Intertrust, a specialist in Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology, and Vewd, the smart TV OTT software provider, have announced pre-integration of XCA in Vewd Core to reduce cost and accelerate time-to-market for operator HbbTV deployments. Using Intertrust’s standards-based ExpressPlay XCA and Vewd Core, the world’s most-chosen independent HTML5 SDK for smart TVs, device manufacturers can […]
Jean-Marc Racine, Chief Product Officer and General Manager of EMEAR at Synamedia, has warned that the current industry preoccupation with ensuring that content is available to consumers on the device of their choice, at the time of their choice, attracts significant piracy risks. Participating in the International Content Summit at ANGA COM in Cologne, Racine […]
Italian broadcaster Europa Way (formerly Europa 7) is planning to launch a new pay-TV platform in September, using DVB-T2 technology. Fly HD will initially distribute eight movie channels from leading Hollywood studios and a music channel that will broadcast major Italian and international events, broadcasting in HD/4K HDR with Dolby Digital sound. The platform, which […]
Content and revenue protection specialist Friend MTS has agreed a deal extension with United Media, proprietor of the most popular cable channels in Southeast Europe, to continue to provide anti-piracy protection for its premium sports content. United Media is part of United Group, a telco and media platform in Southeast Europe which operates in all […]
With arguably the biggest budget TV show returning to UK screens next week, there’s no doubting the hype around the final season of Game of Thrones. However, its success is also its biggest downfall, with it being illegally viewed over 1 billion times, 84.7 per cent of which were streamed. In fact, It has been […]
Friend MTS, the content and revenue protection specialist, has brought premium content level security to Android TV by integrating its ASiD subscriber watermarking with Oregan Networks’ Android TV Operator Tier solution. The ASiD subscriber-level watermarking and monitoring for Android Operator Tier platforms allows service providers to rapidly and cost-effectively identify illegal content redistribution, and revoke […]
Verimatrix, an Inside Secure company, has announced API integration between its Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) Ultra and AWS Elemental MediaConnect. The API integration provides conditional access (CA) and rights management applied between the content ingest and distribution workflows to video service providers. The API integration features VCAS Ultra deployed in the Verimatrix Secure […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the Secure Packager and Encoder Key Exchange (SPEKE), an open, extensible API specification developed to streamline integration of Digital Rights Management (DRM) with encoders, transcoders, and origin servers (encryptors). Until recently, most integrations required a custom API for each DRM solutions provider and each encryptor, which proved costly and […]
Suggesting the deal creates a software-based security and analytics powerhouse, security solutions specialist Inside Secure has announced the successful completion of the acquisition of content security specialist Verimatrix. According to Inside Secure, the combination accelerates the company’s strategic roadmap, offering an improved value proposition for its customers with an expanded reach to securely transform connected […]
Connected services revenue and security enhancement specialist Verimatrix has confirmed that Spanish quadplay operator Aire Networks has extended its investment in its Video Content Authority System (VCAS) framework to maximise security for the TV Everywhere streaming offered by its Perseo TV premium OTT services. VideoMark, Verimatrix’s client-side watermarking solution for live and on-demand video services, […]