Verimatrix

SECURE SOLUTIONS FOR MULTIPLE VIDEO NETWORKS

Verimatrix specialises in securing and enhancing revenue for multinetwork, multi-screen video services around the globe. Leveraging a combination of established video standards and proven IP-based technologies, Verimatrix is recognised as the global leader in revenue security for connected video devices.

Its range of VCAS security solutions addresses multiple video delivery networks with a unified approach to rights management. Its global deployment footprint and deep management expertise give the company an unparalleled insight to technology and market trends.

Geir Bjørndal, VP International Strategy, Sales Middle East and Africa, Verimatrix.

Verimatrix offers fast deployment through unmatched numbers of partner integrations, highly responsive customer support and award-winning technology. Forward-thinking solutions boast multiple industry awards for innovation, deployment and flexibility.

As the Middle East video services market matures, the growth prospects have been well-documented. According to Gartner, developing markets in subSaharan Africa, the Middle-East and Northern Africa will together experience 18% growth in household subscriptions in 2015 and 14% in 2016. IHS reported that the recent growth in the Middle East was due to successful anti-piracy measures,

the high-quality pay TV offerings, the investment in local content and the 2014 FIFA World Cup Finals. IHS expects the growth of the pay TV market to continue in the region, with the number of pay TV households reaching 6.6 million and revenues ¤1.7 billion in 2019.

Award-winning Security with Etisalat One of Verimatrix’s largest and longstanding customers, Etisalat is the leading telecommunications operator in the UAE with almost 11 million customers and a pioneer in next-generation networks for fixed-line and wireless services. Today, the operator offers its eLife service both through an innovative fibrebased IPTV network and as in an OTT format that targets second screen and mobile users.

Etisalat’s broadband services and content are being delivered through a wide range of set-top box devices, as well as leading consumer electronics products through downloadable apps. These devices include iPhones, iPads, Android phones, Android tablets and a range of Smart TVs for all of which Verimatrix provides the embedded security. The joint goal of this collaboration is quite simple: to provide Etisalat’s customers with advanced services on the broadest range of devices TV, while ensuring the security of the internet delivered content services. In fact, Verimatrix and Etisalat won a Global Telecoms Business Innovation Award in 2011 in the video service innovation category for the robust security features embedded in Etisalat’s IP and OTT video services.

Recently, Etisalat announced its plans to introduce the first 4K/Ultra High Definition (UHD) TV service in the Middle East, offering a new premium service proposition to its eLife customers. This advancement of technology and market maturation highlights a new security concern: redistribution of premium content. Priorities for operators like Etisalat are not only to protect content, but also the ability

to address revenue threats such as those where premium content has been captured and redistributed.

Verimatrix is addressing these market dynamics with innovative new security solutions for customers across the region from Kuwait to Qatar to Saudi Arabia and UAE.

VCAS Ultra This latest generation of VCAS is fully aligned with the needs of softwareempowered video operators as it prepares them for new premium service delivery of UHD/4K content. Operators are able to extend their reach to premium UHD services and advanced hybrid network deployments that meet, or even exceed, content providers’ requirements for protection of UHD content.

VCAS Ultra features enhanced content security profiles designed according to MovieLabs’ defined UHD service requirements—including fully integrated multi-network VideoMark watermarking technology as well as TEE support. The patented VideoMark forensic watermarking solution enables the tracking of pirated content and detects the last authorised recipient of that content by securely, robustly and imperceptibly embedding identifying information within copies of media content. Through an insertion process, the VideoMark watermark can still be extracted from extremely low grade analogue copies of the original conten, and the information contained can be used to determine the time and place where the copy was originally made.

MultiRights The leading multi-DRM revenue security solution is designed for OTT services. The solution brings CE devices and HTML5 browsers with embedded, nonVerimatrix clients under the VCAS unified revenue security umbrella in order to enable transparent content consumption for end users. The VCAS harmonised rights platform supports entitlement management for PlayReady, Widevine, FairPlay Streaming and other DRMs.

Verspective Intelligence Center The latest security innovation from Verimatrix, Verspective is a cloud-based security platform for system deployment, management, monitoring and analytics. Verspective harnesses the power of a globally interconnected revenue security platform to optimise solution performance, strengthen threat resilience and reduce operational expenses. This cloud resource enables operators to take advantage of global scale to address operational challenges, while improving competitiveness through visibility of service usage and subscriber behaviour.

Without a doubt, pay TV is becoming more connected. And greater connectivity brings the promise of more engaging services, but also potentially paints a much larger target for would-be pirates. To address these issues, it only makes sense for operators to have their revenue security platform connected as well.

CONTACT

Verimatrix GmbH Fraunhoferstr. 7 85737 Ismaning, Germany Tel: +49 89 55265 100 Fax: +49 89 55265 101 Website: www.verimatrix.com

Geir Bjørndal VP International Strategy, Sales Middle East and Africa Tel: +4791818058 Email: gbjorndal@verimatrix.com

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