IBC 2019: Intertrust claims OTT content protection landmark
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| 12 September 2019

Digital rights management technology provider Intertrust is pronouncing an ‘unprecedented milestone’ with the news that its ExpressPlay DRM solution is supporting an over-the-top (OTT) TV viewing experience for more than two billion people.

The company added that the growth in service population represented by this figure comes hand-in-hand with new records on the platform’s ability to handle transaction loads, peaking over 50,000 requests per second in multi-operator, multi-DRM settings across several continents.

ExpressPlay is claimed to be the only multi-DRM cloud that supports Apple FairPlay DRM, Google Widevine, Adobe Access, Microsoft PlayReady and open-standard Marlin DRM. It is fully compatible with ExpressPlay XCA, which uses Marlin DRM to provide interoperability for hybrid TV operators on mobile, web, smart TVs and set-top boxes.

“ExpressPlay traces its roots to our pioneering DRM products in the ‘90s, and it is deeply rewarding to see it become the global gold-standard for multi DRM,” said Intertrust Technologies CEO Talal G. Shamoon. “As we license our technology to major native DRM platform providers, it’s an honour to run multi-DRM services for the world’s leading studios and service providers, who trust us to deliver flawless, secure services for their valuable content offerings.”

Intertrust has also expanded ExpressPlay DRM’s sister product, ExpressPlay XCA, and open-standard software conditional access (CA) system for smart TVs and set-top boxes. Operators can use ExpressPlay XCA to bridge the gap between CA and DRM content protection in a single, converged broadcast and broadband service.