Cinedigm has announced that it expects to support Apple FairPlay, Google Widevine and Microsoft PlayReady content protection solutions by the end of this month. This will enable subscribers of Cinedigm’s OTT services to watch film and television content licensed from major Hollywood studios on set-top boxes, connected TVs, mobile devices, gaming consoles and Internet browsers from a variety of manufacturers.
Microsoft PlayReady supports Windows 8, Xbox, Sony PlayStation, Windows Phone, Internet Explorer/Microsoft Edge browsers as well as Silverlight for Mac/PC browsers. It also offers support for Roku and Amazon Fire TV as well as other leading Smart TV platforms. Google Widevine supports Android, Android TV, Chromecast, iOS, televisions, set top boxes, and Mac & PC desktop browsers such as Opera and Chrome, and Apple FairPlay supports iOS, to include iPhone and iPad, TVOS, as well as Safari browsers on Mac.
Cinedigm made significant efforts to expand the capabilities of its OTT platform, and recently announced device footprint expansion for more than 60 Million devices, including Google Chromecast, Android TV and Amazon Fire TV.
Cinedigm channels include, The Wham Network, Dove Channel, CONtv and Docurama.