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Stopping credential sharing – limit devices or streams?
Credential sharing is becoming a major problem hurting operators’ growth. In the US, it is estimated that 34% of 18 to 34-year-olds are sharing their credentials to watch streaming content.
Wi-Fi is “more important than chocolate”: Why ISPs are getting serious about the smart home experience
A recent survey of 8,000 Europeans found quality broadband and Wi-Fi in our homes is now more valuable to consumers than sex, holidays, their favorite TV channels or chocolate.
IBC 2019 Shows the Velocity of Live
IBC 2019 may go down as one in which live IP video came of age. However, with the rise of live and cutting of latency, this does not make any difference to the security requirements as premium OTT...
OTT’s burgeoning health can’t avoid piracy alert
The OTT landscape is about to go into overdrive. These are high stakes with billions of dollars on the table which presents an unprecedented challenge to the industry’s attempts at security – and...
Smart CSPs can deliver the Trusted Home
Some 20 billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices will be sold in the next few years, a large proportion of which will be to augment the smart home for everything from heating, ventilation and...
Managing piracy and malware – the twin threats to open platforms
The wave of pay TV operators buying into Android TV has turned into an unstoppable tide, but it carries a security risk that pay TV operators have never had to deal with before – malicious apps...
GAME OVER – GDC 2019
This year GDC was not shy of announcements – the arrival of cloud gaming, the unstoppable rise of e-sports, the importance of indie studios for the industry or how important the community is for...
How to protect your service & maintenance revenue in the age of hyper-connectivity.
Hang on. Isn’t hyper-connectivity meant to be boosting service revenue? Why are we talking about protecting revenue? Mark Hearn explains more...
The Key to New Business Models in Connected Mobility Fleet? Digital Keyless Entry
Forgive the slight sense of irony in the title, but the point of this post is clear; the automotive fleet industry is going through a rapid evolution, and must establish new business models,...
Knowledge is Anti-Piracy Power: CABSAT 2019 Review
Irdeto joined the world’s leading broadcast, satellite, content delivery, digital media, film, and audio entertainment specialists at the 2019 CABSAT conference, and its clear piracy is still a...
CMAF may be ready, but are you ready for CMAF
Common Media Application Format (CMAF) offers many advantages and simplifies OTT content protection. And in the last 18 months, the industry has progressed to make CMAF “ready” for deployment. But...
The world is scary right now.
Healthcare is one of the largest and most innovative industries, yet its spending level in cybersecurity is alarmingly lagging compared to others. When you think of it, it really is staggering!...
This year stop losing players and revenue to cheaters
A new year has begun, and that means one thing: resolutions. Although they are known to be easily broken, it is imperative that you stick to your 2019 security resolutions. It’s that time of the […]
Are smart homes the next battleground for the subscribers?
With the internet of things (IOT) adoption wider than ever before, companies are constantly developing new devices for our increasingly connected environment. Now is the time to offer more than...
Reflection and review from the 2018 SportsPro Live OTT Summit, and what is to come for 2019!
In 2018 Irdeto joined over 600 leading professionals watching over 90 influential speakers on stage at the SportsPro OTT Summit in Madrid in November where the issues the live sports industry is...
Are you being naughty or nice this season?
It’s not just ‘Porch Pirates’ stealing this holiday season, over the Christmas and New Year’s season digital consumption is up and so is online piracy. The consumption of online content is...
Securing the network: Security responses for media content and enterprise networks
Fast, intelligent and adaptive, online piracy is a growing threat facing pay media operators and content rights holders globally. But with smarter security, we are putting up a fight. Irdeto...
The Horror of Piracy
The only thing more terrifying than clowns this Halloween is piracy! Halloween is just around the corner. And while some of us are stocking up on candy and finding the best costume, for others the […]
IPR Infringements Online: The defective side of digital
In a connected world, where technology continuously advances, now, more than ever, we need to grasp the importance of taking affirmative steps to protect online intellectual property rights....
5G is coming. Don’t Panic! Pay TV faces threats, but also opportunities.