Google's been on an acquisition spree lately, and their newest buy is Widevine, a company that does streaming video optimization and DRM for a slew of big companies. AT&T, Blockbuster, Netflix, and Zip.ca (the "Netflix of Canada") are among the companies that have licensed Widevine DRM for their online video offerings. Widevine does multiplatform streaming video -- Netflix, for example, uses it for devices like the Wii and XBox 360 as well as Web-based streaming. Google says it plans to improve Widevine's products and use Widevine's tech to improve its own, while maintaining the contracts Widevine already has in place.
Google buys Widevine video optimization and DRM company originally appeared on Download Squad on Sat, 04 Dec 2010 05:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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