Tuesday 9th July 2024
London, UK – 9th July 2024 – Friend MTS, the leading provider of video content security solutions, today announced that Jill Ezard, an expert in company strategy and change management for technology firms, is joining as Chief People Officer (CPO). Jill will lead Friend MTS’s cultural change and initiatives to introduce more effective ways of working […]
Wednesday 12th June 2024
The Friend MTS team recently celebrated winning the Anti Piracy award at the 2024 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. The award recognises the team’s pioneering Dynamic Delivery Server Blocking solution. Developed in 2017, this method of blocking has been used with outstanding performance by the Friend MTS team to protect content for broadcasters, content owners, and rights […]
Tuesday 4th June 2024
London, UK – 4 June – Friend MTS, the leading provider of video content security solutions, today announced that ITV, the UK’s largest commercial broadcaster, has chosen Friend MTS’s anti-piracy services to help protect ITV content. With Friend MTS’s 24×7 Global Monitoring service, ITV will protect its main linear channels across broadcast and streaming platforms. […]
Monday 12th February 2024
London, 12th February 2024 – Friend MTS, the number one video content security and anti-piracy provider, today announces the appointment of Simon Thornberry as Chief Operating Officer (COO). The creation of this new position represents another significant milestone in the company’s operations as it continues to grow since the investment by private equity firm NorthEdge. […]
Friday 15th December 2023
Sports rights acquisition has become highly competitive and content security provisions are one of the crucial components that enable to compete and negotiate in this arena successfully. As broadcasters, platform operators and rights holders look at implementing security strategies for live content or enhancing the existing ones, they need to consider the three key points, […]
Tuesday 26th September 2023
LONDON, UK – September 26, 2023 – Friend MTS, the leading content security specialist for the biggest names in live and on-demand sports and entertainment, has continued its recent expansion by opening a brand new office in Singapore. Situated in the bustling heart of Singapore city, the new office continues Friend MTS’s strong global growth […]
Monday 26th June 2023
LONDON, UK – June 26, 2023 – Friend MTS, the leading content security specialist for the biggest names in live and on-demand sports and entertainment, has announced the appointment of Andy Haynes as the new Senior Vice President (SVP) of Engineering. Andy’s background in leading and growing successful development teams will help Friend MTS underpin […]
Monday 19th June 2023
LONDON, UK – June 19, 2023 – Friend MTS, provider of video security solutions to the biggest names in live and on-demand sports and entertainment, has announced the continued expansion of its sales team, with three senior hires. Sam Bahun, VP of Sales North America, Giles Wain, VP of Sales EMEA, and Mark Hollett, New […]
Monday 27th March 2023
The scale of content fraud today makes broadcasters and OTT service providers look for more advanced and automated content protection and anti-piracy services and solutions. Chris Gibbs, Senior Vice President of Global Sales at Friend MTS spoke to Alvaro Jeanneau, Senior Director, Media Rights Management at TelevisaUnivision during the SportsPro USA event held in New […]
Tuesday 21st February 2023
Global leaders in live sports and premium content security to drive growth internationally LONDON, UK – February 21, 2023 – Friend MTS, provider of video security solutions to the biggest names in live and on-demand sports and entertainment, has announced the appointment of Chris Gibbs as Senior Vice President of Global Sales as the company […]
Wednesday 1st February 2023
Highly Experienced Video Security Professional Will Drive Growth Across All Markets For Live And On-demand Content Protection Specialists LONDON, UK – February 1, 2023 – Friend MTS, global provider of content protection and video security services, announces the appointment of Shane McCarthy as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in a new chapter for the company. A […]
Monday 23rd January 2023
The need to keep pirates at bay and away from the revenue sees content owners, service providers and broadcasters around the globe implement cutting-edge content protection and anti-piracy technologies. Robin Boldon, Director Strategic Account Management and Nik Forman, Marketing Director, spoke at the Cybersecurity Risk and Sports Production Workshop at the Sports Video Group (SVG) […]
Monday 23rd January 2023
LONDON, UK – January 23, 2023 – Friend MTS, global provider of content protection and anti-piracy services, announces the appointment of Daniel Harris as Chair of its board of directors. Daniel takes over the position from Michael Joseph, who had been fulfilling the role of interim Chair following the investment by private equity firm NorthEdge […]
