Adobe Releases Flash Media Rights Management Server

Adobe Systems has introduced content protection for broadcasters and media companies to safeguard video content.

Adobe Flash Media Rights Management Server integrates with existing and emerging media delivery workflows, including Adobe Media Player and video applications that run on Adobe AIR software.

Adobe said content owners can use Adobe Flash Media Rights Management Server to encrypt flash video (FLV) and F4V audio and video files that are downloaded and played locally, and can set policies for their access. It also said content protection capabilities can be used on the client side in the recently released AIR runtime or in the upcoming Adobe Media Player, running on Mac OS or Windows. It said it is also planning to a Linux version.

Jim Guerard, vice president of dynamic media at Adobe, said: “The new capabilities in Flash Media Rights Management Server provide media publishers with the option to help control and protect their unique media assets and hopes to bring even more great content online and to the desktop.”

Adobe Flash Media Rights Management Server is available for Windows Server 2003 and Red Hat Linux at $40,000 per CPU.