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Civolution is a provider of technology and services for identifying, managing and monetizing audio and video media content. The company offers a portfolio of proprietary and patented digital watermarking (audio and video) and digital audio and video fingerprinting technology solutions for media protection: forensic tracking of media assets in pre-release, digital cinema, Pay Television and online; media intelligence: audience measurement, broadcast monitoring, internet and radio tracking; media interaction: automatic content recognition and triggering for second screen and connected television. == History and ownership == Civolution is a spin-off from Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands. The first digital watermarking activities started in the Philips Research labs in 1996, after several years of research and development on the technology. The first commercialization activities started four years later. In 2002, a dedicated business line, Philips Content Identification, was formed to further develop the technology, particularly in the domains of monitoring and forensic tracking applications using Philips audio and video digital watermarking technology, and the recently developed audio and video digital fingerprinting technology. The same year, Philips Content Identification signed a Joint Venture agreement with corporate news and multimedia services provider Medialink, to launch Teletrax, the world’s first global broadcast intelligence service. Philips Content Identification digital watermarking technology was used for identifying the source of illegal copies of the 2003 Academy Award Screeners and by the major Hollywood Studio’s for protecting pre-release material and theatrical releases content. In 2006, the Philips Content Identification business unit, introduced a forensic marking solution for digital cinemas. The technology allows copies of pirated content from digital theatre to be traced back to the time, date and location where the illegal copy occurred. A few months later a digital watermarking solution for the PayTV environment was deployed. Designed for set-top box integration the technology uniquely watermarks and identifies content delivered to individual PayTV subscribers and hospitality TV screens. Whenever PayTV content is accessed or distributed, a watermark is applied into the video stream in real-time. Any pirated content can be traced back to a specific PayTV subscriber or viewer. Philips content Identification assumed, in September 2008, full ownership of its joint venture Teletrax and completed a spin-off from Philips Corporate Technologies as a stand-alone company Civolution B.V. backed by Venture Capital firm Prime Technology Ventures.〔(Prime technology ventures and philips arrange for successful spin-out )〕 On July 21, 2009, Civolution announced that it had acquired Thomson Software and Technology Solution (STS) watermarking business from Thomson.〔Civolution acquires Thomson Software and Technology Solution watermarking business ()〕 As a result of the amalgamation, Thomson became a shareholder in Civolution. In December 2014, WPP’s Kantar Media acquired Civolution’s SyncNow audio watermarking unit supporting Audience Measurement and Second Screen synchronization applications 〔(WPP Plc's Kantar Media agrees to acquire unit of Civolution )〕 Following the Kantar Media acquisition, Civolution announced the launch of two separate business units, NexGuard and Teletrax. Civolution has offices in Eindhoven (The Netherlands), London (UK), Rennes (France), New York, Burbank (Los Angeles). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Civolution」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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