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SigmaTel-Based Digital Music Players to Support Microsoft Windows Media Digital Rights Management -DRM- 10
Business Wire, Oct 15, 2004
AUSTIN, Texas -- SigmaTel, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGTL), the market leader for digital audio controller chips within portable music players, today announced that Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM) 10 will be supported by the STMP35xx product family. Driver updates will be available in January for consumers wishing to upgrade their STMP35xx-based digital audio player to accept Windows Media DRM 10.
The latest version of Windows Media DRM is a flexible platform that makes it possible to protect and securely deliver a la carte and subscription content for playback on a computer, portable device, or networked device. Windows Media DRM 10 enables the seamless flow of content to almost any device, offers the widest range of purchase and rental options for digital media, and ensures the security of premium content as it flows from device to device. Also in January, SigmaTel's STMP35xx product family will support Microsoft's new Media Transfer Protocol (MTP), which offers easier driverless device setup.
"A majority of the online download services already use Windows Media DRM, and we expect more to offer enhanced capabilities enabled by the platform, including subscription service content," said Jonathan Usher, director of public relations in the Windows Digital Media Division at Microsoft. "As a leader in delivering controller chips in portable digital players, SigmaTel's direct support for our DRM 10 platform will expand these benefits to a massive audience of consumers."
"With an industry emphasis on digital rights management issues, Microsoft has developed a solution that can be implemented across a vast number of music distribution services," said Ron Edgerton, SigmaTel's president and CEO. "Our support of Windows Media DRM follows our path of commitment in providing the best support possible to the marketplace."
For more information on SigmaTel solutions, please visit www.sigmatel.com.
For more information on Microsoft Windows DRM 10, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/drm/.> About SigmaTel:
SigmaTel, Inc. a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Austin, Texas, designs, develops, and markets proprietary, analog intensive, mixed-signal ICs for a variety of products in the consumer electronics and computing markets, including portable compressed audio players, such as MP3 players, notebook and desktop PCs, DVD players, digital televisions, and set-top boxes. SigmaTel provides complete, system-level solutions that include highly-integrated ICs, customizable firmware and software, software development tools, reference designs, and applications support. The Company's focus is on providing system-level solutions that enable customers to rapidly introduce and offer electronic products that are small, light-weight, power-efficient, reliable, and cost-effective. SigmaTel is ISO 9001:2000 certified and is committed to providing customers with high performance, quality products along with superior customer service.
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