DigiOn: DigiOn, Inc. is a software developer with experience in the development of multimedia, storage and networking products, and has established a firm position in the home network field. DigiOn, established in 1999, has its headquarters in Fukuoka and branch offices in Tokyo (Akasaka) and Taiwan (Taipei).
For details, please visit http://www.digion.com/.

*DiXiM DMA Standard allows the DLNA™ Guidelines v.1.0 - based interoperability.
**DiXiM DMA Premium allows playing back content such as recorded digital broadcast TV programs and protected content purchased at content service providers over a home network by its support for DTCP-IP and Windows Media™ DRM 10 ND.
***DiXiM DMA HAK has passed "NSTL pre-submission test for PFS™" implemented by NSTL which is authorized independent testing lab for Microsoft® PlaysForSure™ logo program. To support PlaysForSure™ on final products, manufacturer is required to pass NSTL pre-submission test for PFS™ individually. PlaysForSure™ logo program is currently available only in U.S.A.

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