Digital Transmission Licensing Administrator
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The licensing organization for the 5C DTCP HDTV copy-protection technology.
The rising popularity of digital AV/IT electronics products has spurred interest by the entertainment, electronics, and broadcast industries in adopting methods to protectdigital content transferred between electronics products such as personal computers, DVD players, set-top boxes and digital television sets.
In February 1998, Hitachi, Ltd., Intel Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Sony Corporation, and Toshiba Corporation presented the DTCP method to the Copy Protection Technical Working Group (CPTWG), an ad-hoc cross-industry body organized to evaluate content protection technologies. The five companies subsequently established the DTLA in June 1998 to simplify licensing procedures and promote acceptance of the DTCP method by content providers, electronics manufacturers, and broadcast service providers.
