Articles tagged: anti piracy

SVG Summit 2022 Case Study: Real-world anti-piracy solutions for sports leagues and broadcasters

Monday 23rd January

The need to keep pirates at bay and away from the revenue sees content owners, service providers and broadcasters around the globe implement cutting-edge content protection and anti-piracy technologies. Robin Boldon, Director Strategic Account Management and Nik Forman, Marketing Director, spoke at the Cybersecurity Risk and Sports Production Workshop at the Sports Video Group (SVG) […]

How Live Sports Piracy can be Stopped Today

Tuesday 10th January

It’s no secret that pretty much every live sporting event across the globe falls victim to illegal, pirated streams. This costs broadcasters and rights holders huge amounts in revenue, and it’s why protecting live sports and events from piracy is no longer a consideration for broadcasters and OTT service providers – it’s crucial. Sports viewership […]

Year in Review: The Fight Against Piracy in 2022

Wednesday 21st December

2022 – what a year it’s been in the world of content security. The post-pandemic landscape and related economic realities have helped generate some significant shifts in the way that everyone consumes video, and pirates have responded – but so have we, those who are committed to bringing an end to content theft. While we […]

FIFA World Cup 2022 Viewing Party

Thursday 15th December

The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar is drawing to a close, and the England team are on their way home (still a great performance, boys). Viewing figures have been impressive: for England’s first game of the tournament against Iran, the BBC recorded a record 8.5 million views, plus an additional 8 million streams on […]

SportsPro OTT Summit 2022 beIN Friend MTS fireside chat video: Building a comprehensive anti-piracy strategy for a sports broadcaster

Tuesday 13th December

Headquartered in Qatar, beIN Sports, the official broadcaster for the FIFA World Cup 2022, had been quite busy in the run-up to the most anticipated football event globally, so we were really grateful to Cameron Andrews, Legal Director at beIN for taking the time to speak to Simon Hanna, Regional Vice President, EMEA at Friend […]

Consequences of Piracy

Monday 28th November

Living in the digital age comes with its unique challenges, especially amid times of uncertainty for global economies. As the cost of living pressures rise, it can certainly become tempting to skip subscription services altogether for cheaper, or even free, alternative access to premium content. This temptation is often bolstered by the erroneous view that […]

IBC 2022 – let’s not remember it only as “It’s Bloody Chaos”

Thursday 22nd September

Nik Forman, Marketing Director, Friend MTS It’s already been over a week since the last day of IBC2022. It must seem longer ago than that to anyone who was there, primarily because so much of the intervening time was spent deep in the travel chaos that most people had to endure on their homeward journeys. […]

OTT.X & BB Media for LATAM Panel Session Video: Operational Challenges

Monday 12th September

Content protection and anti-piracy are crucial for premium content especially live sports due to the high production and licensing costs. In order to protect these huge investments, rights holders need to ensure solid content security is an integral part of the strategy and operations. DRM, watermarking, monitoring and enforcement solutions need to be implemented to […]

Friend MTS and NorthEdge announce investment to drive expansion of content security portfolio into existing and wider markets

Tuesday 6th September

Significant investment will accelerate development and expand Friend MTS’s global footprint LONDON – September 6th, 2022 – Friend MTS, one of the world’s leading providers of video content and platform security solutions, today announced a significant investment by private equity firm NorthEdge. The investment will enable Friend MTS to further expand its portfolio of class-leading […]

Video Security Virtual Summit 2022 Panel Session Video: Pinpointing and Shutting Down Sports Piracy

Thursday 14th July

Live sports content continues to be the most desirable for pirates to steal. At the Video Security Summit organised and led by Steven Hawley (Managing Director at Piracy Monitor), Friend MTS’s John Ward (Executive Vice President Americas) and Andrew Pope (Senior Solutions Architect) discussed how sports leagues pinpoint and shut down piracy in real time. […]

Video Fingerprinting for Comprehensive Detection of Pirated Content

Thursday 30th June

Josef Baker Product Manager, Friend MTS As organised for-profit video piracy continues to present a serious financial threat to content owners and distributors, proven cutting-edge technologies remain essential tools in protecting valuable video content from illicit redistribution. And while live sports content represents the most lucrative spoils for pirates based on the recurring high profit they […]

5 Benefits of Digital Watermarking

Friday 10th June

Today, stolen content represents as much as half of all video content that is consumed. This is an ongoing, business-critical issue: pirated video material is viewed over 230 billion times per year, with more than 80% of global online piracy attributed to illegal streaming services. Today, controlling unauthorised use of your video content is a […]

Friend MTS Partnership with EIMEX solutions brings video content security to corporate technology industries

Thursday 9th June

LONDON – June 9th, 2022 – Global content protection specialist, Friend MTS, is continuing to grow its list of partners to expand its portfolio of anti-piracy and security solutions. The latest partner is EIMEX solutions, a developer of multi-component communication platforms for digital exhibitions, sales, conferences and other events. This partnership introduces the full portfolio […]

Case Study: Friend MTS speeds non-stop broadcast security on Platform Equinix®

Friday 27th May

Boasting a wide global network of best-in-class technology partners, Friend MTS effectively secures live sports content for the most popular sporting events in the world. Equinix is a digital infrastructure company, its platform brings together and interconnects the foundational infrastructure for technology vendors across the globe. “Friend MTS needed to quickly deploy a secure, scalable […]

NAB 2022, it was good to be back!

Thursday 12th May

John Ward EVP Americas, Friend MTS If, like me, you were able to visit the recent NAB show, you’ll have noticed the amazing atmosphere that permeated the whole event, as we all made the most of getting back to the personal touch and face-to-face meetings. It was great to be back and the tangible buzz suggested […]

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