Wednesday 14th December 2022
Companies of various sizes and across all industries have realised the cost savings and considerably greater reach of virtual platforms. Both live and on-demand video is used more and more frequently to communicate across global networks of partners, resellers, customers, etc. The variety of use cases for enterprise video is increasing and ranges from content […]
Wednesday 14th December 2022
Premium content security can be a daunting task for broadcasters and OTT service providers amidst the proliferation of illegal devices, websites, apps and other shady distribution means and channels that devalue premium content. Friend MTS and Axinom have joined forces to simplify this task and fight global piracy effectively. Learn more about this comprehensive video […]
Tuesday 13th December 2022
Headquartered in Qatar, beIN Sports, the official broadcaster for the FIFA World Cup 2022, had been quite busy in the run-up to the most anticipated football event globally, so we were really grateful to Cameron Andrews, Legal Director at beIN for taking the time to speak to Simon Hanna, Regional Vice President, EMEA at Friend […]
Wednesday 16th November 2022
LONDON, UK – 17 November 2022 – Friend MTS, leading global provider of content protection services, has announced the appointments of Robin Boldon, Director of Strategic Account Management and Lisa Taylor, Head of People and Development, to join the company on its mission to reduce the impact of piracy globally. Robin has delivered strategic content […]
Wednesday 16th November 2022
Piracy causes huge losses and industry cooperation is key in addressing this threat. Industry experts met in Berlin at Nextv Sports Europe this year to discuss ways to fight live sports piracy to save revenue amidst current economic difficulties. Watch the recording of this insightful session moderated by Monique van Dusseldorp to hear from Oliver […]
Monday 12th September 2022
Content protection and anti-piracy are crucial for premium content especially live sports due to the high production and licensing costs. In order to protect these huge investments, rights holders need to ensure solid content security is an integral part of the strategy and operations. DRM, watermarking, monitoring and enforcement solutions need to be implemented to […]
Tuesday 6th September 2022
Significant investment will accelerate development and expand Friend MTS’s global footprint LONDON – September 6th, 2022 – Friend MTS, one of the world’s leading providers of video content and platform security solutions, today announced a significant investment by private equity firm NorthEdge. The investment will enable Friend MTS to further expand its portfolio of class-leading […]
Thursday 14th July 2022
Live sports content continues to be the most desirable for pirates to steal. At the Video Security Summit organised and led by Steven Hawley (Managing Director at Piracy Monitor), Friend MTS’s John Ward (Executive Vice President Americas) and Andrew Pope (Senior Solutions Architect) discussed how sports leagues pinpoint and shut down piracy in real time. […]
Thursday 9th June 2022
LONDON – June 9th, 2022 – Global content protection specialist, Friend MTS, is continuing to grow its list of partners to expand its portfolio of anti-piracy and security solutions. The latest partner is EIMEX solutions, a developer of multi-component communication platforms for digital exhibitions, sales, conferences and other events. This partnership introduces the full portfolio […]
Friday 27th May 2022
Boasting a wide global network of best-in-class technology partners, Friend MTS effectively secures live sports content for the most popular sporting events in the world. Equinix is a digital infrastructure company, its platform brings together and interconnects the foundational infrastructure for technology vendors across the globe. “Friend MTS needed to quickly deploy a secure, scalable […]
Wednesday 4th May 2022
With the current change of attitude to account sharing and casual piracy most recently demonstrated by Netflix, content protection and anti-piracy solutions are becoming ever more crucial for securing service providers’ revenue and brand. Piracy in any shape or form is no longer acceptable to be a part of the business. As content piracy reaches […]
Wednesday 4th May 2022
At the NAB show this year, we teamed up with our long-standing partner ExpressPlay Intertrust to chat about end-to-end content protection. Our own John Ward, Executive Vice President for Americas and ExpressPlay’s Ali Hodjat, VP Marketing shed light on what they consider “end-to-end” when it comes to protecting content from illegal pirate redistribution. Watch this […]
Wednesday 4th May 2022
