Is your streaming TV service prepared for the future?
Television. It has been around since the 1920’s and has constantly evolved: from a tone, a line, and an image; to black & white, color, and more. The delivery and consumption of content has also continued to evolve at unprecedented rates. One hundred years later, TV is still thriving, and we know that more evolution […]
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Industry analyst Paolo Pescatore shares his insight on IBC 2022 with Synamedia
We caught up with our old friend Paolo Pescatore (@paolopescatore) to get his take on the key trends and hot topics that were on show at IBC ’22. From the importance of business models during a snowballing global recession (hint: advertising), through the value of partnerships, 5G, and the importance of ultra-low latency while delivering […]
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How Pirates are Easily Hacking Your Video Streaming Service and How You Can Stop Them
Where there’s video streaming, there’s piracy. When pirates started siphoning video content from OTT streaming services over a decade ago by hacking their many vulnerabilities and common weaknesses, the barriers to entry were high: In order to illegally restream high-value content, they needed a high level of technological expertise and the means to set up […]
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Content Aggregation: When Less is More
Yup, this is indeed a blog about content aggregation. But first, let me take you back to my youth. It’s totally relevant, so stay with me on this. Ever noticed how history tends to repeat itself, sometimes through the most unlikely of experiences? Without giving away my carbon dating, I recall when assembling a bunch […]
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Synamedia and AWS: Protecting over-the-top streaming with watermarking and disruption – Part II: VOD
Watermarking is a key component for any content protection solution that detects and disrupts video theft.
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Where We’ll Be at NAB 2022
We’re thrilled to finally meet with our customers, colleagues and friends safely at NAB this year. Read more for a glimpse into where we’ll be at the show and what you’ll see from us.
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As Netflix cracks down, is credentials sharing reaching end of life?
One thing’s for sure, Netflix is clearly taking the issue seriously. So how does this impact other streaming video services? And what can you do about it? We have good news...
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Dare to Change the World
For Synamedia team leader Yisca Vargon, this day isn’t just about women working in science. It’s a call to use science for making the world a better place.
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Twelve Lucky Grapes
Happy New Year! - ¡Próspero Año Nuevo!
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The Limitations of CDN One-Time Token Validation
If you think one-time token validation is the way to stop token abuse and manipulation, think again. This solution – suggested by some CDN vendors – has several shortcomings, but fear not, there is a better way to stop token duplication.
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Embedding the Headend Watermark: When to Do it… and Why?
Should you insert the watermark before or after encoding? A simple question perhaps, but the answer can have big consequences. We’ve done our homework, so you don’t have to.
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You need video insights
The reason Pay-TV providers aren’t as data-driven as their internet competitors isn’t because they lack data – it’s because they’re not using it to its full potential. Zoom in a little, and it’s easy to see why: the video data pouring in from countless services and devices creates a fragmented and disjointed dataset that most video […]
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