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OTT Under Fire: Putting the Kibosh on Piracy

Video consumption has evolved from the familiar pay TV bundles of channels delivered by cable or satellite to today’s multi-sourced streaming content delivered digitally across many devices — thanks to advances in internet/cloud and mobile technologies. These advances, combined with the OTT revolution and COVID-19 disruption, have accelerated the pace of change and corresponding threats. Piracy, for example, has grown from local, isolated annoyances to technically savvy fraud executed at scale, capable of disrupting multi-million dollar revenue streams with ease. Serious stuff.

October 14, 2021

Tap to Phone Rules and Regulations

Driven largely by Gen Z players and an audience made up of 16-24 year olds, professionals in adjacent markets (including broadcasting, software development, and payment processors) would be wise to take a deep dive into the bourgeoning world of esports to gain a better understanding of their intertwined futures.

July 16, 2021

At the Edge of Esports: Team 7AM Speaks

Driven largely by Gen Z players and an audience made up of 16-24 year olds, professionals in adjacent markets (including broadcasting, software development, and payment processors) would be wise to take a deep dive into the bourgeoning world of esports to gain a better understanding of their intertwined futures.

June 14, 2021
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3 Techniques to Strike Out Piracy in Live Sports

Piracy has become a major source of revenue loss, especially during the past year when in-person spectatorship was cancelled. The bright side? Powerful security techniques can prevent and deter piracy at all stages of the workflow.

May 26, 2021
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Insights on BitTorrent Piracy

During the first half of March, Verimatrix used our own client to scrape BitTorrent’s mainline DHT protocol and gain first-hand, localized information about piracy on the world’s biggest distributed network. Here’s what we found.

May 17, 2021
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iOS, Bitcode and App Security

Six years ago, Apple added support for Bitcode with Xcode 7. Still, after all this time, there are many misconceptions about what it means for developers and their iOS apps – especially when it comes to security.

May 5, 2021
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Is Your Third-Party and Legacy Software Vulnerable?

The headlines about the recent SolarWinds data breach have brought three security risks center-stage: end of life software, third-party vulnerabilities and software supply chain risk. The attack has left almost every company dependent on third-party software wondering: How can we avoid something like this?

April 26, 2021

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