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Multi‑network Forum Highlights OTT Video Strategies during CommunicAsia 2013
Asia is the world's largest consumer of video content and a fertile ground for unauthorized offshore OTT services where a lack of regulation favors the growth of Internet‑based pirate video operators, according to CASBAA.
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Extending Security Options for Public Broadcasting and Free‑to‑Air Communities
Verimatrix recently announced a range of initiatives that help make comprehensive pay‑TV security, integrity and flexibility more available to the public broadcaster and Free‑to‑Air (FTA) community around the world.
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Verimatrix Increases Market Share to 34% Globally
The numbers are out in the latest MRG IPTV Market Leader Report. We are very proud to announce that we continue to lead the Content Protection/DRM category with 34.1% of the global market, up from 28.8% from the Fall 2012 report.
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Selecting the Right Multi‑screen Strategy at the Multi‑network Forum during ANGA COM 2013
The meaning of hybrid networks has morphed almost as quickly as the underlying technology itself. IP‑based networks ‑ managed and unmanaged ‑ have enabled traditional operators to think outside the lean‑back home viewing experience.
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NEW WHITE PAPER Cardless Content Security:
The Smarter Choice for Hybrid Networks
In this new white paper from Frost & Sullivan, the authors provide a deeper understanding of the technological advances that bring streamlined, scalable, multi-network deployments within reach of pay-TV operators. Specifically, they address why cardless conditional access (CA) solutions are particularly well-positioned to provide secure yet cost-efficient security for today's and tomorrow's content protection needs.
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Q&A with Videonet's John Moulding on The Hybrid Platform Operator
Last month, Videonet released its report on The Hybrid Platform Operator, which looks at the market implications of the hybrid platform operator and considers the challenges in creating what should be a unified service through multiple networks and devices. We had the pleasure of sitting down with John Moulding, the editor of the report, to discuss the evolution of hybrid network offerings, and the challenges facing hybrid operators today.
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Engaging with the Connected Consumer at the Multi‑network Forum during NAB 2013
This year's Multi‑network Forum at NAB focuses on the latest strategies to create consumer engagement across multiple devices. Join us to hear from Totalmovie, Envivio, Vubiquity and Parks Associates on how to build brands around consistent, high‑quality user experience across devices.
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The Hybrid Platform Operator
Consumer demands for more content in more places means Pay TV operators have become pragmatic about how they deliver services. Having harnessed OTT technologies for multi‑screen TV and in some cases broadband VOD, some operators are beginning to integrate friendly third‑party OTT services within their main living room TV offer. Pay TV is becoming more hybrid, in terms of the services available and how they reach us.
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The Guardian: Personalising TV for a Better Experience
Steve Christian explains the multi‑screen strategies service providers must devise to satisfy subscribers' growing thirst for content in The Guardian
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Full Line‑up Announced for Multi‑network Forum during TV Connect
This year's Forum promises to deliver the complete spectrum of perspectives on new video distribution strategies with speakers from Aertv, a division of Magnet Networks, Samsung, Dolby, Vubiquity (formerly On Demand Group) and Verimatrix.
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NEW White paper: Security at the Core of Your Multi‑network Video
We believe a multi‑network, multi‑screen strategy is a wholly positive development for established pay‑TV operators to add a compelling ingredient to their existing entertainment packages. Don't develop your multi‑network revenue strategy without consulting with this white paper first.
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FierceCable Ebook: TV Everywhere Gets Personal
As a sponsor of the latest eBook from FierceCable, we emphasized security techniques that can help optimize consumers' quality of experience, while also enhancing revenue security for TV Everywhere type of services.
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Revenue Security at Cable Congress 2013
Ahead of Cable Congress 2013, the show organizers asked Steve Oetegenn his thoughts on the evolving world of security in the cable marketplace. Verimatrix is the Revenue Security sponsor for this year's Cable Congress.
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Sweden's Com Hem upgrades TV
Swedish cable operator Com Hem has revealed plans to upgrade its TV service to a TiVo-based offering this spring, using hybrid content security solutions from US firm Verimatrix, as it seeks to ward off threats from upstart IPTV offerings.
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Verimatrix Expands European Footprint with Development Center in Paris
We recently announced the establishment of a new development center focused on R&D and product engineering efforts based in Paris, France. The expanded software and security engineering team will aid in the advancement of the VCAS suite of revenue security solutions to meet the evolving needs of today's pay‑TV operators.
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One Step Closer to Broad Adoption of MPEG‑DASH: DASH264 Implementation Guidelines Released
The DASH file specification is on track to fulfill its promise to unify the adaptive streaming world. We have seen a lot of interest from partners and customers in our DASH implementation guide and IBC demonstration. DASH is not only a basis for DECE/UV, but has also found broad industry support, even from the big players like Adobe and Microsoft.
