Bad Actor
In streaming video, a bad actor is a pirate mass-distributes content illegally or a consumer who is engaging in unauthorized access to licensed content.
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Conditional Access System
Conditional Access System (CAS) is the technology used to control subscriber access to digital television by encrypting the program signal and providing access to the authorized user based…
Read articleDescriptive Metadata
Basic data to describe and contextualize the content or a creative work. For media assets exhibited on streaming video platforms, this type of metadata is usually user-facing and…
Read articleDigital Rights Management
Digital Rights Management is the use of keys and certificates to authorize playback of a video stream to a specific user and/or device over IP streaming like OTT.
Read articleDigital Rights Management (DRM) [Security WG]
Digital Rights Management (DRM) is the use of keys and certificates to authorize playback of a video stream to a specific user and/or device over IP streaming like…
Read articleEncryption
Encryption is the method by which information is transformed using a secret key that hides the data and protects confidentiality of the data.
Read articleForensic Watermarking
Forensic watermarking is intended to provide a means to identify the source of leaked content at the distributor level, at the more granular device level or even the…
Read articleGeo Blocking
Geo-blocking is a technology that restricts access to video content based upon the user’s geographical location.
Read articleGeo Content Replacement
A technique to personalize content based on geographical location.
Read articleHigh-bandwidth Digital Content Protection
High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection is a form of digital copy protection to prevent copying of digital audio and video content as it travels across connections. Its main application…
Read articleKey Rotation
Method consisting in changing regularly the secret key used to encrypt the content to improve security.
Read articleLive Streaming Workflow
High level view of video streaming workflow for live content.
Read articleMulti-Key
Term used when separate encryption key is assigned to each video tracks and audio track per content. For example, separate content keys may be used for each category…
Read articleSingle Sign-On
Single Sign On is an authentication method that allows a user to log in with a single user ID and password to access one or more software systems…
Read articleStream Leakage
The theft of video streams by unauthorized bad actors.
Read articleTokenized URL
URL that has a token to control access to the resource specified by the URL. Token is the signature mechanism for URL to manage access control in this…
Read articleURL Tokenization
The process by which a token is generated and applied to the URL within the HTTP structure.
Read articleWatermarking
Watermarking is the technique of embedding data into either the audio or video portions of an asset that can be reliably extracted, even if the asset has been…
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