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CEDIA 2017 Awards Sponsors Unveiled
CEDIA has announced the sponsors for this year ’ s Awards ceremony , which will take place at the Warner Bros . Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter . Supporting the event on Friday , September 29 as official sponsors are Bowers & Wilkins , IFSEC International , Meridian Audio , OneAV and The Cinema Designer .
For the second consecutive year , Bowers & Wilkins and Meridian Audio will join the sponsorship line up for the 12th annual awards ceremony , which celebrates the The CEDIA Awards takes place on September 29 best in home technology innovation .
Matt Nimmons , CEDIA EMEA ’ s managing director , said : “ We are excited to announce the official sponsors for the CEDIA Awards 2017 .
“ Support for this year ’ s event has been fantastic and we ’ re glad to see some new and familiar faces joining us for what is set to be a truly spectacular awards ceremony .”
Visit the CEDIA website to book a place at the event . Single member early bird tickets start at £ 175 (+ VAT ), with a table of 10 people costing £ 1,500 (+ VAT ).
In a separate development , CEDIA is inviting members to share their knowledge with other technology integrators by becoming qualified instructor for Integrated Systems Europe 2018 .
Matt said taking on the role of instructor at ISE 2018 will give professionals enhanced status within the industry , showcasing them as subject matter experts to both prospective clients and fellow industry peers .
He added : “ This is a great opportunity for those with a strong understanding of the home technology industry to pass on their knowledge and expertise to help grow professionalism and excellence within the CEDIA community .
“ We ’ re looking forward to welcoming new members to our team and creating informative discussions at ISE 2018 . Every year we are incredibly impressed by the quality and enthusiasm from CEDIA instructors who not only educate others , but benefit hugely from the event themselves .”
More information : CEDIA + 44 ( 0 ) 1480 213744 , www . cediaawards . org and www . cedia . co . uk
Have 4K UHD Blu-rays Had Their AACS2 Encryption Broken ?
Whenever there ’ s a new format release , security is always the number one priority for the content creators .
That ’ s why UHD Blu-rays ship with Advanced Access Content System ( AACS ) 2 encryption , a secure technology developed and used by IBM , Intel , Microsoft , Panasonic , Sony , Toshiba , the Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros .
It was thought that the technology would be extremely hard to break , but 4K UHD Blu-rays have begun appearing on pirate websites , leading many to wonder whether the encryption has been broken .
At the beginning of 2017 , many believed it would take a while before AACS2 encryption was eventually and inevitably cracked . That ’ s due to the complex nature of the encryption , with it using bus encryption and two keys as opposed to just a single key , but as with all encryption the keys have to be somewhere on the system , it ’ s only a matter of time before they ’ re either located or the encryption is cracked completely .
The first 4K UHD Blu-ray to be leaked on to pirate websites was The Smurfs 2 , with the uploader claiming to have cracked the AACS2 encryption . That was later questioned by others in the community , who claim that it could have simply been a vulnerability with that disc , as opposed to a problem with the encryption as a whole .
Despite the doubts , two further 4K UHD Blu-rays have fallen since . Those include Patriots Day and Inferno . Two of those films were produced by Sony , although Patriots Day is the odd one out , ruling out an issue affecting just one studio , or just one disc . But has the encryption really been cracked ?
Well , the jury is still out on that , many still believe that there ’ s a simpler explanation . TorrentFreak reports that it ’ s far more likely that the uploaders found a way to bypass the encryption , rather than completely crack it . The bypass method could be achieved several ways , including an exploit in Intel ’ s SGX , which would make it possible to sniff out what PowerDVD has in memory . Pirates may have also found an exploit in a private media player software , allowing them full access to the data and read the encrypted disc .
4K UHD Blu-ray players are only just starting to flood into the market , meaning the format hasn ’ t had the opportunity to flourish . Now with the full resolution files filtering their way onto pirate websites , it could force the companies behind the AACS2 encryption to go back to the drawing board . Thankfully , the 4K UHD Blu-rays have yet to become popular on torrents , with file sizes easily reaching in excess of 50GB .
12 | June 2017