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Entering the Next Phase of Digitalization: Observations from India
The investments required for digitalization are considerable cost estimates range from USD $2 to 4 billion. Recouping these investments is not a straightforward proposition in India. Consumers have limited awareness of the value of digital cable, and remain significantly more sensitive to cost than to content selection and quality.
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Test Drive Premium OTT Video Services on Android
We'd like to invite you to download the QuickPlayer ViewRight app so you can evaluate the possibilities for deploying premium video services on Android smart phones and tablets using video streams encrypted with ViewRight.
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Considerations in enhancing revenue security on Android‑based devices
As sales of the iPhone 5 soars, I would like to take a moment to talk about the Android‑based devices. “Why Android, and why right now?” you might ask yourself. The answer is clear: while Apple devices have an almost cult‑like following, Google's Android has a global market share of about 60% with more than a million Android‑based devices being activated every day. That's 12 devices every second.
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The Only Constant is Change: 2013 Industry Prediction
VP of Marketing Steve Christian shares his Online Video Executive Prediction in the latest issue of StreamingMedia. Over‑the‑top video will “grow up” in 2013. A significant signpost of this maturity is that OTT video services are becoming increasingly similar to traditional pay‑TV — Live and on‑demand premium content services, delivered with high quality of experience.
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PCCW taps Verimatrix for OTT security
Hong Kong telco PCCW has selected content security solutions from US firm Verimatrix to protect its over‑the‑top (OTT) video‑on‑demand service ‘Video Express,’ allowing it to expand the number of devices supported to include both Apple and Android devices in addition to PCs and Macs.
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How the Past Has Shaped the Future of Broadcast Cardless Security
Last month, Farncombe introduced its latest white paper, The Future of Broadcast Cardless Security. It is full of compelling observations and is definitely worth reading, but I also wanted to share why we think the topic of cardless security is of such interest right now.
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Verimatrix Continues to Lead the Content Protection / DRM Category
In the latest IPTV Market Leader Report from MRG, Verimatrix continues to lead the Content Protection/DRM category with 28.8% of the global market. According to MRG, Verimatrix has emerged as a leader in the content protection market for IPTV by charting its own course and working with a large variety of vendors and Service Providers around the world. It has been Number 1 globally in this category since 2007 and has moved up to Number 1 in most of the regions where it is active.
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Making Multi‑Screen “Friendly:” Enhancing the Subscriber's Quality of Experience (from the Official TiVo Blog)
Last month at IBC, TiVo and Verimatrix announced a partnership that will enable operators around the world to provide a fully integrated video experience for their subscribers. This is surely very exciting news for operators, who will now be able to better protect their revenue streams across all devices through the integrated security features of VCAS. But what is the impact of the partnership on the average consumer?
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Business and regulator challenges to OTT remain, but “technology is ready”
Organisational, regulatory and business challenges are a greater impediment to the development of multiscreen OTT services than technology hurdles, IBC attendees at a seminar on Multi‑Network Solutions in the Real World heard on Sep 7 in Amsterdam.
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Check out the IBC Forum Videos
OTT 2.0: Securing Advanced Video Delivery
Savvy operators have already begun to envision the next phase of OTT video. What does OTT 2.0 look like? And how can they ensure that their networks are able to quickly adapt and scale to future requirements? Verimatrix's Steve Christian and Tom Pollard report in the Sep/Oct issue of IBE.
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Verimatrix University Now in Prime Time
We are proud to announce the official launch of Verimatrix University! Through self-paced online training modules, followed by hands‑on troubleshooting courses, partners and customers can gain a new level of proficiency with our VCAS and ViewRight solutions. After completing the hands-on course and exam, a student will be certified as a VCE (Verimatrix Certified Engineer).
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Breakfast Forum at IBC Spotlights New Category of Hybrid Network: DVB + OTT
We are thrilled to bring our Multi-network Solutions in the Real World Forum to IBC this year! Over the last several months, it has become evident that more cable, satellite and terrestrial providers are leveraging OTT video networks to offer multi-network, multi-screen services.
Read More Securing Hybrid Deployments
In the Sep/Oct issue of CSI Magazine, Steve Christian explores a comprehensive approach to cardless multi‑network security.
Read More Interview with Christphe Perini, Director Global DVB - Verimatrix
The recent interview between Newsline Report and Verimatrix's Christophe Perini has been translated from Spanish, in which he describes how the DVB business is developing for Verimatrix in Latin America in the context of the transition to two‑way networks and multi‑network services.
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