DRMtoday now supports studio-trusted DRM for IPTV multicast and hybrid PayTV

Unified and simplified

DRMtoday‘s global license delivery network lets you protect multicast streams with hardware-secured Widevine and PlayReady DRM while also securing OTT streaming across  mobiles, browsers, smart TVs, and more (using Widevine, PlayReady, and FairPlay Streaming).

This gives you: 

• One license server handling multicast, unicast, and hybrid workflows
• One entitlement flow and delivery path for your whole STB and smart TV device estate
• One operational dashboard to simplify monitoring and reporting
• One unified model removing the overhead of duplicate security vendor contracts 

Firmware-free device portability

CAS traditionally requires lengthy vendor firmware management: new device rollouts or updating existing firmware can be a slow process, requiring a significant amount of effort.

Our modern CENC multicast solution, on the other hand, is software-first and relies on application-level changes only. In other words, it’s designed to replace CAS without touching firmware at all! A headend update plus a small app-based player library is typically all it takes. The client-side work is also quite straightforward – for example, we’ll even provide an ExoPlayer or GStreamer patch.

In fact, you essentially avoid the need to deal with the OEM/SOC layer at all anymore. You only need to consider if a device has DRM hardware-support for Widevine L1 or PlayReady SL3000 – and of course, that’s already quite common these days! 

Being OEM-agnostic is already a huge time saver when introducing new devices, but the great news here is brownfield fleets can be protected quickly as well. Our approach is applicable for models you may already use regardless of which CAS is in place. You also no longer need to worry about device OS versions.

And, in case you support devices without DRM built into the hardware, we can still help by leveraging Widevine L3 or PlayReady SL2000 software-based DRM.

Tomorrow-proof on your terms

Multicast can’t be switched off overnight as operators transition toward full-IP delivery. DRMtoday lets you provide multicast cost-effectively now, with a predictable migration path to unicast on your timetable. The DRM workflows and license infrastructures remain identical, so you avoid disruptive migrations or re-engineering projects when the time comes for all-OTT. 

Plus, you gain the ability to extend the lives of your STBs and smart TVs, giving you flexibility to shift toward pure OTT while keeping older devices in place. This also opens opportunities to accelerate feature rollouts, with use cases like re-streaming and PVR becoming easier to achieve.

Still studio trusted

With billions of DRMtoday license deliveries each month, we know a thing or two about meeting strict security requirements. Whether it’s DRM for OTT or IPTV, our solution is aligned with studio-recognized content protection standards, and is as secure as traditional CAS. 

• Uses hardware-secured licensing in Trusted Execution Environments (TEE) – just like secure CAS primitives
• Offers the same safe studio-approved security level used for premium OTT content (Widevine L1 and PlayReady SL3000) enabling UHD and HD quality
• Provides robust license controls that match or exceed CAS workflows (revocation, policy enforcement, device checks)

And on top of that, we provide. . . 👇