W3C Publishes Encrypted Media Extensions (EME)

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W3C Publishes Encrypted Media Extensions (EME)

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W3C Publishes Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) as a W3C Recommendation

Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) Brings Greater Interoperability, Better Privacy, Security, Accessibility and User Experience in Viewing Movies and TV on the Web

https://www.w3.org/ — 18 September 2017 — Furthering its goal to make the Web a first-class platform for media and entertainment, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) published Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) as a W3C Recommendation or Web standard. EME is an Application Programming Interface (API) that allows plugin-free playback of protected (encrypted) content in Web browsers, which works seamlessly on all major platforms. W3C's Media Source Extensions (MSE) provides the API for streaming video while its companion Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) provides the API for handling encrypted content. The combination of MSE and EME is the most common practice today that allows Web developers to stop using plugins to deliver commercial quality video over the Web.

"EME is already widely adopted as a direct result of broad collaboration in W3C among major organizations such as Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Mozilla, Apple, CableLabs, Adobe, and has significant implementation across Web browsers." said Philippe Le Hégaret, W3C Project Lead.

The viewing experience of watching movies and TV shows on the Web has now moved from a cumbersome and possibly insecure arrangement to the security of the Open Web Platform. The integration of the EME API into the Open Web enables Web browsers to communicate with the software that allows playback of protected content.


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