Clare Plaisted interviewed John Ward, Executive Vice President for Americas at the long-awaited post-pandemic NAB show this year. Share this super short four-minute video with anyone who would like to learn about our company, get a quick overview of the services and solutions that we provide and discover: how we differentiate ourselves among other content […]
Monday 25th April 2022
How big is premium sports piracy today? How much money is being lost to pirates? What can be done to counter content theft? Sports content owners and rights holders have been asking these and other burning questions that Simon Hanna, Regional Vice President for the EMEA region addressed in the recent masterclass at the International […]
Friday 22nd April 2022
LONDON – April 22, 2022 – Global content protection specialist, Friend MTS, has announced several new technology partnerships as it continues to expand its portfolio of complementary, best-of-breed anti-piracy and content security technologies. These partnerships will allow Friend MTS and its partners to provide current and future customers with fully integrated, end-to-end content protection solutions. […]
Thursday 21st April 2022
Sports Video Group (SVG) held its Sports OTT Forum where panelists looked under the hood of the live sports OTT stack. With Jason Dachman moderating the session, John Ward (Friend MTS), Paul Briscoe (TAG V.S.), Eik Ramberg (MediaKind), Grant Zizzo (The Switch), and Paul Finster (Amagi) discussed the most significant technological advancements made since the […]
Thursday 7th April 2022
Content Protection Solutions to Cover 2,000+ Matches Through 2024 London, UK – April 7, 2022 – Friend MTS, a leading global provider of content protection services, has recently been appointed by Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), the governing body of European football, to provide anti-piracy services in respect of all major UEFA competitions (across […]
Wednesday 23rd March 2022
At SportsPro OTT Summit in New York this year, John Ward spoke with WarnerMedia’s Peter Scott and Paramount’s Alec Hendry. At the panel session led by Jason Thibeault, SVA, the problem of sports content piracy was discussed along with technologies and techniques that help address and prevent it. Based on the amount of revenue loss […]
Wednesday 16th March 2022
LONDON, UK – 16th March, 2022 – Global content protection specialist Friend MTS has extended its long-standing relationship with United Media to provide anti-piracy services for Novasports channels in Greece. The Novasports linear sports channels – Novasports Prime, Novasports 1, Novasports 2 and Novasports 3 – are protected against content theft and piracy by Friend […]
Wednesday 26th January 2022
PHILADELPHIA, PA & LONDON, UK – January 26, 2022 – Global content protection specialist Friend MTS confirmed their three-season extension with Lega Serie A, marking a decade-long partnership as provider of anti-piracy services for Italian football’s top tier. As part of the Italian league’s wider ‘Piracy Kills Football’ initiative to combat content theft and video […]
Tuesday 18th January 2022
When you insure your house, you don’t just insure select rooms, as pointed out by John Ward (Executive Vice President, Americas at Friend MTS) in this interview with IABM. Content owners and distributors that make considerable financial investments in content creation and licensing need to incorporate well-thought-through content security into their overall content strategy to […]
Thursday 25th November 2021
Following a successful partnership with the British Film Institute (BFI) to protect exclusive content on BFI Player as part of the 64th BFI London Film Festival, Friend MTS provided watermarking protection for 20+ exclusive titles for the BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival. “Friend MTS’ ASiD solution has given us more confidence presenting exclusive online […]
Wednesday 24th November 2021
Driven by the constantly growing number of players in the OTT market coupled with a certain cap on the monthly video spend consumers have, the increasing subscriber churn means an increasing value of exclusive content for service providers that wish to attract new customers and maintain loyalty. Unrestricted by any licensing agreements, pirate content aggregators […]
Thursday 18th November 2021
Watch our fireside chat or download the full white paper – click the Download PDF button below The obligations of internet companies and digital platforms in relation to so called “harmful content” or “online harms” have become a big talking point within the wider media and political community in recent years – with headline-grabbing […]
Tuesday 26th October 2021
As part of the Video Security Summit, John Ward at Friend MTS and Kristina Milbourn at Rogers Communications speak about the urgency and importance of protecting intellectual property for media companies that create, distribute and monetise exclusive content in today’s world of accelerated development of the internet technologies and rising applications. Learn about the shifts […]
Thursday 7th October 2021
