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.

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

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

Encryption is the method by which information is transformed using a secret key that hides the data and protects confidentiality of the data.

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

Geo-blocking is a technology that restricts access to video content based upon the user’s geographical location.

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.