The scale of content fraud today makes broadcasters and OTT service providers look for more advanced and automated content protection and anti-piracy services and solutions. Chris Gibbs, Senior Vice President of Global Sales at Friend MTS spoke to Alvaro Jeanneau, Senior Director, Media Rights Management at TelevisaUnivision during the SportsPro USA event held in New […]
Global leaders in live sports and premium content security to drive growth internationally LONDON, UK – February 21, 2023 – Friend MTS, provider of video security solutions to the biggest names in live and on-demand sports and entertainment, has announced the appointment of Chris Gibbs as Senior Vice President of Global Sales as the company […]
Highly Experienced Video Security Professional Will Drive Growth Across All Markets For Live And On-demand Content Protection Specialists LONDON, UK – February 1, 2023 – Friend MTS, global provider of content protection and video security services, announces the appointment of Shane McCarthy as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in a new chapter for the company. A […]
With the beoutQ story of unprecedented content theft unfolding just a few years ago, beIN is not new among the broadcasters on the front line of the battle against content piracy. Just as the FIFA World Cup 2022 started in Qatar with beIN as official broadcaster, our Regional VP for EMEA Simon Hanna caught up […]
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) […]
LONDON, UK – January 23, 2023 – Friend MTS, global provider of content protection and anti-piracy services, announces the appointment of Daniel Harris as Chair of its board of directors. Daniel takes over the position from Michael Joseph, who had been fulfilling the role of interim Chair following the investment by private equity firm NorthEdge […]
Companies of various sizes and across all industries have realised the cost savings and considerably greater reach of virtual platforms. Both live and on-demand video is used more and more frequently to communicate across global networks of partners, resellers, customers, etc. The variety of use cases for enterprise video is increasing and ranges from content […]
Premium content security can be a daunting task for broadcasters and OTT service providers amidst the proliferation of illegal devices, websites, apps and other shady distribution means and channels that devalue premium content. Friend MTS and Axinom have joined forces to simplify this task and fight global piracy effectively. Learn more about this comprehensive video […]
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 […]
Piracy causes huge losses and industry cooperation is key in addressing this threat. Industry experts met in Berlin at Nextv Sports Europe this year to discuss ways to fight live sports piracy to save revenue amidst current economic difficulties. Watch the recording of this insightful session moderated by Monique van Dusseldorp to hear from Oliver […]
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 […]
With the current change of attitude to account sharing and casual piracy most recently demonstrated by Netflix, content protection and anti-piracy solutions are becoming ever more crucial for securing service providers’ revenue and brand. Piracy in any shape or form is no longer acceptable to be a part of the business. As content piracy reaches […]
At the NAB show this year, we teamed up with our long-standing partner ExpressPlay Intertrust to chat about end-to-end content protection. Our own John Ward, Executive Vice President for Americas and ExpressPlay’s Ali Hodjat, VP Marketing shed light on what they consider “end-to-end” when it comes to protecting content from illegal pirate redistribution. Watch this […]
Clare Plaisted interviewed John Ward, Executive Vice President for Americas at the long-awaited post-pandemic NAB show this year. Share this super short four-minute video with anyone who would like to learn about our company, get a quick overview of the services and solutions that we provide and discover: how we differentiate ourselves among other content […]
At SportsPro OTT Summit in New York this year, John Ward spoke with WarnerMedia’s Peter Scott and Paramount’s Alec Hendry. At the panel session led by Jason Thibeault, SVA, the problem of sports content piracy was discussed along with technologies and techniques that help address and prevent it. Based on the amount of revenue loss […]