TV Industry Can Claw Back $28 Billion Per Year From Sports Pirates April 2^nd 2021 - 09:00 AM

The TV industry, including pay TV operators, rights holders and new streaming providers, could recoup $28.3 billion a year from pirates by luring consumers back to legitimate video services.

MovieLabs Updates Enhanced Content Protection Specification February 18^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

MovieLabs has released the latest Version 1.3 of its enhanced content security specifications for 4K, HDR and premium window content, with additional guidance on disabling debugging interfaces and handling security software updates.

The Sponsors Perspective: Protecting Content Is A Never-Ending Battle January 26^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

For content providers (studios, content owners, content aggregators, or other content licensors) and their licensees (affiliates) operating in a multiplatform world - and pirates looking to obtain illegal access to the most popular content - it’s an unrelenting game of cat and mouse. While the internet has provided a c…

Ultra HD Forum Announces Watermarking API November 9^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

The Ultra HD Forum has confirmed launch of its first API for forensic watermarking before the end of 2020.

Vendors Highlight Industrial Scale Of Video Piracy At Virtual IBC 2020 September 24^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Synamedia has stood out as the vendor making the biggest splash over content protection and video piracy around IBC 2020, even though the event was confined to virtual channels.

Illegal Piracy Subscription Services Worth Over $1 Billion In US August 20^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Illegal piracy subscription services are now worth over $1 billion a year in the US alone, according to a study conducted by the Digital Citizens Alliance in conjunction with NAGRA, the content security arm of the Swiss Kudelski group.

Broadcasters Hit By Sharp Rise In Credentials Stuffing Attacks July 27^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Broadcasters and video service providers have become ever more attractive targets of credential stuffing attacks for cyber criminals seeking both content and subscribers’ personal details.

Android TV Gains Ground Around Asia June 23^rd 2020 - 09:00 AM

Taiwan Broadband Communications (TBC), one of the country’s leading cable TV operators, is the latest recruit in the region for Android TV, following deployments of the platform at Kbro in the same country, as well as KT Skylife and CJ Hello in South Korea. There have also been recent d…

Broadcasters Fail To Address Common Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities March 19^th 2020 - 01:00 PM

Broadcasters are falling prey to common cybersecurity vulnerabilities as some struggle to adjust to the migration away from traditional dedicated systems to generic infrastructures based on the IP protocol, more like enterprises in other sectors.

BT Sport Fights Back Against Stream Piracy With BISS-CA Protocol February 7^th 2020 - 10:00 AM

BT has joined a growing list of premium sports broadcasters deploying the BISS-CA protocol to combat the proliferating piracy that threatens to derail business models in the sector.

The Liberation Of Broadcast Technology - Part 2 July 27^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Building optimized systems that scale to meet peak demand delivers broadcast facilities that are orders of magnitude more efficient than their static predecessors. In part 2 of this series, we investigate how this can be achieved.

The Liberation Of Broadcast Technology - Part 1 July 20^th 2021 - 09:30 AM

For many years broadcasters have been working with static systems that are difficult to change and upgrade. This two part series explores the unfolding of a more elastic future based on COTS hardware and flexible licensing.

Low Orbit Satellites - The Space-Age Future Of Live Streaming Video July 20^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

The launch of new low orbit satellites for global network coverage will have a significant impact on remote live streaming for broadcasters and webcasters. With the likes of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Amazon’s Kuiper, or one of the other vendors such as Oneweb vying for vertical space, the outlook for…

Stand By For NDI 5 July 19^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

NDI Version 5 is loaded with highly anticipated new features and unseen capabilities, because it was announced a month ago and hasn’t been released yet.

Parts And Chip Shortages July 15^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

TV equipment manufacturers are doing what broadcasters do best: Creatively helping each other work through a difficult technical challenge.

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