This report delves into one of the major long-term drivers of change in the media industry, identified by IABM in its Special Report published in September 2020: viewing technology only as an enabler. The research puts the spotlight on this specific structural driver of industry change, analyzing the ultimate business, technical and creative values that technology is enabling as well as one of the rising operating models behind them: the cloud model. Our main objective is decoding these topics to shed more light on the economics underpinning media factories.
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Get valuable resources for planning app security:
- Pros and cons of building in-house app security technology
- 10 Questions to ask in app security RFPs
- A checklist of app security methods and techniques
This comprehensive guide was created to help security officers, application developers, and CTOs develop the best approach to protect banking and fintech applications from growing threats.
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Get Recommendations for Your Cloud Deployment
Cloud computing is a flexible, responsive, and scalable way of delivering IT. Now that the cloud is mainstream and here to stay, M&E professionals would be wise to get to know how it works, what their options are for adopting it, and what the pros and cons are of the various approaches to deploying and using it.
- How to best leverage the cloud for your IT needs
- The benefits of cloud adoption for media and entertainment
- Why it’s critical to secure cloud operations with hyper scalable solutions
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Calculations of current and projected losses due to online video piracy keep going up. While pirate business models vary widely, the most successful ones revolve around websites that aggregate stolen video into legitimate-looking service offerings of on-demand and live content, mimicking a legal OTT or IPTV service provider. In this article we cover common forms of piracy and how professional video pirates find success. We also look at the crowded pool of amateur thieves that engage in illegal viewing through credential sharing and other means.
It has never been more important to not only understand the global trends of online video theft, but to determine the risks your content is facing and, most important of all, what can be done about it.
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The media landscape looks vastly different than it did only five years ago. “Media” is no longer solely the realm of production studios and television stations. Social networks, gaming sites, and user-generated content platforms are media companies. Internet service providers and technology giants are also foraying into the music and video space. E-learning services, faith groups, local newspapers and even fitness companies now use video more than ever to reach wider audiences.
At the same time, consumers’ idea of media has drastically changed. In a recent Lumen survey, nearly 90% of European consumers considered “television” as any video they watched on their devices. 65% of them already subscribed to two or more streaming services.
As video and technology merge, the face of media is changing; development teams are agile, software and cloud computing have replaced hardware-based workflows, and black-box technologies have fallen out of favor. Media companies need solutions that are adapted to new challenges and new ways of working.
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Every IT professional, in every industry, is aware of the constant threat of ransomware. Ransomware is a form of malware that can infect computers and mobile devices. The initial infection then spreads across the network, encrypting data files to render them inaccessible, and displaying a ransom note demanding online payment, usually in the form of cryptocurrency, for release of the files.
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As every IT professional knows, regular data backups are a critical part of any business continuity plan. Here are a few tips and best-practices to help ensure your organization’s WideOrbit systems are adequately backed up so you’re prepared in the event of a server failure or data corruption.
Our Professional Services team offers consulting services to help guide you through developing and implementing your backup strategy. For assistance with any of the best practices that follow, please contact Support for more information.
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As e-learning plays an ever greater role in employee training and academic life, the value of the associated video content is soaring—but so, too, is its value to thieves.
Fortunately, e-learning producers and distributors can turn to cloud-based content protection solutions to minimize these threats. First, they must engage with a service that can cover all major DRMs and other piracy prevention techniques. Second, they must demand unfailing service performance and the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO).
Download white paper to discover how modern content protection technologies can safeguard your valuable e-learning services while giving you the lowest TCO.
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