saksham2542's articles Curbing account sharing: how service providers can preserve revenue Monitoring user behavior and activity can provide valuable insights into potential password sharing incidents. By employing advanced analytics tools, service providers can detect unusual usage patterns and identify accounts that may be shared without authorization. The account holder willingly shares login information with others, usually family or close friends. This is based on trust and […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Six advantages of direct-to-TV broadcast content protection technology Although these legacy technologies are gradually becoming outdated and will eventually need to be replaced, they’re still forming a considerable part of the content protection technology stack of traditional pay-TV operators, and maintaining backwards compatibility is important. Thus there is a need to support both traditional broadcast services and OTT services. Fortunately, hybrid strategies that […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked The “golden age” of streaming entertainment and the impact on content protection The Golden Age of Streaming — the era that the Economist magazine is calling a “$650 Billion Binge” — is just starting. Shows like Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, and Transparent have ushered in a new generation of entertainment marked by its large numbers of international viewers and acclaimed programming. Today’s digital delivery system makes it easier for […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Seven tips for choosing a digital rights management vendor When it comes to security and the protection of what’s most important for your business, there’s something reassuring about the stability of a digital rights management vendor that’s been around since the beginning. Compatibility issues across various formats and codecs can cause nightmares for digital content providers. For any effective DRM system, there has to […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Content piracy is a big problem and it’s hurting your ROI While lost revenue is the most obvious result, the piracy research study noted that widespread online movie content piracy also leads to job losses and reduced GDP, potentially displacing hundreds of thousands of jobs across the video content, production and distribution value chain in the U.S. alone. Piracy is now a sophisticated, industrial scale problem, […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Common attack modes used in the piracy ecosystem Professional pirates rely on HDCP stripper devices to set up their piracy ecosystem operations. Not only can they feed the pirated content to origin servers for distribution of live streaming, but there is next to no loss in quality compared to the legitimate service. These illegal services organize the content into multi-language presentations, allowing them […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked The role of watermarking in live sports streaming Beyond rightful owners losing an enormous amount of revenue, content piracy in the live sports watermarking world is a direct threat to sports teams’ sponsorship deals. Because sports organisations are unable to include pirated audiences in their audience estimates, the numbers of viewers are grossly under-reported. Designed to protect content during transit to the consumer’s […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked How to trust your player: Building an OTT service for today’s world Proxy license acquisition model: In this workflow, the subscriber’s device and player application communicates with a proxy service managed by the OTT service provider, which redirects the requests back to the multi-DRM service. The client application initializes the media player with the DRM license acquisition URL, which triggers a ott drm license acquisition call to […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Video watermarking – A key anti-piracy tool for live sports content Another approach is to focus on client-side video watermarking technology to battle theft of high-value sports content. This approach leverages a thin client with pre-integration in the video player for different types of streaming devices. Fortunately, in many cases the client-side watermarking approach does not require the significant watermarking integration nor add the system overhead […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked What is Conditional Access? Conditional access system that content providers use to protect and monetize their content by controlling who has access to it. It is commonly used on satellite or cable pay-TV services to regulate the contract between provider and user. This represents a major cost and considerable operational challenges for pay-TV operators, thus hitting them with additional […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked What is digital rights management and how does it work? Digital rights management is the technology that is used to protect and monetize intellectual property and copyrighted materials from misuse or theft in the digital sphere. The enforcement of those rules upon the devices used to consume the content came next and with it arrived our current digital rights management definition. For digital media and […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Improving operating margins in the wind sector with monitoring consolidation The wind sector has always had a challenging business model. Wind energy projects depend on high initial investments with fluctuating production and price levels. To mitigate financial risk, wind project developers secure fixed revenues through power purchasing agreements (PPAs). The lack of a unified operational view inhibits operators from optimizing performance and impedes the deployment […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked The power of AI to transform renewable energy operations As the world grapples with the pressing need to transition to sustainable and renewable energy sources, artificial intelligence (AI) emerges as a powerful change agent. AI energy applications are everywhere. In today’s competitive energy landscape, we must embrace AI-enabling software that facilitate modular growth while protecting current investments in existing