HBO Latin America Group Locks up Secure Content Delivery with Joint Solution from SeaChange And Thomson

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Advanced Digital Watermarking Capability Ensures Secure Delivery of Premium Movie Content

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

SeaChange International (NASDAQ: SEAC), one of the leading suppliers to television broadcasters globally, and Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS), the world leader in digital video, today announced the deployment of an advanced content delivery platform for HBO Latin America Group (HBO LAG), using digital watermarking for enhanced security. HBO LAG is adopting the solution to make feature films available in the video-on-demand services of cable television operators throughout Latin America.

"As easily and efficiently as we can disseminate our content, it is equally important that we can ensure the content's integrity," said Pierre Jaspar, SVP Technology and Operations, HBO LAG. "The combination of SeaChange's delivery solution and Thomson's watermarking technology provides us with the most effective and reliable means of achieving those goals."

Based upon SeaChange's Vodcast Content Delivery System and Thomson's NexGuard(TM) video watermarking solution, the platform enables HBO LAG to securely and cost-effectively transfer file-based movie content faster than real time, from a single origination point in Miami to hundreds of server locations simultaneously. The content is serialized on a per-operator basis, permitting any illicit copies to be traced back to the source of the leak.

Using secure satellite transmission, the Vodcast system integrates NexGuard software at each receiver site, where the MPEG files and streams are invisibly watermarked upon receipt of new content. The watermark data is based on a unique identifier on the catcher device and the process is fully automated, making it impossible to be bypassed at the receiver site.

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About HBO LAG

HBO Latin America GroupSM is a group of companies affiliated to Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P., Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., The Walt Disney Company and Ole Communications Group. The companies comprising HBO Latin America GroupSM own, operate and manage leading cable and satellite programming services in Latin America, Brazil and the Caribbean, including the signals HBO(r), HBO(r) Plus, HBO(r) Family, Cinemax(r), Max PrimeSM, Warner ChannelSM, Sony Entertainment Television, A&E, The History Channel, E! Entertainment Television, AXN, Animax and Biography.

About Thomson

The world leader in digital video, Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) provides technology, services, and systems to the Communications, Media and Entertainment industries - end-to-end solutions for content creators, broadcasters and network operators - enabling them to improve their commercial products and services offerings and dramatically increase performance in a rapidly changing video technology environment. For more information: http://www.thomson.net.

About SeaChange

SeaChange International is a leading provider of software applications, services and integrated solutions for Video-On-Demand (VOD), digital advertising, and content acquisition monetization and management. Its powerful open VOD and advertising software and scaleable hardware enable broadcasters, cable and telco operators to provide new on-demand services and to gain greater efficiencies in advertising and content delivery. With its Emmy Award-winning and patented technology, thousands of SeaChange deployments are helping broadband, broadcast and satellite television companies to streamline operations, expand services and increase revenues. Headquartered in Acton, Massachusetts, SeaChange has product development, support and sales offices around the world. Visit www.schange.com.

Source: SeaChange International

Released April 14, 2008