Derek Chang, CEO at Friend MTS is interviewed by Colin Dixon at nScreenMedia ahead of the Video Security Summit that brings together many industry players to discuss and debate content protection issues. Derek speaks about content security as an imperative for both content owners and distributors in today’s world where content is the core of […]
Wednesday 14th July 2021
Friend MTS’ Simon Hanna and Ian Munford at Akamai discuss the global piracy issue in this IABM BaM Live session to draw a conclusion on the importance of industry partnerships and working together against the piracy threat. Watch the video to learn how viewers’ consumption patterns have changed as a result of the pandemic and […]
Monday 12th July 2021
In the OTT world today content is becoming ever more fragmented across various OTT platforms. In the meantime, pirate content aggregators offer one-stop-shop high-quality experience services and greatly contribute to the OTT churn and revenue loss of legitimate service providers. The legitimate content is becoming easier for pirates to steal due to the increase of […]
Friday 9th July 2021
If you are a service provider delivering valuable content to your audiences, what are the measures that you need to take to make sure your content is protected end-to-end and your revenue is secure? Watch Simon Hanna’s presentation “Collaborative Content Protection Strategies for the Complex Global Media Industry” at the MESA CDSA Content Protection Summit […]
Tuesday 27th April 2021
Watch this NAB Show Premier presentation by Andrew Pope (Senior Solutions Architect, Friend MTS) to learn about the new generation of ASiD, advanced subscriber identification forensic watermarking and content monitoring solutions: ASiD Embedded, enhanced ASiD OTT Client-composited, enhanced ASiD OTT Edge-switched, new A/B Variant solution Find out which watermarking solution is the most suitable for […]
Thursday 22nd April 2021
ASiD OTT Edge-Switched Safeguards Premium Live and VOD Content from Illegal Redistribution PHILADELPHIA, PA & BIRMINGHAM, UK – April 22, 2021 – Friend MTS, a leading global provider of content protection services, today announced an expanded partnership with Akamai, the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences. The companies will now offer content […]
Thursday 25th March 2021
While content owners, broadcasters, and service providers are developing new content and services to satisfy the ever-growing market demand for high-quality video entertainment, the number and quality of pirate IPTV services are growing too. Our end-to-end security solutions are constantly evolving to effectively and proactively disrupt illegal redistribution of premium sports and movies on a […]
Wednesday 24th March 2021
Content Owners, Broadcasters, and Operators Tackle Real-World Piracy At-Scale with End-to-End Technology PHILADELPHIA, PA & BIRMINGHAM, UK – March 24, 2021 – Friend MTS, a leading global provider of content protection services, has launched 4th Generation ASiD, an enhanced and extended set of subscriber-level watermarking solutions that address a wide range of content protection scenarios […]
Monday 1st March 2021
Watch our fireside chat or download the full white paper – click the Download PDF button below Platform responsibility and online harms have become big talking points among policy makers and the political community in recent years. While the debates continue, it’s clear that the regulation of online platforms is going to increase in the […]
Thursday 25th February 2021
Watch the “Defending OTT Growth – Piracy, Password Sharing and Beyond” panel session at the StreamTV Growth Virtual Summit 2021 with Brad Parobek talking about the importance of effective proven anti-piracy solutions that allow broadcasters, content owners, and service providers to cut piracy at the source and disrupt multiple reseller pirates. Learn who pirates are, […]
MESA CDSA Content Protection Virtual Summit 2020 Presentation Video: Blocking the Pirate in the Room
Wednesday 16th December 2020
Watch Brad Parobek’s presentation “Blocking the Pirate in the Room – Subscribers Aren’t the Only Ones Anxiously Awaiting New Releases” at the MESA CDSA Content Protection Summit. Learn who these pirates are, why they are waiting for the high-value content to show up on the home screens and what consequences it all has for content […]
Friday 4th December 2020
Watch the “Outmanoeuvring the Pirates” panel session at the SportsPro OTT Summit 2020 with Simon Hanna talking about the most effective anti-piracy technologies available for broadcasters, content owners, and service providers today. Learn what areas Friend MTS have been focusing on recently to ensure proactive action can be taken against pirate subscription services and to […]
Thursday 5th November 2020
In the continually evolving OTT world, savvy pirates are implementing new and advanced methods to steal valuable content – to the tune of more than $67 billion (USD) in value by 2023. Another report from ABI Research estimates that more than 17% of worldwide video streaming users access content illegally. We also know that launching […]