infrastructure. In this new wave […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Why data governance matters Data governance and regulatory compliance has always been included in risk assessments, especially in industries where there is sensitive data or products that need to meet certain safety specifications or where minimum health standards need to be met. Virtually any company that does business online or collects data (even for marketing or analytics) needs a […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Grid data sharing explained With the increasing availability of data throughout the energy data lifecycle, we can create a more sustainable and cost-effective way of living. Grid data sharing is the key to unlocking this potential and transitioning to a clean energy economy with better service. The drive to reduce emissions can be affected by various factors, such as […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked How to ensure secure data processing Data virtualization is the core technology that allows for fully compliant and secure data processing across expansive, spread out networks. A virtual representation of data is combined and processed securely according to the existing business rules. By using data virtualization, organizations can maximize their return on investment in data functions and interact with other parties […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked The evolution of Web3 tokenization and asset rights management The key technology behind secure and decentralized rights markets is tokenization, a process of representing real-world or digital assets on a blockchain as tokens. This revolutionary technology is changing the way we think about asset management and value transfer. The value of digital products is often determined by the rights that users have to modify, […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked NFT copyright and security: Safeguarding digital assets in the era of Web3 When NFT content is stolen or pirated, the uniqueness and value associated with the assets are greatly degraded. This not only undermines the trust and confidence of NFT copyright creators and collectors but also can result in substantial financial loss. The content itself, whether it is a digital artwork, a music file, or other types […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Data orchestration Reduce the gaps between the collection, storage, analysis, and use of data for optimized visibility. Without a sound strategy for handling the data, organizations can fall prey to inefficient business processes, lost developer time, rising costs. Data orchestration uses automated processes to bring together data from dispersed silos and data collection points, combine it, and […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Trusted distributed computing enables secure collaboration Most other organizations have to rely on trusted collaboration to open up exciting new business opportunities. We’ve written before about the benefits of secure data collaboration, including increased profitability and innovation. Some data might be in the cloud and some might be in on-premises servers. As a result, firms that work together on a project need […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked What are X.509 certificates and how do they enable trust? The role of digitally signed X.509 certificates is to enable trusted exchanges. This is achieved by leveraging asymmetric cryptography, where a user has both a public and private key pair tied to their identity. This allows anyone else to decrypt data to send to the user using the public, which they can then decrypt with […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Making compliant data sharing the norm This element of trusted data sharing is often overlooked as, technically, the data is still shared. But the hidden cost is how much value has been lost in transit. This is achieved through the uniform anonymization of personal identifying information (PII) and the creation of secure execution environments for the querying of shared data. It […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked What is PKI? The PKI fundamentals If the box is in the right-locked position, only the Left Key can open it. Bob can make copies of the Left Key and pass them around while keeping the Right Key secret. The CA will revoke its authenticating certificate, and web servers will flag it as potentially untrustworthy. The actual process is very complex […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Incorporating consent management into your data governance While only really a feature of data functions in recent years, consent management has become a major talking point around GDPR compliance and other general data protection regulations. It’s also become the public’s most visible interface with data operations. Comprehensive consent management should be able to create a single source of truth for all data […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Five common data aggregation mistakes and how to fix them Data aggregation can provide insights into key metrics such as revenue growth, unit production, or earnings per customer. Internally, and especially with the improvements in analytics, data aggregation provides a steady stream of insight for teams of all sizes. That’s because aggregate data is anonymized and doesn’t carry the same restrictions or consent obligations as […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Best practices for data lifecycle management After data is no longer deemed useful, or under the consent terms of its collection, data ends its lifecycle with deletion. This is a very important stage, both in terms of reducing costs for the organization as well as meeting their data security and privacy obligations. The flow of data is considered and data friction […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked All about IoT device authentication Networks of IoT device authentication help multiple sectors, such as energy, food, and pharmaceuticals, improve product delivery, perform predictive maintenance, and monitor and control supply chains. Unfortunately, this great year-on-year growth has also outstripped security practices that protect IoT device networks. The rapid proliferation of IoT devices means that many