Security

Details: Rebecca Hawkes; | 17 August 2018

The governing body for French football, Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), has called upon the assistance of the European Commission to investigate alleged media rights breaches by pirate TV channel beoutQ.

beoutQ PSG v Caen 17 August 2018

Details: Editor; | 14 August 2018

Digital security firm and Nagra parent Kudelski Group has reached an agreement with Neotion to transfer its SmarDTV conditional access module and set-top box businesses to a newly set up entity affiliated with the pay-TV secure solutions firm.

Details: Editor; | 13 August 2018

More details from Irdeto’s 2018 piracy trends report have been released and this time showing, alarmingly, that hundreds of stolen login details for popular over-the-top services are available every month on the dark web for an average of only $8.8.
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Details: Michelle Clancy; | 10 August 2018

US public broadcaster PBS and PBS Distribution have selected BroadbandTV (BBTV) and to manage fan-uploaded content on YouTube for content security purposes.

Details: Joseph O'Halloran; | 09 August 2018

In the latest example of the law reaching into social media to protect content owners, a UK citizen has received a court order against him after being found to be selling IPTV subscriptions and pre-loaded illicit streaming devices on Facebook Marketplace.

Details: Michelle Clancy; | 09 August 2018

Friend MTS and AWS Elemental are partnering to enhance the security of on-demand video workflows.

Elemental Friend MTS 9Aug2018

Details: Joseph O'Halloran; | 08 August 2018

Alibaba-owned online video streaming service provider Youku, the has selected content protection specialist Irdeto to safeguard delivery of its premium content.

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Details: Joseph O'Halloran; | 07 August 2018

Research from conditional access and content security specialist Irdeto has found that consumers who prefer piracy over legal video sites are ensuring that peer-to-peer piracy continues to be the major method of accessing illegal copies of movies and TV shows.