Kaltura, the video technology provider, has been selected by KCP, the Korean content platform, to power the company’s new OTT service – Kocowa. The service will deliver the largest collection of premium K-Drama content from the top Korean broadcasters KBS, MBC, SBS and other content partners to users worldwide. The Kocowa platform is a full-featured […]
castLabs, a global partner in digital video technology, has announced a partnership with Molotov, modernising how France consumes television, to provide quick implementation, and simplified DRM management for their streaming platform curating content from more than 90+ television channels through a ‘freemium’ model. “DRMtoday enables Molotov to support leading DRM technologies through Molotov’s custom built […]
The DTG, the UK’s unique self-funded collaboration centre for innovation in digital TV technology, has announced that Cartesian has joined as its first member from the consultancy sector, as digital television becomes relevant to an ever-expanding pool of groups, businesses and consumers. Cartesian, a specialist consultancy for the telecommunications, media and technology industry, will be […]
The Ultra HD Forum, the global organisation defining industry best practices for the introduction of technologies to facilitate the ultra-high-definition (UHD) viewing experience, has released the UHD Forum Guidelines version 1.3 including a new forensic watermarking chapter. This chapter is the result of the collaboration between leading watermarking technologies providers. In addition to an overview […]
Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, has announced two additions to its forensic watermarking offerings with the availability of the Standalone VideoMark solution for IP and broadcast networks and the extended server-side watermarking capabilities of StreamMark to support adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming. Through the […]
Security solutions specialist Inside Secure is working with forensic watermarking solutions provider ContentArmor to offer customers a pre-integrated software development kit (SDK) for secure player, meeting the stringent security requirements for early-window and UHD movies. Inside Secure’s SAFEplayer Ultra supports the widest range of devices, including Android 2.3+, Android STB, Android TV, iOS 6.0+, tvOS, […]
Multi-screen solutions Alticast has significantly extended the security capabilities of the Alticast AltiProtect product to 4K UHD content running on Windows platforms. Alticast has integrated Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX) technology into the AltiProtect Multi-DRM product to eliminate exposure to untrusted areas, enable secure delivery of 4K UHD online video content from servers to client devices, […]
The Spanish National Police and Europol have revealed the successful raid of one of the largest European illegal IPTV streaming businesses. In a collaborative operation with Europol, Eurojust, Spanish specialised computer crimes prosecutors, the English Premier League and digital platform security specialist Irdeto, 12 locations were raided in Spain and Bulgaria. Dubbed ‘Operation Casper’, eight […]
Findings from a global survey carried out by digital platform security specialist Irdeto and research and consultancy firm Ovum reveal that a majority of video service providers have either Android TV or Android Open Source Project (AOSP) on their technology road-maps. Conducted in February 2017, the study, Is Android the future of the set-top box?, […]
Illegal viewership and sharing of near-live content undermines subscription networks, and beIN intends to protect its platform and content effectively. “We have appointed TMG to monitor beIN streaming piracy on a global scale”, said Mohammad Al Subaie, Executive Director of Commercial Affairs at beIN. “We are confident that TMG’s cutting-edge technologies and infrastructure will enable […]