networks are built on legacy […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked What is data interoperability? A very time-consuming process that requires considerable expertise, it can also be a financial impossibility due to huge capital or ongoing costs. These prevalent issues are giving rise to a more flexible approach to data access, distribution and analysis: data interoperability. When an organization can use its data in all analytical situations and across all […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Curbing account sharing: how service providers can preserve revenue This unauthorized sharing can lead to widespread access by individuals who are not authorized users, potentially resulting in significant revenue losses for service providers. In this case, addressing the issue becomes more challenging as it requires detection, prevention, and education to discourage such practices. This technology lets providers manage active sessions and establish specific rules. […] February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Six advantages of direct-to-TV broadcast content protection technology The major shortcomings with traditional CA systems is that they are costly, both to acquire and to operate. Yet they are still considered necessary tools for broadcast TV content protection technology. They can also slow down the time-to-market for urgent new services and create vendor lock-in issues, both for broadcasters and device manufacturers. However, it […] February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked The “golden age” of streaming entertainment and the impact on content protection The Golden Age of Streaming — the era that the Economist magazine is calling a “$650 Billion Binge” — is just starting. Shows like Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, and Transparent have ushered in a new generation of entertainment marked by its large numbers of international viewers and acclaimed programming. In 2019, subscriptions to online (OTT) video-on-demand services around the world amounted […] February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Seven tips for choosing a digital rights management vendor To provide for the considerable needs of copyright holders and enforcing content licensing agreements, a number of DRM vendors have sprung up. Like any key partnership choice, a major decision facing content providers and OTT streaming operators is which digital rights management vendor can deliver the best DRM solution for their specific needs. Intertrust’s experience […] February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Content piracy is a big problem and it’s hurting your ROI A further study carried out by Digital TV Research predicted that digital TV and online movie content piracy across 138 countries will nearly double from 2016 to 2022, meaning that there could be as much as $51.6 billion in lost revenue for content owners. As noted in our previous piracy research blog post in this series, […] February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Common attack modes used in the piracy ecosystem Therefore, professional pirates rely on HDCP stripper devices to set up their piracy ecosystem operations. Not only can they feed the pirated content to origin servers for distribution of live streaming, but there is next to no loss in quality compared to the legitimate service. The latter kind of attack was more common when smart […] February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked The role of watermarking in live sports streaming Beyond rightful owners losing an enormous amount of revenue, content piracy in the live sports watermarking world is a direct threat to sports teams’ sponsorship deals. Because sports organisations are unable to include pirated audiences in their audience estimates, the numbers of viewers are grossly under-reported. These groups stand to lose hundreds of thousands of […] February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked How to trust your player: Building an OTT service for today’s world DRM technology is designed to protect the video content during transport, at rest, and during consumption. Although such technology can involve some very advanced security concepts, OTT streaming service operators still need to pay detailed attention to the overall system architecture that is deployed and avoid loopholes that allow hackers to defeat the purpose of […] February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Video watermarking – A key anti-piracy tool for live sports content Session-based and user-specific video watermarking enables the service operator to embed a unique identifier for each user. The ID is then used to trace any unauthorized redistribution of premium content. This technique is a critical anti-piracy tool to protect UHD premium content and live events broadcasting since it is possible to identify the actual device […] February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked What is Conditional Access? One of the main attributes of traditional (legacy) broadcasting is that it is a one-way distribution system. Under this system, the satellite or cable feed is distributed to everyone, and the transmitting organization does not receive any feedback regarding who is picking up their feed or what they are doing with it. The STB, which […] February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked What is digital rights management and how does it work? A digital rights management (DRM) system, using a secret key, encrypts content to make it unwatchable so that only somebody who has the key can decrypt and watch it. But that key, like all digital information, is easy to copy and share so on its own it is not sufficient to protect the content. Since […] February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Improving operating margins in the wind sector with monitoring consolidation However, the transition from non-consolidated to centralized operations is fraught with challenges. Traditional operations in the wind sector often involve multiple, isolated control rooms, each dedicated to a specific site. Different farms use turbines, sensors, and control room software from dozens of vendors. The lack of a unified operational view inhibits operators from optimizing performance […] February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Loading Load more
