New report: Money for Nothing
Check out our new report developed with Digital Citizens Alliance - "Money for Nothing: The Billion-Dollar Pirate Subscription IPTV Business" examines the $1 billion+ so-called pirate subscription Internet Protocol Television (PS IPTV) services industry in the U.S.
NAGRA proactively fights the growing scale and sophistication of ever-evolving piracy threats. Whether it’s a breach on broadcast systems or IPTV piracy using Kodi add-ons, NAGRA's anti-piracy technologies and services can manage and disrupt piracy.
Click on the video opposite to learn more about how we do this and explore our services further below.
Click on the video opposite to learn more about how we do this and explore our services further below.
Anti-Piracy Services
Threat assessment
NAGRA's Threat Assessment service is the cornerstone of our Anti-Piracy program. It identifies the most impactful areas of piracy, to help support the anti-piracy business case and define where our client's anti-piracy resources should be targeted.
Live streaming piracy
We disrupt the illicit distribution of content and return viewers to the legitimate value chain by using the right balance between technology, investigations and legal support services. NAGRA covers the entire spectrum of commercial piracy, from web streaming to paid IPTV services, Kodi add-ons and apps.
Key sharing piracy
NAGRA protects the value of broadcast systems deployments through advanced Control Word-sharing programs that include piracy monitoring, detection and countermeasure actions that translate into revenue security and peace of mind for service providers.
Read Our Latest Case Study's
From Oscar Winner to Oscar Protector
To control piracy and content leaks, the Academy leveraged NAGRA NexGuard Streaming as part of an end-to- end security solution for its streaming platform, Academy Screening Room.
Swiss content pirates shut down in multi-agency raid.
When Canal+ Group realized that 77,000 TV episodes and 7,000 movies from their catalogue were being syphoned off by KBoxServ and streamed to tens of thousands of KBoxServ subscribers there was not a lot of strong recourse available due to the Swiss media laws of the time.
Linear distribution watermarking for premium TV broadcasters and sports rights owners
NexGuard NetworkID can be seamlessly deployed into existing distribution workflows for linear channels to quickly identify the source of piracy–whether it’s an affiliate’s distribution channels (DTH/satellite, cable, IPTV, OTT) or a licensee’s TV channels or territory.
Bundled with NAGRA Anti-Piracy Services, NexGuard NetworkID delivers key piracy insights allowing anti-piracy teams to take targeted actions, measure the effectiveness of their initiatives and define the right strategy for content protection and licensing.
Bundled with NAGRA Anti-Piracy Services, NexGuard NetworkID delivers key piracy insights allowing anti-piracy teams to take targeted actions, measure the effectiveness of their initiatives and define the right strategy for content protection and licensing.
IP blocking
Our award-winning IP blocking solution is a breakthrough approach that acts both on visible piracy, what consumers find when they search or surf, and commercial piracy, services that deliver actual pirate streams for live events like sports. The NAGRA IP Blocking solution is an extra weapon in the fight against illegal content streaming, helping to reduce exposure and access to pirate services. Read more about it in our recent press release.
Swiss Content pirates shut down in multi-agency raid
Content piracy organization, with servers in multiple European countries, provided access to an on-demand content catalogue of more than 77,000 TV episodes and 7,000 movies.
Forensic Watermarking
Forensic watermarking is the imperceptible embedding of information directly within video or audio content that identifies the source or intended recipient of the content. Forensic watermarks make each genuine copy of the content unique and can be extracted from pirated content to trace leaks back to the source and take anti-piracy action. NexGuard forensic watermarking can protect content owners’ and pay-TV operators’ investment in content, helping to deter and combat piracy.
Latest News
Press release
July 21, 2021
With Operation 404, Brazil leads the fight against cybercrime in Latin America
Operation 404 is a major multi-jurisdictional effort designed to curb digital pirates throughout Brazil, a country where the consumption of pirated local and international content remains massive and very impactful for the entertainment and media industry. The third phase of Operation 404 elevates Brazil to the position of leadership in the fight against piracy in Latin America.
Blog
May 25, 2021
Mapping the Way Ahead at APOS
Olivier Biot, Solution Marketing Manager, reflects on APOS and the impact of the pandemic on the M&E space.
Blog
May 03, 2021
Lock it or Lose it. Securing the End-To-End Content Contribution and Distribution Chain
Security is a critical requirement for video delivery with more content being supplied over multiple networks, to an ever-increasing number of platforms and devices.