What?

From Henri Sivonen's "What is EME?":

Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) is a JavaScript API for playing DRMed video content in HTML. A DRM component called a Content Decryption Module (CDM) decrypts, decodes, and displays the video. A JavaScript program coordinates the process using the EME API to pass messages between the CDM and a server that provides decryption keys and content.

Why?

Hollywood studios require companies that license movies for streaming use DRM between the streaming company and the end user. On the Web, this has traditionally been done by using the Microsoft PlayReady DRM component inside the Silverlight plug-in or the Adobe Access DRM component inside the Flash Player. As the Web platform gains more capabilities, general purpose plug-ins like Silverlight or Flash can be phased out.

Who?

• Anthony Jones <ajones>, Gecko Media engineering manager
• Henri Sivonen <hsivonen>, EME standardization
• Chris Pearce <cpearce>, engineer: EME
• Edwin Flores <eflores>, engineer: EME
• Bob Owen <bowen>, engineer: Windows CDM sandboxing
• Georg Fritzsche <gfritzsche>, engineer: CDM plugin UX
• Matt Noorenberghe <MattN>, engineer: EME UI
• Sevaan Franks <sfranks>, UX designer
• Chris AtLee <catlee>, release engineer
• Chris Peterson <cpeterson>, program manager
• Joe Cheng <jcheng>, Firefox OS product manager
• Marco Chen <mchen>, Firefox OS Connected Devices engineering manager
• CJ Ku <cku>, Firefox OS Multimedia Platform engineering manager

Where?

• Encrypted Media Extensions W3C Editor's Draft

Platform Support

Which streaming services use which DRM on which platforms?

Bugs

Deliver EME for Firefox on Windows Vista and later.

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