Friday 16th October 2020
Piracy occurs at all levels of video streaming, from illegal downloads to screen captures. How can an OTT provider overcome these issues? Fortunately, there’s a good answer: with a mixed balance of back-end solutions including digital rights management (DRM), watermarking, and/or client-hardening. As a part of a multi-post series between partners Bitmovin, FriendMTS, and Intertrust […]
Friday 25th September 2020
Watch this IABM presentation by Alan Ogilvie (Lead Product Manager, Friend MTS) to find out what a well-architected end-to-end content protection solution that enables effective anti-piracy looks like, in particular: why OTT and streaming services need to protect their premium content beyond digital rights management (DRM) systems; why forensic video watermarking is a crucial part […]
Wednesday 16th September 2020
Review and analysis of known real-world attacks on subscriber watermarking solutions A subscriber-level watermarking solution coupled with large-scale content monitoring is a highly effective anti-piracy measure that allows content owners and distributors to fully protect their content and revenue from theft beyond digital rights management (DRM) systems. In order to provide customers with the class-leading […]
Thursday 10th September 2020
Pirates are always developing new ways to attack OTT content. In our second fireside chat of the “How to Trust Your Player” series, Intertrust, Bitmovin and Friend MTS shares insights on different methods of attack, and how you can protect your content from piracy using DRM. Watch the video to find out (18.5 min).
Thursday 10th September 2020
To help guide you in building and implementing an effective, protected OTT service, Bitmovin, Friend MTS and Intertrust have come together to share best practices on how to make sure your end-users are as trustworthy as the technology you’ve implemented. Join us, in our first of four Fireside Chats, as we discuss how viewership has […]
Wednesday 29th July 2020
BIRMINGHAM, UK – July 20, 2020 – Friend MTS, a leading global provider of content protection services, today announced it has joined The Digital Production Partnership (DPP), an international media industry organization and business network. In DPP’s global effort to bring customers and suppliers together to solve problems and create opportunities across the whole content […]
Friday 19th June 2020
In this IABM TV interview, Chris White (Operations Director, Friend MTS) discusses some of the piracy trends he is currently seeing as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Chris provides his answers to the following questions: 1. What piracy trends are you seeing as a result of the COVID-19 crisis? 2. With some live sports […]
Tuesday 2nd June 2020
With traditional content protection measures like conditional access (CA) and digital rights management (DRM) systems, valuable premium content is safeguarded from theft only until the point of its consumption. As the next level of content protection aimed at securing premium sports and entertainment content from the point of its consumption, subscriber watermarking is a powerful […]
Thursday 14th May 2020
Watch this NAB Express presentation by Alan Ogilvie (Lead Product Manager, Friend MTS) to learn why content owners and distributors should consider incorporating subscriber-level watermarking to fully protect their premium content from illegal redistribution and what the key differences between two watermarking technologies used for streaming media are (17 min).
Thursday 6th February 2020
DRM technology specialist Intertrust and content protection service provider Friend MTS are extending their partnership agreement that enhances Intertrust’s ExpressPlay content protection platform with Friend MTS anti-piracy and watermarking technology services. Now, an additional layer of protection is introduced that is complementary to the ExpressPlay content security suite, which features ExpressPlay DRM and ExpressPlay XCA. […]
Thursday 12th December 2019
Watch the “Protecting IP” panel session at the SportsPro OTT Summit 2019 in Madrid where Simon Hanna speaks of the importance for content owners and operators to act now to stop piracy and protect revenue (30 min)
Friday 13th September 2019
Content and revenue protection specialist Friend MTS has revealed an agreement with Akamai, the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, to join the company’s Media Technology Partner Programme (MTPP). By combining forces, Friend MTS will integrate its ASiD watermarking technology with Akamai’s Stream Revocation service to enable near-instantaneous termination of streams to […]
Wednesday 4th September 2019
Simon Hanna shares how Friend MTS goes about combatting streaming piracy: Assessing consumption patterns and identifying sources of piracy.
