Building a Framework for a Content Everywhere Reality: Taking Rights Protection to the Next Level

Building a Framework for a Content Everywhere Reality: Taking Rights Protection to the Next Level

GENEVA, Switzerland, January 18/PRNewswire/ --

- 4th AEPOC Anti-Piracy Symposium, Geneva 29th January 2007

Invitation to AEPOC free of charge conference

& Association's 10th anniversary celebration

Due to limited number of places, the participation is subject to
registration

Monday, 29th January 2007
InterContinental Hotel, Geneva

From 4.30 until 7.00 pm,
followed by Cocktail Reception

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

From analogue to digital, from multi-channel to individual
content choice: Since AEPOC's foundation in 1997 the European television
markets have seen important achievements in the fight against audio-visual
piracy - ranging from EU legislation and law enforcement to successful
partnerships and industry co-operation on a world-wide scale.

Looking at the continuously evolving environment of today's
information society, the phenomenon of illegal access to pay services will
require all stakeholders of the digital value chain to develop an end-to-end
framework - in order to meet the security challenge of the content everywhere
reality, enabling and securing a sustainable growth of the digital landscape.

On the occasion of AEPOC's 10th anniversary, the European Association for
the Protection of Encrypted Works and Services will hold its 4th Anti-Piracy
Symposium on January 29th in Geneva - exactly where AEPOC was founded 10
years ago at the headquarters of the European Broadcasting Union.

AEPOC welcomes top-ranging EU representatives and delegates discussing
recent developments and future needs with a special focus on AEPOC's core
field of activity - the European legislative framework to combat illicit
access to audio-visual media. Speakers will further include industry experts
and panellists from AEPOC's 35 companies strong membership basis -
representing the leading digital television and telecommunication players
across Europe - providing an information platform about the latest trends and
arising challenges in the battle against piracy from the industry standpoint.

The previous Symposiums took place in Vicenza, Amsterdam and London and
attracted contributors and participants from all European nations and beyond,
analysing and discussing the rise of IP technologies for content distribution
as a new challenge for the technological, legal and political protection of
intellectual property. In his keynote address, AEPOC President Jean Grenier
reminded in London that piracy not only puts growth of the media and telecom
industries at stake: "The protection of intellectual property is the key to
future prosperity, but also to cultural diversity and democratic plurality".

The Symposium in Geneva will be moderated by Nick Snow, Chief Editor of
Advanced-Television. The free of charge conference is tailored to
professionals and press from the media industries and shall provide an
in-depth discussion forum for all stakeholders of the digital value chain -
highlighting the efforts necessary to enable a secure and sustainable
scenario for the future of the European market field.

The symposium will be followed by the celebration of AEPOC's 10th
anniversary within a cocktail reception and the official announcements of the
latest decisions of the Association's Board of Directors.

AEPOC would be delighted to welcome you on Monday 29th January in Geneva.

Yours faithfully,

Davide Rossi

Secretary General AEPOC

Note: Thank you for confirming your attendance by email to
y.soldierer@susbauer.de . For any personal assistance and further information
please contact Susbauer PR, phone: +49-221-120-123.

The venue is InterContinental Hotel, 7-9 Chemin du Petit
Saconnex, Geneva, 1211, Switzerland. For more information please visit the
hotel's website: InterContinental Hotel Geneva

About AEPOC:

AEPOC (www.aepoc.org) is the "Association Européenne pour la Protection
des OEuvres et Services Cryptés" or the "European Association for the
Protection of Encrypted Works and Services". AEPOC started its activities in
1995. Its current membership consists of 35 leading digital television and
telecommunication companies including TV channels, conditional access
providers, providers of transmission infrastructures and manufacturers of
related hardware. AEPOC's goal is to eliminate the pirating of encrypted
works and services and to encourage the development of the appropriate legal,
operational and technological frameworks to increase the security and
safeguarding of conditional access systems for Pay-TV, TV-based and IP
services.

The AEPOC members are: ADD Europe, AL MAJD, Aston, Atmel, BSkyB, Canal+,
Canal+ Polska, comvenient, Conax, Digiturk, Eutelsat, Humax, Hutro, Infineon
Technologies, Irdeto, Liberty Global, Motorola, Nagravision, NDS, NTV-Plus,
Opentech, Pace, Philips, Poverkhnost, Premiere, Sagem, Showtime Arabia, Sky
Italia, Sogecable, Thomson, TPS, TVCabo, Viaccess - France Telecom, and WELA
Electronic.

Press Contacts:

Stefan Susbauer Davide Rossi
Susbauer PR Secretary General AEPOC
Theodor-Heuss-Ring 36 165, avenue Louise
D-50668 Cologne / Germany B-1050 Bruxelles / Belgium
phone: +49-221-120-123 email: davide.rossi@aepoc.org
fax: +49-221-120-122 www.aepoc.org
email: s.susbauer@susbauer.de

Source: AEPOC

Stefan Susbauer, Susbauer PR, Theodor-Heuss-Ring 36, D-50668 Cologne / Germany, phone: +49-221-120-123, fax: +49-221-120-122, email: s.susbauer@susbauer.de

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