• Pro:Idiom is an encryption technology used in the hospitality industry for the delivery of digital television signals. Licensing of the technology is administered by Zenith Electronics LLC and qualified companies may enter into an agreement with Zenith including a royalty free license to practice the technology.

• To allow companies to determine their interest in becoming a Pro:Idiom Adopter, Zenith will make available an evaluation version of the Pro:Idiom Specification and other confidential information for evaluation by the company pursuant to a nondisclosure agreement ("NDA").
• The confidential information disclosed by Zenith may be used for ninety (90) days, but only for internal evaluation of the Pro:Idiom technology.
• If a Pro:Idiom Adopter Agreement is not executed with Zenith within the ninety (90) day evaluation period, all disclosed confidential information must be returned to Zenith.

• There are three types of Pro:Idiom Adopter Agreements which may be appropriate for a given company; a Manufacturer Agreement and/or a System Provider Agreement and a Content Provider Agreement.
• The System Provider and Manufacturer agreements include a $50,000 USD one-time technology access fee and a $5,000 annual fee (to cover Zenith's administrative costs).
• The agreements include obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the Pro:Idiom technology and to conform products to a set of Compliance Rules and a set of Robustness Rules.
• The agreements contain a provision for liquidated damages for serious violations of the license agreement.
• Both agreements also include a license to use the Pro:Idiom trademark.
• The Manufacturer Agreement provides the potential Adopter a license to manufacture Pro:Idiom products. The products containing a sink functionality may be sold generally, while products incorporating a source function may only be sold to other Pro:Idiom Adopters.
• The System Provider Agreement provides the potential Adopter a license to use, but not to make, acquired Pro:Idiom products.
• The Content Provider Agreement is available to content providers to use and cause the use of Pro:Idiom.