Friday 14th June 2019
Learn how streaming piracy consumption can be accurately measured over internet service provider (ISP) networks so its impact on your business can be assessed. Download PDF
Thursday 30th May 2019
Friend MTS, the content and revenue protection specialist, today announced a deal extension with United Media, proprietor of the most popular cable channels in Southeast Europe, to continue to provide anti-piracy protection for its premium sports content. United Media is part of United Group, the leading telecommunications and media platform in Southeast Europe which operates […]
Thursday 18th April 2019
Friend MTS, the content and revenue protection specialist, will highlight its new Piracy iQ service for measuring streaming piracy consumption, along with its latest multi-layer watermarking capabilities, at SportsPro Live (London, April 30 – May 1 2019). “Friend MTS will be presenting at SportsPro Live to explain the threat from streaming piracy to the sports […]
Wednesday 17th April 2019
Watch a NAB 2019 CMiP interview with Simon Hanna about the threat of streaming piracy and our service launches at the show (8 mins).
Wednesday 17th April 2019
Watch a NAB 2019 CMiP theatre presentation by Neil Sharpe about combining content protection with tight subscriber management (20 mins).
Friday 5th April 2019
Friend MTS, the Emmy Award-winning content and revenue protection specialist, today announced that it has brought premium content security to Android TV by integrating its ASiD subscriber-level watermarking with Oregan Networks’ Android TV Operator Tier solution. The ASiD subscriber-level watermarking solution for Android Operator Tier platforms allows service providers to rapidly and cost-effectively identify illegal […]
Wednesday 27th March 2019
Friend MTS, the Emmy Award-winning content and revenue protection specialist for many of the world’s largest media and entertainment companies, today announced the launch of Piracy iQ, a groundbreaking service for measuring streaming piracy consumption over internet service provider (ISP) networks that allows content owners, programmers and pay TV providers to assess the impact of […]
Thursday 14th February 2019
Friend MTS, the content and revenue protection specialist, will highlight its ultra-robust, third-generation ASiD watermarking and global monitoring service at the Sports Anti-Piracy Summit 2019 (Mexico City, Mexico, February 20-21). “Video piracy is a huge and growing threat to the sports industry but it’s not an insurmountable problem,” said Simon Hanna, Partnerships Director at Friend […]
Thursday 24th January 2019
Watch a preview of the Sports Anti-Piracy Summit 2019 (Mexico City, Feb 20-21 2019), featuring keynote speaker Simon Hanna, Partnerships Director, who will be explaining the challenge of streaming piracy and how it can be stopped.
Wednesday 23rd January 2019
Friend MTS, the Emmy Award winning content and revenue protection specialist, will be showcasing its latest multi-layer watermarking for strengthened national and international protection against streaming piracy at NAB 2019 (booth SU8921). Based on its Distribution iD and ASiD managed services, the multi-layer watermarking and content monitoring strengthens security for content owners in domestic markets. […]
Tuesday 23rd October 2018
Friend MTS, the content and revenue protection specialist, will be highlighting its third generation, ultra-robust ASiD watermarking and global monitoring service at the Asia Video Summit 2018 (Hong Kong, October 29 – Nov 1 2018, stand B03). “In the last year, we’ve seen an increase in the number of pirates using more sophisticated video manipulation […]
Tuesday 16th October 2018
Friend MTS, the content and revenue protection specialist, will be highlighting its third generation, ultra-robust ASiD watermarking and global channel monitoring service at Sportel 2018 (Monaco, October 22-24 2018, stand A58). “Stopping streaming piracy of live sports is becoming more challenging as pirates start to adopt more sophisticated techniques for redistributing content,” said Justin Paul, […]
Monday 17th September 2018
Friend MTS, the Emmy Award winning content and revenue protection specialist, today announced that Intertrust, a leader in trusted distributed computing, has integrated ASiD OTT subscriber-level watermarking with its ExpressPlay DRM client SDK and multi-DRM service to provide an ultra-secure and fast-to-market, Over the Top TV (OTT) video player solution. “We’re delighted to welcome Friend […]
Thursday 30th August 2018
Friend MTS, the Emmy Award winning content and revenue protection specialist, today announced the launch of ASiD OTT, which combines third generation, ultra-robust subscriber-level watermarking with global content monitoring. It delivers highly responsive security for the latest 4K/UHD and HDR content, as well as HD/SD channels, by stopping content theft in just minutes. ASiD OTT […]
