Monday, November 19, 2007

Macrovision Buys Blu-ray Disc Security Technology

Santa Clara-based Macrovision said this morning that it has agreed to acquire certain technology assets from San Francisco-based Cryptography Research, Inc. The deal is worth $45 million in cash plus warrants. Macrovision said that it will own SPDC (Self-Protection Digital Content) technology, which is a key part of Blue-ray's content security platform. According to Macrovision, the deal includes certain patents, security software code, and related third party customer and partner agreements. The company will also hire certain employees involved in the technology. The deal is expected to close in Q4 of 2007.