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USD 50 billion: Estimated loss to piracy of streaming media 01 November 2017
Digital TV Research released the results of a recent study on the prevalence of piracy in the online streaming industry. According to the study, the cost of piracy to Netflix, Amazon and all other streaming services will be in excess … Continue reading
Piracy on the rise with the ongoing transition to OTT Services 12 July 2017
As per Time Warner’s quarterly earnings report in early May, investors took a blow with a 2% drop in TV network ad sales for Time Warner’s Turner division and video head counts from multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) during Q1. … Continue reading
Pay-TV growth under threat – Piracy, OTT growth to blame 21 June 2017
According to Pay-TV Innovation Forum, developed by Nagra and MTM, Latin American Pay-TV businesses face several threats such as the economic imbalance, robust free-to-air (FTA) TV offerings, increasing propensity of over-the-top (OTT) services and rising levels of pay-TV piracy. Some … Continue reading
We’ve seen a decline in piracy since we launched says Nitesh Kripalani of Amazon Video India 31 May 2017
Amazon Prime Video, which is a subscription-based VOD (video-on-demand) platform, was launched in India in December 2016. It boasts of over 9.5 million active subscribers (Source: FICCI-KPMG 2017 Report; as on January 2017) and ranks at third position after Hotstar … Continue reading
Whitepaper: Securing Media Content 27 March 2017
Piracy, copying and redistribution of videos are some common security threats content owners face while distributing their content to the mass audience. Hackers use web content tampering, stealing from the cache, stream ripping, player hijacking, deep linking, link sharing and … Continue reading
87% Russians think sharing pirate content is legal 09 February 2017
According to a recent consumer survey by Irdeto, some 87 percent of Russian consumers stated that producing or sharing pirated video content is not illegal and some 66 percent in fact believed that streaming or downloading pirated content is legal. However, unauthorised … Continue reading
Deter Piracy with Dynamic Watermarking 06 January 2017
According to a recent survey from Columbia University, 45% of Americans actively pirate movies, and some 70% state that they see nothing wrong with online piracy. When users don’t get to access the most demanded piece of content the legit ways, … Continue reading
Streaming Sites Dominate Movie and TV-Show Piracy 28 July 2016
According to a new report published by piracy tracking outfit MUSO, streaming sites have taken over as the prime source of video piracy. New figures released publicly this week are part of the company’s annual report, which shows that nearly … Continue reading
Content Security, Challenges for a VoD Business and the Muvi Solution 15 April 2015
Today’s world of digital video is expanding rapidly. Every year brings a new set of devices and even device types, every time with more bandwidth, more computing power, higher-resolution displays and even more portability. Network operators and service providers including … Continue reading
With Upbeat VoD Earnings, Entertainment Industry Looks To Rein In Piracy 09 April 2015
There’s a pretty high ceiling for the losses everybody has incurred in the past due to content piracy. Assuming that piracy both increases supply and reduces demand, it eventually and unambiguously hurts producer revenue. Two primary sources of the … Continue reading
