The recent IABM report on content security trends in conjunction with our good friends at Axinom made for some interesting reading. As Roger Thornton mentions in his summary article, perhaps the most surprising takeaway is the discrepancy between a stated intention to invest in content, and a far lower priority in investment in content security technology to safeguard against the theft of that content, especially given the financial, operational and potentially creative resources that will be required to produce or acquire it. As Roger summarises, this seems counterintuitive, but budgets are finite and it could be argued that prioritizing content over business processes is where dutiful media providers should concentrate their majority resource.
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Irdeto
Irdeto is the world leader in digital platform security, protecting platforms and applications for video entertainment, video games, connected transport, connected health and IoT connected industries. Irdeto’s solutions and services enable customers to protect their revenue, create new offerings and fight cybercrime effectively. With more than 50 years of expertise in security, Irdeto’s software security technology and cyberservices protect more than six billion devices and applications for some of the world’s best-known and loved brands. With a unique heritage in security innovation, Irdeto is the well-established and reliable partner to build a secure future where people can embrace connectivity without fear.
NAGRA
NAGRA is the digital TV division of the Kudelski Group and the world's leading independent provider of content protection and multiscreen user experience solutions for the monetisation of digital media. They include a scalable service protection offering featuring active streaming protection, CAS/DRM, anti-piracy services and forensic watermarking; direct-to-TV solutions including TVkey Cloud; an integrated and secure video services platform to drive content discovery, content monetisation and multiscreen deployments; sports OTT streaming solutions; an AI-driven business performance platform; and media asset management.
Intertrust Technologies
Intertrust Technologies provides the world's leading digital rights management (DRM) cloud service with a complete ecosystem of security and rights management products. We empower businesses to securely manage all of their data and devices, regardless of location, format, or type—enabling innovative multi-party apps and services. Intertrust Media Solutions provides robust content protection solutions for Media and Entertainment. Intertrust ExpressPlay consists of a cloud-based multi-DRM service, broadcast TV security and anti-piracy services with proven scalability in the largest OTT streaming platforms globally. We also offer ExpressPlay DRM Offline to enable secure streaming of premium content through an offline multi-DRM platform.
Friend MTS
Friend MTS, a leading global provider of content protection services, is dedicated to innovation in platform security in the anti-piracy space in entertainment media. With advanced, proprietary digital security technologies developed to detect, deter and disrupt piracy on broadcast and streaming platforms, Friend MTS enables Pay-TV operators, rights holders and broadcasters to protect premium live channels, events and on-demand entertainment programming from illegal redistribution. From fingerprinting and watermarking to advanced subscriber identification, Friend MTS delivers highly-effective solutions to combat content theft and safeguard revenue worldwide.