Real Image Media Technologies (RIMT), a developer and provider of Digital Media Technology in the film, video and audio domain, has announced that all cinemas equipped with its Qube Digital Cinema System within the country were being enhanced to include the highest level of anti-piracy measures.

The security improvements are in two key areas. The first improvement is in Qube’s E-Cinema security through incorporation of Thomson’s NexGuard Forensic Watermarking (FWM). This system incorporates the serial number of the Qube E-Cinema system into the image in a totally invisible manner.

The second enhancement is in the concept of the Trusted Device List which allows only specific authorised devices to be used for projection. The output of all Qube E-Cinema servers is already encrypted using the HDCP (High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) standard, and this serves as a basic form of protection. By utilising the concept of the Trusted Device List, the Qube server will only output picture to a specific projector unit that is authorised.

Said Co-founder and Director-RIMT, Senthil Kumar, "We believe that the rollout of these powerful new anti-piracy security features will ensure that we are able to prevent any illegal exploitation of content and can correctly identify any defaulters. This will be a big advantage for our huge industry that is facing tremendous losses due to illegal copies in the market."