Curbing account sharing: how service providers can preserve revenue Monitoring user behavior and activity can provide valuable insights into potential password sharing incidents. By employing advanced analytics tools, service providers can detect unusual usage patterns and identify accounts that may be shared without authorization. The account holder willingly shares login information with others, usually family or close friends. This is based on trust and […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Six advantages of direct-to-TV broadcast content protection technology Although these legacy technologies are gradually becoming outdated and will eventually need to be replaced, they’re still forming a considerable part of the content protection technology stack of traditional pay-TV operators, and maintaining backwards compatibility is important. Thus there is a need to support both traditional broadcast services and OTT services. Fortunately, hybrid strategies that […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The “golden age” of streaming entertainment and the impact on content protection The Golden Age of Streaming — the era that the Economist magazine is calling a “$650 Billion Binge” — is just starting. Shows like Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, and Transparent have ushered in a new generation of entertainment marked by its large numbers of international viewers and acclaimed programming. Today’s digital delivery system makes it easier for […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Seven tips for choosing a digital rights management vendor When it comes to security and the protection of what’s most important for your business, there’s something reassuring about the stability of a digital rights management vendor that’s been around since the beginning. Compatibility issues across various formats and codecs can cause nightmares for digital content providers. For any effective DRM system, there has to […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Content piracy is a big problem and it’s hurting your ROI While lost revenue is the most obvious result, the piracy research study noted that widespread online movie content piracy also leads to job losses and reduced GDP, potentially displacing hundreds of thousands of jobs across the video content, production and distribution value chain in the U.S. alone. Piracy is now a sophisticated, industrial scale problem, […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Common attack modes used in the piracy ecosystem Professional pirates rely on HDCP stripper devices to set up their piracy ecosystem operations. Not only can they feed the pirated content to origin servers for distribution of live streaming, but there is next to no loss in quality compared to the legitimate service. These illegal services organize the content into multi-language presentations, allowing them […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The role of watermarking in live sports streaming Beyond rightful owners losing an enormous amount of revenue, content piracy in the live sports watermarking world is a direct threat to sports teams’ sponsorship deals. Because sports organisations are unable to include pirated audiences in their audience estimates, the numbers of viewers are grossly under-reported. Designed to protect content during transit to the consumer’s […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How to trust your player: Building an OTT service for today’s world Proxy license acquisition model: In this workflow, the subscriber’s device and player application communicates with a proxy service managed by the OTT service provider, which redirects the requests back to the multi-DRM service. The client application initializes the media player with the DRM license acquisition URL, which triggers a ott drm license acquisition call to […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Video watermarking – A key anti-piracy tool for live sports content Another approach is to focus on client-side video watermarking technology to battle theft of high-value sports content. This approach leverages a thin client with pre-integration in the video player for different types of streaming devices. Fortunately, in many cases the client-side watermarking approach does not require the significant watermarking integration nor add the system overhead […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What is Conditional Access? Conditional access system that content providers use to protect and monetize their content by controlling who has access to it. It is commonly used on satellite or cable pay-TV services to regulate the contract between provider and user. This represents a major cost and considerable operational challenges for pay-TV operators, thus hitting them with additional […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What is digital rights management and how does it work? Digital rights management is the technology that is used to protect and monetize intellectual property and copyrighted materials from misuse or theft in the digital sphere. The enforcement of those rules upon the devices used to consume the content came next and with it arrived our current digital rights management definition. For digital media and […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Improving operating margins in the wind sector with monitoring consolidation The wind sector has always had a challenging business model. Wind energy projects depend on high initial investments with fluctuating production and price levels. To mitigate financial risk, wind project developers secure fixed revenues through power purchasing agreements (PPAs). The lack of a unified operational view inhibits operators from optimizing performance and impedes the deployment […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The power of AI to transform renewable energy operations As the world grapples with the pressing need to transition to sustainable and renewable energy sources, artificial intelligence (AI) emerges as a powerful change agent. AI energy applications are everywhere. In today’s competitive energy landscape, we must embrace AI-enabling software that facilitate modular growth while protecting current investments in existing