Media Consumption
ITV targets pirates with Friend MTS
The solution identifies illegal streams for immediate takedown
anti-piracy
Media Delivery
Broadcasters target streaming pirates ahead of new football season
Sky has reportedly won a High Court order in the UK to force ISPs to block pirate sites from being able to illegally stream...
Media Delivery
Viaccess-Orca, Harmonic join forces to prevent sports streaming piracy
Companies have partnered on an automated and scalable event-based anti-piracy solution to safeguard live sports content
Media Delivery
Harmonic, NAGRA team up on live sport watermarking solution
NAGRA's NexGuard forensic watermarking has been integrated with Harmonic's VOS 360 Cloud SaaS platform
Media Management
NAGRA takes anti-piracy capabilities to the metaverse
Company worked with the Brazilian Ministry of Justice on an investigation that entered the metaverse for the first time
Media Delivery
Friend MTS scores Serie A anti-piracy extension
League will continue to use the company's global monitoring services which provide real-time identification of illegal streams of live Lega Serie A content
Media Delivery
Analysis: $28 billion ‘goldmine’ in stopping sports piracy
Research found that OTT sports streaming services stand to gain $5.4 billion by employing anti-piracy measures
Media Consumption
How can D2C platforms better protect their exclusive regional content?
Robin Boldon, director product management for anti-piracy at OpSec Security explains why direct-to-consumer platforms at must begin to work with experts and implement...
Media Delivery
Synamedia, Akamai join forces to take down the pirates
Synamedia’s solutions can detect and disrupt pirate streams in real time over the Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform and redirect viewers to legitimate services.
Production & Post
The inconvenient truth about content security
By Tobias Pyndt Steinmann, chief technology officer, ioGates ApS
Media Delivery
Piracy is threatening the ‘new normal’ way of life
Shane McCarthy, chief operating officer at Irdeto, explains why content security is even more important than ever during the pandemic.
Business
TVBEurope October 2020 issue now available
TVBEurope's first digital-only issue focuses on piracy and security in the media and entertainment industry
Media Delivery
Premier League gains ‘Super Block’ powers against the pirates
New orders are described as "a reworked and enhanced system" that will enable the League to block more pirate streams than ever before
Media Management
Content piracy: Is it a game of whack-a-mole or collaborative cat and mouse?
NAGRA's Tim Pearson argues that the content industry needs to collaborate in order to defeat piracy – that includes content owners, operators and even...
Media Consumption
It’s time to give sports piracy the red card
Ahead of this weekend's UEFA Europa League and Champions League finals, Mark Mulready, VP Cyber Services at Irdeto, takes a look at the issue...
Media Management
UEFA issues RFP for anti-piracy services
Organisation is looking for one or more companies to provide monitoring and enforcement services in respect of live and non-live piracy
Media Consumption
Strategies for winning the war on piracy
Viaccess Orca's director of security products Kevin Le Jannic discusses how broadcasters and OTT platforms can keep their content safe from pirates
Media Consumption
International coalition shuts down illegal streamer with more than two million subscribers
Illegal IPTV streaming network offering more than 40,000 video channels and VoD content
TVBEverywhere
LaLiga to lend its anti-piracy services to MotoGP and WorldSBK
Will eliminate illegal audiovisual content hosted on social networks, digital platforms and mobile apps
Business
Bundesliga invests in anti-piracy company
Will monitor all illegal streaming of games from the Bundesliga
Business
La Liga, Pro League renew anti-piracy agreement
Two leagues have extended their agreement for a further season
Business
La Liga fined over mobile phone ‘spying’
App used microphones on smartphones to detect unauthorised broadcasts of matches
Technology
Friend MTS pairs with AWS on anti-piracy watermarking
Provides an added layer of security against streaming piracy for on-demand video
Technology
Friend MTS provides streaming security for World Boxing Super Series final
Cruiserweight final will be secured by the company’s global content monitoring and take-down services
Technology
GeoGuard’s VPN/Proxy Detection fully integrated with Akamai
Company's VPN/DNS Proxy detection solution will offer enhanced anti-piracy tools for online streaming services
Content
La Liga ‘uses its app to spy on illegal broadcasts’
App reportedly uses mics on smartphones to detect unauthorised broadcasts of matches
TVBEverywhere
United Media relies on Friend MTS for anti-piracy solutions
Southeast Europe broadcaster's flagship sports and entertainment channels will be secured with global content monitoring and subscriber level identification
Data Centre
Forensic watermarking ‘could halve losses from online piracy’
A new report has been released by YouGov and Edgeware
Content
ZOO Digital employs facial recognition to make content secure
Feature works similarly to rotoscoping, obscuring everything on screen except actors' faces
Technology
Canal Digital employs Conax to secure new 4K service
Marks first delivery of Conax Lynx separation technology to protect content from "pirate in the box" attacks
Technology
NAGRA unveils top five pay-TV trends
Business transformation, user experience, anti-piracy, analytics and evolving business models top the list for 2018
Data Centre
Live TV piracy a ‘million-dollar problem’
Sandvine report states speedy adoption rates may cost Communication Service Providers (CSPs) over $4 billion in revenue this year
Business
Bundesliga ups fight against illegal content sharing
The DFL is partnering with NAGRA in fight against illegal content sharing of live matches over the internet via IPTV
Business
Prime Focus clarifies Game of Thrones ‘leak’
Four people were arrested on Monday in Mumbai in connection with the leak
Business
New Premier League blocking disrupts pirate streams
Significant progress made in the war on illegal streaming
Business
Google changes way torrent sites appear in search
Torrent sites will no longer appear in the carousel
Opinion
The Premier League piracy problem
NAGRA's Christopher Schouten looks at the on-going problem of illegal streaming
Business
Premier League wins High Court ban on illegal streams
The Premier League has won a High Court order to clamp down on illegal streaming of games. The blocking order means UK internet service...
Business
Media companies appeal to G7 over online piracy
Letter is signed by Sky, BBC, BT, Walt Disney, Sony, Twentieth Century Fox and more
Business
Premier League secures Kodi court order
The Premier League has secured a court order to help tackle the Kodi epidemic. The move aims to block Kodi set-top boxes from accessing...
Analysis
Why Kodi is the biggest piracy threat of 2017
An epidemic of streaming piracy has hit the film and TV industry. The latest threat is especially dangerous as it comes under the cloak...