Selevision deploys Verimatrix security option for hybrid video network


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Rebecca Hawkes

| 03 March 2016




Saudi Arabia’s Selevision has launched its Seevii hybrid IPTV and over-the-top (OTT) video network, using a Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS).


Seevii offers 200 channels in both high (HD) and standard definition (SD) in addition to restart TV, catch-up TV, full advanced electronic programme guide and video-on-demand (VOD) services. It is delivered across the Middle East and North Africa via different HEVC-based set-top boxes, iOS and Android mobile devices, and a Web portal, enabling users to consume broadcast video, VOD and DVR content on additional screens anywhere in the home.

“When Selevision first planned this new service, choosing the right revenue security solution was of paramount importance,” said Ammar Al Hares, COO, Selevision Dubai. “We selected VCAS for Broadcast-Hybrid because of its proven ability to provide robust protection for premium content library, as well as its ability to scale to protect future services.”

The cardless revenue security solution for Selevision combines secure linear service delivery over RF networks with server-side, two-way key management, and leverages enhanced HTTP live streaming (HLS) security for catch-up/on-demand and unicast linear services to hybrid set-top boxes, smart TVs and mobile devices.

“Together [with Selevision] we have created a robust, yet flexible revenue security framework to serve as the foundation of its new service, while also providing them the scalability to add new services in the future,” said Steve Oetegenn, president, Verimatrix.