infrastructure. In this new wave […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Why data governance matters Data governance and regulatory compliance has always been included in risk assessments, especially in industries where there is sensitive data or products that need to meet certain safety specifications or where minimum health standards need to be met. Virtually any company that does business online or collects data (even for marketing or analytics) needs a […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Grid data sharing explained With the increasing availability of data throughout the energy data lifecycle, we can create a more sustainable and cost-effective way of living. Grid data sharing is the key to unlocking this potential and transitioning to a clean energy economy with better service. The drive to reduce emissions can be affected by various factors, such as […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How to ensure secure data processing Data virtualization is the core technology that allows for fully compliant and secure data processing across expansive, spread out networks. A virtual representation of data is combined and processed securely according to the existing business rules. By using data virtualization, organizations can maximize their return on investment in data functions and interact with other parties […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The evolution of Web3 tokenization and asset rights management The key technology behind secure and decentralized rights markets is tokenization, a process of representing real-world or digital assets on a blockchain as tokens. This revolutionary technology is changing the way we think about asset management and value transfer. The value of digital products is often determined by the rights that users have to modify, […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
NFT copyright and security: Safeguarding digital assets in the era of Web3 When NFT content is stolen or pirated, the uniqueness and value associated with the assets are greatly degraded. This not only undermines the trust and confidence of NFT copyright creators and collectors but also can result in substantial financial loss. The content itself, whether it is a digital artwork, a music file, or other types […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Data orchestration Reduce the gaps between the collection, storage, analysis, and use of data for optimized visibility. Without a sound strategy for handling the data, organizations can fall prey to inefficient business processes, lost developer time, rising costs. Data orchestration uses automated processes to bring together data from dispersed silos and data collection points, combine it, and […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Trusted distributed computing enables secure collaboration Most other organizations have to rely on trusted collaboration to open up exciting new business opportunities. We’ve written before about the benefits of secure data collaboration, including increased profitability and innovation. Some data might be in the cloud and some might be in on-premises servers. As a result, firms that work together on a project need […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What are X.509 certificates and how do they enable trust? The role of digitally signed X.509 certificates is to enable trusted exchanges. This is achieved by leveraging asymmetric cryptography, where a user has both a public and private key pair tied to their identity. This allows anyone else to decrypt data to send to the user using the public, which they can then decrypt with […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Making compliant data sharing the norm This element of trusted data sharing is often overlooked as, technically, the data is still shared. But the hidden cost is how much value has been lost in transit. This is achieved through the uniform anonymization of personal identifying information (PII) and the creation of secure execution environments for the querying of shared data. It […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What is PKI? The PKI fundamentals If the box is in the right-locked position, only the Left Key can open it. Bob can make copies of the Left Key and pass them around while keeping the Right Key secret. The CA will revoke its authenticating certificate, and web servers will flag it as potentially untrustworthy. The actual process is very complex […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Incorporating consent management into your data governance While only really a feature of data functions in recent years, consent management has become a major talking point around GDPR compliance and other general data protection regulations. It’s also become the public’s most visible interface with data operations. Comprehensive consent management should be able to create a single source of truth for all data […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Five common data aggregation mistakes and how to fix them Data aggregation can provide insights into key metrics such as revenue growth, unit production, or earnings per customer. Internally, and especially with the improvements in analytics, data aggregation provides a steady stream of insight for teams of all sizes. That’s because aggregate data is anonymized and doesn’t carry the same restrictions or consent obligations as […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Best practices for data lifecycle management After data is no longer deemed useful, or under the consent terms of its collection, data ends its lifecycle with deletion. This is a very important stage, both in terms of reducing costs for the organization as well as meeting their data security and privacy obligations. The flow of data is considered and data friction […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
