The DPP, the media industry’s business network, has today published the fifth report in its Design for Tomorrow series. Distribution: Delivering for Audiences identifies six key success factors for forward looking distribution businesses. The work draws on the insight of 40 subject matter experts, and was enabled by DPP member companies BuyDRM and BT. In […]
Widevine DRM has announced a new Third Party License (3PL) Programme to help scale device integrations and has chosen SmartLabs as one of four authorised partners to support the integration. The new partnership means SmartLabs will be able to conduct independent testing and compliance on behalf of Widevine with immediate effect. Widevine’s Digital Rights Management […]
Irdeto, a specialist in digital platform security, has announced it will provide Cyta, the leading brand in the Cyprus telecommunications sector, with an advanced digital rights management (DRM) solution. Cyta provides integrated electronic communication solutions, offering its customers a broad range of services and ICT solutions. Irdeto says its solution was chosen due to its […]
Viaccess-Orca (VO), a global player providing OTT and TV platforms, content protection, and advanced data solutions, has announced that 1.75 billion licences of its multi-DRM cloud service have successfully been delivered in the last 12 months by Orange, a tier-1 telecommunications operator with 253 million customers worldwide. Orange’s massive delivery across Belgium, France, Ivory Coast, […]
MLS football club Inter Miami has claimed two historic firsts, initially by hosting its first match at Inter Miami CF Stadium. That same night, it also made history on the technology front as it became the first MLS club to live stream a match via its own App. Inter Miami, which has football icon David […]
An alleged criminal network of copyright infringing hackers, mainly responsible for pirating movies and hosting illegal digital contents worldwide, has been dismantled in a coordinated action between US authorities and their counterparts in 18 countries around the world, with Eurojust and Europol support. Over 60 servers were taken down in North America, Europe and Asia […]
MediaKind, a global media technology player, has launched Aquila On-Demand, a video on demand solution for the processing and delivery of video files over any network (cable, IPTV and OTT) to any device. Aquila On-Demand supports the latest technologies such as HEVC, 8K and CMAF whilst addressing the challenge in delivering high-end, premium-quality user experiences […]
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen video solutions, has announced that Grupo Express, one of Argentina’s leading cable and broadband providers, has selected NAGRA to enable NOW Express, a new OTT streaming service available on set-top boxes and portable devices. The integrated hybrid multiscreen solution, delivered in partnership […]
Content protection services provider Friend MTS has joined The Digital Production Partnership (DPP), an international media industry organisation and business network. In DPP’s global effort to bring customers and suppliers together to solve problems and create opportunities across the whole content supply chain, Friend MTS’s membership offers industry expertise around content protection services as it […]
According to cybersecurity specialist Kaspersky, 2019 was officially the year the Streaming Wars kicked off, as nearly all major networks hurried to profit from consumers’ new, preferred method of consuming content: streaming platforms. The company suggests that cyberthreats aren’t relegated to the world of big businesses and large-scale campaigns, with the most frequent attacks actually […]