The events over the past year have completely changed the way content is consumed. As stay-at-home orders were initiated across the globe due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for quality and diverse in-home entertainment skyrocketed in parallel.

When looking into the ever-evolving and growing world of IPTV piracy, it is difficult to fully grasp what it means when a recent investigative report, “Money for Nothing: The Billion Dol-lar Pirate Subscription IPTV Business,” found that the “business” of illegal piracy subscription services has grown to a $1 billion problem in the U.S. alone.

Our session at the Bitmovin Live event in March focused on Eventive, the leading virtual cinema platform, and why they chose to protect every film on their platform with the brand new forensic watermarking solution provided by NAGRA and Bitmovin.

Piracy is a common and growing problem for the pay-TV industry, fuelled by the rapid uptake of streaming devices. NAGRA’s own research estimates that about 10% of the media industry revenue is lost to piracy. Urgent actions are required to reduce the impact of piracy for video service providers worldwide.

The International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) is aggressively coordinating legal actions resulting in recent victories.

Expanded collaboration with NAGRA simplifies content management to better engage subscribers while maintaining security and reliability 

New partnership with NAGRA enables protection of online screening platforms for virtual cinema through advanced forensic watermarking and multi-DRM solutions