Advanced Television

CA/DRM

castLabs unveils watermarking tech

Digital content security specialist castLabs says it is poised to disrupt the content protection market with its single-frame forensic watermarking technology. The solution embeds hidden information within each frame of a video or other digital assets such as static images and documents. Then, it retrieves it with a single picture, offering unparalleled authentication, copyright protection, […]

August 1, 2023By Colin Mann

GeoGuard protects DAZN revenues

Anti-fraud and geolocation solutions provider GeoComply Solutions has attracted sports streaming and entertainment platform DAZN as a new client, utilising GeoGuard, which provides advanced protection against usage of VPNs, Tors, Proxies, and other advanced location spoofing techniques. With over 20 million premium paying subscribers across 200 markets, DAZN’s business model depends on ensuring price differentiation […]

July 26, 2023By Colin Mann

Little Cinema Digital expands use of Verimatrix Streamkeeper

Verimatrix, a specialist in powering the modern connected world with people-centered security, has announced that New York-based Little Cinema Digital, an existing Verimatrix video protection customer, has expanded its relationship with Verimatrix to now include the most advanced Streamkeeper Multi-DRM and Streamkeeper Watermarking technologies to further accelerate and streamline its fast-growing digital events business. Moreover, Verimatrix security […]

July 21, 2023

Thomson Reuters to acquire Imagen

Global content and technology company Thomson Reuters has signed a definitive agreement to acquire cloud-native media asset management specialist Imagen. Imagen helps sports organisations, businesses and media companies manage their digital content libraries with fast, secure and controlled access through a highly customisable media management and distribution platform. Imagen also owns Screenocean, a platform that […]

June 28, 2023By Colin Mann

Germany: DVB-I Pilot phase 1 success

The DVB-I Pilot Germany – an initiative consisting of 21 stakeholders from the media industry, including broadcasters, device manufacturers, software providers and research institutions – has announced the successful completion of Phase 1. From September 2022 to March 2023, a proof-of-concept was realised to develop a common view on the technical features of the DVB-I […]

May 22, 2023

NPAW enhances service suite

NPAW, a provider of analytics and business intelligence solutions for online video services, has introduced new anti-account sharing and playback-resuming solutions to its suite of analytics apps. Share Blocker gives subscription-based OTT services full control over their users’ account sharing to protect their source of revenue. PlayHead Tracker is an innovative cross-device bookmarking solution for […]

May 11, 2023

HbbTV updates Test Suite and DASH DRM

The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes, has announced the release of updated versions of the HbbTV Test Suite and the DASH DRM Reference Application.The 2023-1 HbbTV Test Suite, developed by […]

April 24, 2023

Arqiva, Irdeto hybrid content processing

Communications infrastructure and media services provider Arqiva has been selected by digital platform cybersecurity specialist Irdeto to continue their partnership on the delivery of broadcast platforms to an audience of over 21 million people across 50 countries in South and Sub-Saharan Africa. Under the terms of the contract, Arqiva will provide managed services to Irdeto, […]

April 18, 2023

MPs to examine NFTs and blockchain

The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons is to question experts on the uses of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and blockchain technology. This is the first session of the Committee’s inquiry into the operation, risks and benefits of NFTs and the wider blockchain. In the first panel, scheduled for Tuesday April […]

April 17, 2023By Colin Mann

ZEE5 optimises business operations with Nagra

Nagra, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and media and entertainment solutions, has announced that ZEE5, India and Bharat’s largest home-grown video streaming platform and multilingual storyteller with more than 100 million monthly active users, has selected Nagra’s Active Streaming Protection to protect its content and optimise business decisions. In addition […]

April 11, 2023