Thursday 9th August 2018
Friend MTS, a content and revenue protection specialist, today announced interoperability with its Distribution iD watermarking and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elemental MediaConvert to provide an added layer of security against streaming piracy for on-demand video. The invisible, distributor-level watermarking, along with Friend MTS’ global content monitoring service, enables providers of on-demand content to gather […]
Thursday 2nd August 2018
Friend MTS, the content and revenue protection specialist, today announced that DIRECTV in Latin America selected the company’s services to provide protection against streaming piracy for its sports channels. The deployment has included the broadcast of the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018™ and will include the Premier League and LaLiga Santander. “We take content security […]
Monday 30th July 2018
Friend MTS, the content and revenue protection specialist, will be showcasing its 4K/UHD ASiD watermarking and global channel monitoring service at IBC 2018 (14 – 18 September 2018, stand 1.A58). Designed for broadcast and OTT applications, this will be the IBC debut of the 4K/UHD service. The ASiD service is the most widely deployed subscriber-level […]
Wednesday 18th July 2018
Friend MTS, the content and revenue protection specialist, today announced that it has been selected by the World Boxing Super Series to provide security against streaming piracy for the upcoming Cruiserweight final, which will take place in Moscow on July 21 2018. Said Comosa AG: “With a major Pay-Per-View (PPV) event like the World Boxing […]
Wednesday 20th June 2018
Friend MTS, the content and revenue protection specialist, today announced that its ASiD subscriber watermarking has completed rigorous robustness tests that were performed by Cartesian, the independent security consultancy. The watermark robustness tests were compiled by Cartesian over a period of 12 months through a series of discussions with all major Hollywood studios, MovieLabs and […]
Tuesday 5th June 2018
Friend MTS, the content and revenue protection specialist, has announced that castLabs, a global pioneer in premium digital video technology, has joined the ASiD Watermarking Partner Program to better protect premium content from streaming piracy on OTT connected devices. “Integrating Friend MTS’ ASiD subscriber watermarking within our PRESTOplay video player SDKs, alongside our DRMtoday DRM […]
Monday 30th April 2018
Please join our live webinar on May 3 2018 to learn about protecting OTT premium content from streaming piracy. Hosted jointly with Jscrambler, this educational webinar will explain the following: The growing challenge of streaming piracy for OTT providers How content theft can be stopped in minutes with global monitoring and subscriber level watermarking The […]
Tuesday 10th April 2018
Friend MTS, the content and revenue protection specialist, has launched a 4K/UHD variant of its ASiD service, the world’s most widely deployed subscriber level watermarking, to protect premium sports and entertainment content from streaming piracy sourced from set-top boxes and OTT players. The ASiD global monitoring and watermarking service is highly automated to allow scaling […]
Friday 6th April 2018
Friend MTS, the content and revenue protection specialist, today announced that it has launched an ASiD Watermarking Partner Program to accelerate the adoption of the most widely used video watermarking service for premium sports and entertainment providers. The first technology partners to join the program are the leading OTT video player solution providers VisualOn, NexPlayer […]
Thursday 29th March 2018
Content and revenue protection specialist Friend MTS announced today that it has been chosen by United Media, proprietor of the most popular cable channels in Southeast Europe, to provide advanced antipiracy solutions. United Media is part of United Group, the leading telecommunications and media platform in Southeast Europe operating in all six countries of former […]
Monday 26th March 2018
The huge success of premium live sports has made it a primary target for streaming piracy. This educational application note explains the challenges posed by piracy, and how it can be tackled decisively using worldwide channel monitoring and subscriber-level watermarking.
Monday 26th March 2018
Watch our video to learn how you can stop streaming piracy in minutes with Friend MTS’ ASiD global channel monitoring and subscriber watermarking service. It’s the ultimate content and revenue protection service.
