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CA/DRM

INSIDE Secure DRM Fusion adds support for Google Widevine Modular DRM system

INSIDE Secure, a specilaist in embedded security solutions for mobile and connected devices, today announced it is enhancing its award-winning Digital Rights Management (DRM) Fusion solution with support for Google’s Widevine DRM system. The updated content protection solution meets Hollywood studios’ requirement for increased security as outlined in the MovieLabs Specification for Enhanced Content Protection […]

January 8, 2016

INSIDE Secure 4K collaboration with Microsoft

INSIDE Secure, a specialist in embedded security solutions for mobile and connected devices, is collaborating with Microsoft to upgrade its popular DRM Fusion implementation of PlayReady to enhance  the security of OTT content distribution by combining hardware and software security. The new solution addresses Hollywood Studios’ requirements for increased security for enhanced content protection. “Microsoft, […]

January 7, 2016

INSIDE Secure enhances content protection suite with Google and Microsoft support

INSIDE Secure, a leader in embedded security solutions for mobile and connected devices, announced from CES today enhancements to its award-winning DRM Fusion content protection product.  With support for both Google’s Widevine and Microsoft PlayReady platforms, INSIDE Secure can offer both software and hardware security, including the most stringent security to address new Hollywood specs […]

January 7, 2016

Dutch content pirates face jail

Following the successful 2013 raid of five homes in The Netherlands cities of Apeldoorn, Enschede, Vlagtwedde and The Hague, content pirates arrested during these raids have been sentenced at the Zutphen courthouse. Two defendants received 100 hours of community service, two months of conditional imprisonment and two years’ probation. This followed an extensive collaborative effort […]

December 22, 2015By Colin Mann

Analyst: ‘Piracy prevention increasingly important’

As pirated content becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish from its original sources, it is essential for businesses to utilise piracy prevention technologies. In its latest market study – Pay TV and OTT Piracy Prevention Services – technology market intelligence firm ABI Research uncovers the extent of the direct impact that piracy has on content owners […]

December 9, 2015By Colin Mann

Arkena integrates NexGuard watermarking in Cloud4Media

Arkena announced the integration of NexGuard Pre-Release in its Cloud4Media content management platform. Developed by Nexguard (a Civolution company), NexGuard Pre-Release is a watermarking solution for the digital forensic tracking of video assets. Cloud4Media is a global solution for storage, transcoding and secure content delivery, powered by Harmony, a workflow orchestration engine dedicated to media. NexGuard Pre-Release solution is based on File Embedder and […]

November 16, 2015

Viaccess-Orca new Adaptive Sentinel conditional access system

Viaccess-Orca, a global player in the protection and enhancement of content services, has announced Adaptive Sentinel, a new converged card and cardless conditional access system (CAS) that offers the best of both worlds and an unprecedented ease of transition between the two technologies, unified over an end-to-end solution architecture. Cardless security guarantees a fast and […]

October 23, 2015

Czech: Nova chooses instaDRM solution

InstaDIGITAL has announced that Czech TV giant Nova Group has chosen its instaDRM solution to protect the VOYO Video on Demand Service. InstaDRM, incorporates Microsoft PlayReady digital rights management, which protects VOYO’s valuable digital video content across multiple platforms. InstaDRM is a global platform that allows companies to easily and securely apply DRM to their […]

October 21, 2015

Irdeto: Security surround

@IBC 2015 Advanced Television hears from Doug Lowther, CEO of Irdeto, about its platform approach to security – protection not just for video but across the service provider’s portfolio, including the Smart Home applications and Internet Of Things.     [bitsontherun IhAPUYEz-ni7dlelE]

September 29, 2015

NAGRA, EchoStar pave the way for premium 4K services

Content protection and multiscreen television solutions provider NAGRA has confirmed shipment of NAGRA anyCAST COMMAND to EchoStar Technologies for production of 4K-capable set-top boxes for the companies’ joint clients. The new COMMAND technology defeats popular forms of piracy such as control word sharing and paves the way for premium 4K services. The new technology is […]

September 23, 2015