"How to Prevent video download?" This has been a major concern for any video platform looking to generate revenue for them. Let’s take a scenario which we recently faced with a customer. Andrew, a product head in a major eLearning video platform based in the USA reached out to us. Their platform allows individual teachers to create courses on their platform. These are pre recorded videos and contain the complete syllabus for the year. Their courses were really popular among students. But they saw a steep decline in the number of sign ups and views of their popular courses. After…
Market & technology analysis
History of Netflix- Founding, Model, Timeline, Milestones (2024 Updated)
Here at VdoCipher, we are in awe of how the history of Netflix has consistently innovated in video streaming. Over the history of Netflix, the company has maintained a content catalog that was earlier delivered via mail. When the technology infrastructure became available Netflix pioneered video technology, which revolutionized home-based video entertainment. The technical decisions that Netflix takes often serve as guides for VdoCipher's course of action, while the long-term vision that the company has executed in its two decades has helped it stand out from the competition. Netflix offers a fantastic glimpse into how long-term strategy and decision-making ensured…
The Right DRM Solution For Your Business
In the past few years, there has been an exponential increase in video consumption. According to Statista, in 2019 alone, the number of digital video viewers was 2.6 billion, which is reported to increase to 3.1 billion in 2023. With the increase in the number of viewers, the number of platforms catering to them also increased. A few years back Netflix was the only major player in the video streaming market. But now there are many more platforms, including Amazon Prime, Disney Plus, Hulu, and many more. With so many streaming platforms available, users often prefer to pirate content rather…
Top 10 Enterprise Video Platforms In 2024
Enterprise Video Platforms are platforms that offer solutions to meet the unique needs of managing the video content and video communication of an organization. These video platforms are used for meeting the video streaming demands of business environments (employees internal communications, external customer and client communications, employee training, corporate learning, Video content library, onboarding, All hands, town hall, Webinar, customer support, etc). An enterprise video platform (EVP) provides an enterprise video software that can either be hosted in the cloud or deployed on-premises Apart from offering these enterprise video solutions to an organization for daily business operations, An Enterprise Video…
Apple FairPlay DRM: Video Protection on iOS & Safari in 2024
Fairplay DRM is the trusted studio-approved DRM for secure playback in the Apple IOS app, IOS Safari, Mac Safari. In this post, we present a complete guide for implementing Apple FairPlay DRM. FairPlay DRM protects videos from download and also stops screen capture of videos. The second half of the article explains the technology behind Fairplay DRM. The content owner/distributor has to obtain the required license from Apple to use this. As your streaming partner, we provide the encryption and licensing service to use your FairPlay keys. The complete integration setup is handled directly by VdoCipher, you only need to…
HLS Encryption & HLS DRM for Securing Video Content
HTTP Live Streaming (HLS streaming), developed by Apple, was designed to replace the Flash player on iPhones. HLS is adaptive to network conditions, making it a favored protocol among streaming services. It automatically adjusts to different screen sizes and the bandwidth available on a user’s network, which enhances viewing experiences across various devices. Supported by HTML5 video players, HLS enables streaming at the optimal bitrate for a user's connection without interrupting playback. This feature is crucial for video content, as it allows seamless scaling of video quality. Table of Contents: What is HLS? How & Why Apple Developed HLS Encryption…