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On July 6^th 2016, ContentArmor has been awarded a prize by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research in the context of the 2016 i-LAB national contest that help company creation for innovative technologies.

This national contest, organized in partnership with BpiFrance, supports the best projects for creating innovative companies with financial support and dedicated counsel. In 2016, the i-LAB contest attracted 347 applications and 56 companies have been eventually awarded a grant. ContentArmor has been recognized under the category “Digital, Software Solutions & Communications”. Alain Durand (CEO) attended the award ceremony that was held in Paris on July 6^th. The grant will be used towards accelerating the product roadmap of the company. The full prize list can be accessed from i-LAB’s website [French only].

ContentArmor became an Associate Member of the Ultra HD Forum on April 27th, 2016. The Ultra HD Forum is bringing together market leaders from every part of the industry: broadcasters, service providers, consumer electronics, and technology vendors to collaborate on solving the real-world hurdles, and accelerating Ultra HD deployment.

UHD services hold a premium value that requires revisiting security mechanisms to safeguard the revenues of the stakeholders in the ecosystem. These new requirements are reflected in particular by the MovieLabs specification for Enhanced Content Protection. In this context, ContentArmor intends to actively contribute to the Ultra HD Forum regarding recommendations and guidelines for security mechanisms consistent with the constraints of other UHD technology providers. In particular, ContentArmor will investigate how to accelerate the adoption of forensic watermarking technologies to deter UHD content piracy.