Are Internet video services, such as Hulu and the iPlayer, a threat to established pay-TV operators? The jury is still out.  While pundits insist that a significant number of current pay-TV subscribers will stop their monthly payments and go wholly broadband, some surveys suggest that overall we are just all watching more video from all [...]

IBC has always been a platform for showcasing the next big thing in pay TV. Operators come to hear about the latest technology platforms and get a sense of what is real and what is purely in the demo stage. Because of the innovation explosion that has occurred in this industry over the past several [...]

The word is out on a new Google/YouTube plan to expand their influence on the video world.
But can the pioneer of user generated content and viral video marketing really make the transition to a paid content provider? It seems to me that the shift may be challenging from a technical standpoint as well as that [...]

The promise of video watermarking has always been alluring to technologists and content owners. They like the idea of embedding an invisible forensic mark on valuable content in order to protect assets and possibly catch the bad guys. And with high-profile success stories like the Academy Awards busts on pirated screener copies traced using forensic [...]

By developing software-based content security solutions, we’ve set out to change the competitive landscape of traditional conditional access and enhance the value of video service delivery networks. Since our humble beginning in 2000, we’ve witnessed a tremendous amount of change in the pay-TV industry. Back then IPTV was a Greenfield market that had many doubting [...]