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News Release from: Via Licensing
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 14 July 2006
TV-Anytime Phase 1
Early adopter incentives to parties wishing to enter into a license to use patents that are essential for the practice of the TV-Anytime standard.
The TV-Anytime Phase 1 Patent Pool and its administrator, Via Licensing Corporation, are pleased to announce early adopter incentives to parties wishing to enter into a licence to use patents that are essential for the practice of the TV-Anytime standard TV-Anytime-compliant device manufacturers, public-service television broadcasters, free-to-air broadcasters, metadata-only service providers, and subscription-based television service providers who take a licence before June 1, 2007 will be eligible for early adopter incentives as follows:
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Device manufacturers who obtain a licence during the early adopter period will be entitled to make, use, or sell an unlimited number of TV-Anytime-compliant devices through December 31, 2008 under a paid licence granted upon payment of a one-time administration fee of $10,000.
The licence fees beyond December 31, 2008 will be at the rates previously announced and published on Via's website.
Public-service and free-to-air broadcasters and metadata service providers who obtain a licence during the early adopter period will be able to use the patents through May 31, 2017 for a licence fee of $10,000 (not including a one-time administration fee of $10,000).
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Broadcasters who obtain such a licence and later become subscription television service providers during the early adopter period will not be subject to per-subscriber fees through December 31, 2008.
The licence fees for use beyond these dates will be at the rates previously announced and published on Via's website.
* Subscription-based television service providers will be entitled to use the patents through December 31, 2008 under a paid licence granted upon payment of a one-time administration fee of $10,000.
The licence fees beyond December 31, 2008 will be at the rates previously announced and published on Via's website.
Licenses to patents that are essential to the TV-Anytime standard owned by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), France Telecom, LG Electronics, NDS, Royal Philips Electronics, Samsung Electronics, and Sharp are offered through the program to device manufacturers, subscription-based pay television providers, metadata-only service providers, and free-to-air broadcasters.
Companies that offer end-user products or television services that practice the TV-Anytime standard should visit the Via Licensing website to learn more about the terms of the joint patent licence and to request a sample agreement for review.
Joint licensing programs provide the market with a convenient and cost-effective way to obtain licences to the patents essential to the practice of the standard.
By doing so, the program encourages greater adoption of the standard.
Without such a joint licence, the process of providing and obtaining necessary licences would be cumbersome and expensive for all parties.
The TVA-1 standard was developed by the TV-Anytime Forum (www.tv-anytime.org) and is published by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) as TS 102 822.
The TVA-1 standard addresses the means by which consumers will be able to search, select, and acquire broadcast and online audiovisual content in a world of mobile devices and set-top boxes with mass storage capabilities, often referred to as personal video recorders (PVRs) or digital video recorders (DVRs).
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