GDC digital cinema servers will now embed NexGuard’s audio and visual forensic watermarking solution. NexGuard combats in-theatre piracy by offering forensic means to identify the date, time and location of illegal camcorder recordings.

NexGuard’s solution not only exceeds the Digital Cinema Initiative’s (DCI) specifications with resistance to illegal camcorder capture and compression, but also provides the ability to embed more than the required amount of critical identification information.

Jean-Luc Moullet, vice president and head of Thomson’s software and technology solutions business, said: NexGuard is the most broadly integrated forensic watermarking solution in digital video equipment. We are proud to partner with GDC as we continue to secure the roll-out of digital cinema worldwide, particularly in Asia.