SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 23, 2014) - Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, today announced that the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for Broadcast-Hybrid has been named a winner in the Light Reading 2014 Leading Lights awards program in the Best New Product (Cable) category. VCAS for Broadcast-Hybrid was honored for its proven ability to provide enhanced pay-TV revenue security while also ensuring harmonized rights management for consumers viewing content inside and outside the home.
The Leading Lights program, the telecom industry's most prestigious awards program, focuses on next-generation communications technologies, applications, services, and strategies. It rewards the companies that have performed well during the past year. The Leading Lights winners were announced at an awards dinner in Chicago on Tuesday, June 17, to coincide with the Big Telecom Event. Judging was conducted by Light Reading's editors and the analyst team from Heavy Reading.
VCAS for Broadcast-Hybrid is a cardless revenue security solution that draws on the strengths of the global number one VCAS for IPTV, and the highly successful VCAS for Internet TV, to better enable combinations of RF and multicast linear delivery with advanced adaptive bitrate streaming video services, while ensuring harmonized rights management for subscribers both at home and while on the go.
The multi-network solution combines efficient and secure linear service delivery over RF networks with modern server-side, two-way key management, and fully leverages enhanced HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) security for catch-up/on-demand and unicast linear services to hybrid STBs, mobile devices and smart TVs.
"Life on the competitive frontier of video services today requires agility, technical prowess and extreme leverage of available technical and commercial resources," said Steve Oetegenn, president, Verimatrix. "VCAS for Broadcast-Hybrid offers operators a compelling software-centric video service security system to propel operators beyond the current limitations of their physical resources and enable them to better respond to new standards, new opportunities and the changing market dynamic. Winning a Leading Lights Awards validates our commitment to continually providing our customers with robust and innovative solutions that enhance revenue security."
"The standard of the entries in all 16 Leading Lights categories this year was exceptionally high, so the winners have really had to prove themselves worthy with great submissions that have been able to stand up to thorough scrutiny. A Leading Lights award is a true mark of excellence," said Ray Le Maistre, editor-in-chief, Light Reading.
To learn more about how Verimatrix can support operators wishing to migrate towards an all-IP delivery paradigm, please visit: http://www.verimatrix.com/SWempowered
About Verimatrix
Verimatrix specializes in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services around the globe. The award-winning and independently audited Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) and ViewRight® solutions enable cable, satellite, terrestrial, IPTV and OTT operators to cost-effectively extend their networks and enable new business models. As the established leader in cardless security solutions, the company has leveraged its innovative 3-Dimensional Security approach to provide harmonized rights for premium content delivery to a range of devices over new hybrid network combinations.
Maintaining close relationships with major studios, broadcasters, standards organizations and its unmatched partner ecosystem enables Verimatrix to provide a unique perspective on video business issues beyond content security as operators introduce new services to take advantage of the proliferation of connected devices. Verimatrix is an ISO 9001:2008 certified company. For more information, please visit www.verimatrix.com, our Pay TV Views blog and follow us at @verimatrixinc, Facebook and LinkedIn to join the conversation.
About Light Reading
Light Reading (www.lightreading.com) combines its research-led online communities and targeted events portfolio to help those in the global communications industry make informed decisions. Lightreading.com is the ultimate source for telecom analysis for more than 350,000 subscribers each month, leading the media sector in terms of traffic, content, and reputation. Light Reading produces targeted communications events and focused one-day conferences each year for cable, mobile, and wireline executives across five continents.