Monday 12th March 2018
Friend MTS, the content and revenue protection specialist, has announced that it will be honoured with an Emmy® Award for Technology and Engineering by The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). The Emmy Award recipients will be honoured at the 69th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards that will take place in partnership […]
Thursday 22nd February 2018
Friend MTS, the content and revenue protection specialist, today announced that it will launch a 4K/UHD variant of its ASiD service, the most widely deployed subscriber level watermarking in the world, at the NAB 2018 show, Las Vegas. The new 4K/UHD ASiD service is designed for broadcast and OTT applications, and includes global channel monitoring […]
Wednesday 26th April 2017
Friend MTS, the pioneer in the creation and provision of content protection services and anti-piracy solutions, and the global leader in building online video businesses, Piksel, have announced a new international partnership. The partnership will see the two companies integrate Friend MTS’ ASiD technology – the most widely deployed and actively used digital watermarking system […]
Friday 7th April 2017
Developer and provider of platform, channel and content protection services to global Pay-TV operators, broadcasters and rights holders, Friend MTS, returns to NAB Show for the third year to showcase its anti-digital piracy solution, which has this year become the most widely deployed and actively used digital watermarking system in the world. The UK company’s […]
Monday 3rd April 2017
beIN, a global leader in the broadcast of premium sports, is tackling the threat from digital piracy to its Pay TV business head-on, by deploying the world’s leading live watermarking service from Friend MTS. Widely recognised as a ground-breaking provider of platform, channel and content protection services, Friend MTS is providing its live watermarking anti-piracy […]
Wednesday 29th March 2017
Friend MTS, the global leader in the provision of online anti-piracy systems and supplier of the world’s most used live watermarking system, has boosted its international professional services team with the appointment of Simon Hanna as Senior Solutions Architect. Hanna is a specialist in video delivery platforms for Pay-TV and OTT (over the top) operators, […]
Monday 21st November 2016
Friend MTS, the world’s leading provider of platform, channel and content protection services, has led a delegation to India to investigate the country’s escalating problem of digital piracy which costs the Indian film industry billions of dollars every year. India is not only the biggest film producer in the world making between 1500 and 2000 movies each […]
Wednesday 13th July 2016
Friend MTS appoints local business leader to drive operations in India Friend MTS, the leading global provider of platform, channel and content protection services, is expanding its presence into Asia with the opening of a new administration office in Chennai, India. Rahul Nehra, one of India’s most experienced and successful broadcast technology professionals, will spearhead the […]
Wednesday 6th January 2016
Content redistribution over the Internet is set to overtake traditional control word sharing as the biggest single piracy threat to premium content.
Monday 19th October 2015
Friend MTS’s European Sales Director will join industry leaders at MESA Europe’s annual Content Protection Summit to address the issues surrounding content protection and security in Europe.
Wednesday 16th September 2015
With 380 live games a season and millions of pounds with of content rights to protect, the English Premier League (EPL) is always innovating and evolving in its approach to piracy.
Saturday 12th September 2015
Friend MTS uses its global monitoring system and unique forensics capability to identify security weaknesses.
Monday 3rd August 2015
Ultra lightweight technology on display on stand 1.A44.
Monday 3rd August 2015
Content and platform security specialist Friend MTS is ramping up the fight against video piracy with the launch of its new content protection service ASiD (Advanced Subscriber iDentification).
Tuesday 16th June 2015
Higher resolutions and increasing broadband bandwidth are combining to deliver a perfect storm for content owners that is opening a new front in the ongoing battle against piracy.
Saturday 9th May 2015
The new forensics technology, donated to the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) by British-based Friend MTS, leaves a distinctive mark on child pornography videos.
Friday 6th March 2015
Friend MTS will be at CABSAT 2015 in Dubai, demonstrating its new service to enable secure streaming of live video.
Monday 1st September 2014
Exposé Source is the world’s first streaming video security service that pinpoints live content leaks, instantaneously.
Wednesday 11th June 2014
Expose source to debut at connected tv world summit.
Friday 2nd May 2014
Digital “fingerprints” could be used to help police find and remove child abuse images from the internet.
Wednesday 30th April 2014
A video content security company has donated its digital fingerprint technology to a global effort to tackle child abuse content online.