All about IoT device authentication Networks of IoT device authentication help multiple sectors, such as energy, food, and pharmaceuticals, improve product delivery, perform predictive maintenance, and monitor and control supply chains. Unfortunately, this great year-on-year growth has also outstripped security practices that protect IoT device networks. The rapid proliferation of IoT devices means that many networks are built on legacy […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What is data interoperability? A very time-consuming process that requires considerable expertise, it can also be a financial impossibility due to huge capital or ongoing costs. These prevalent issues are giving rise to a more flexible approach to data access, distribution and analysis: data interoperability. When an organization can use its data in all analytical situations and across all […] April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Curbing account sharing: how service providers can preserve revenue This unauthorized sharing can lead to widespread access by individuals who are not authorized users, potentially resulting in significant revenue losses for service providers. In this case, addressing the issue becomes more challenging as it requires detection, prevention, and education to discourage such practices. This technology lets providers manage active sessions and establish specific rules. […] February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Six advantages of direct-to-TV broadcast content protection technology The major shortcomings with traditional CA systems is that they are costly, both to acquire and to operate. Yet they are still considered necessary tools for broadcast TV content protection technology. They can also slow down the time-to-market for urgent new services and create vendor lock-in issues, both for broadcasters and device manufacturers. However, it […] February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The “golden age” of streaming entertainment and the impact on content protection The Golden Age of Streaming — the era that the Economist magazine is calling a “$650 Billion Binge” — is just starting. Shows like Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, and Transparent have ushered in a new generation of entertainment marked by its large numbers of international viewers and acclaimed programming. In 2019, subscriptions to online (OTT) video-on-demand services around the world amounted […] February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Seven tips for choosing a digital rights management vendor To provide for the considerable needs of copyright holders and enforcing content licensing agreements, a number of DRM vendors have sprung up. Like any key partnership choice, a major decision facing content providers and OTT streaming operators is which digital rights management vendor can deliver the best DRM solution for their specific needs. Intertrust’s experience […] February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Content piracy is a big problem and it’s hurting your ROI A further study carried out by Digital TV Research predicted that digital TV and online movie content piracy across 138 countries will nearly double from 2016 to 2022, meaning that there could be as much as $51.6 billion in lost revenue for content owners. As noted in our previous piracy research blog post in this series, […] February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Common attack modes used in the piracy ecosystem Therefore, professional pirates rely on HDCP stripper devices to set up their piracy ecosystem operations. Not only can they feed the pirated content to origin servers for distribution of live streaming, but there is next to no loss in quality compared to the legitimate service. The latter kind of attack was more common when smart […] February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The role of watermarking in live sports streaming Beyond rightful owners losing an enormous amount of revenue, content piracy in the live sports watermarking world is a direct threat to sports teams’ sponsorship deals. Because sports organisations are unable to include pirated audiences in their audience estimates, the numbers of viewers are grossly under-reported. These groups stand to lose hundreds of thousands of […] February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How to trust your player: Building an OTT service for today’s world DRM technology is designed to protect the video content during transport, at rest, and during consumption. Although such technology can involve some very advanced security concepts, OTT streaming service operators still need to pay detailed attention to the overall system architecture that is deployed and avoid loopholes that allow hackers to defeat the purpose of […] February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Video watermarking – A key anti-piracy tool for live sports content Session-based and user-specific video watermarking enables the service operator to embed a unique identifier for each user. The ID is then used to trace any unauthorized redistribution of premium content. This technique is a critical anti-piracy tool to protect UHD premium content and live events broadcasting since it is possible to identify the actual device […] February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What is Conditional Access? One of the main attributes of traditional (legacy) broadcasting is that it is a one-way distribution system. Under this system, the satellite or cable feed is distributed to everyone, and the transmitting organization does not receive any feedback regarding who is picking up their feed or what they are doing with it. The STB, which […] February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What is digital rights management and how does it work? A digital rights management (DRM) system, using a secret key, encrypts content to make it unwatchable so that only somebody who has the key can decrypt and watch it. But that key, like all digital information, is easy to copy and share so on its own it is not sufficient to protect the content. Since […] February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Improving operating margins in the wind sector with monitoring consolidation However, the transition from non-consolidated to centralized operations is fraught with challenges. Traditional operations in the wind sector often involve multiple, isolated control rooms, each dedicated to a specific site. Different farms use turbines, sensors, and control room software from dozens of vendors. The lack of a unified operational view inhibits operators from optimizing performance […] February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
