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DRM Innovations with BuyDRM at NAB

By Gabe Elton

March 29, 2023

DRM , forensic watermarking , NAB , Innovation , WebRTC , Multi-Cloud

It’s that time of year again! NAB is right around the corner and our experts in Content Security will be visiting for the first time since 2019. BuyDRM has made many advancements over the last several years and we would love the chance to fill you...

Requests Per Second: The Key Metric to Scaling with DRM

By Gabe Elton

February 08, 2023

DRM , Piracy , OVHcloud , anti-piracy

As a CTO, systems architect, and systems engineer, along with a host of other titles and roles in the streaming space – you have done everything right to ensure that your project gets off on the right foot. Your ingress points are solid, your...

Five Important Considerations When Choosing a DRM Vendor

By Gabe Elton

January 27, 2022

DRM , Piracy , OVHcloud , anti-piracy , Adding DRM

When faced with a decision of what DRM vendor to choose, the landscape can prove to be a bit cloudy. While there aren’t many companies to choose from, there are several important things that need to be considered.

Building a DRM Platform from Scratch Is a Costly Proposition

By Gabe Elton

May 19, 2020

MultiKey Service , building a drm platform

For OTT businesses, it's important to keep content protected, prevent piracy and meet consumer demands for high-quality programming.

DRM Pricing: Demystified

By Gabe Elton

March 13, 2019

Multi-DRM , drm pricing

Last year, in “Purchasing DRM Services: An Insiders View” I wrote about different options for purchasing DRM. In that article we compared Service Agreements vs. Software License Agreements and explained the various models offered by BuyDRM and how...

"App-less" DRM - Nirvana or Pitfall

By Gabe Elton

November 27, 2018

KeyOS , Multi-DRM , DRM , BuyDRM , DRM workflow , OfflineDRM , IFE

Recently, both Apple and Google updated their support for their respective DRM Technologies in their respective device browsers. Google now supports the playback of Widevine-encrypted DASH content in Chrome on Android. Apple now supports the...

Purchasing DRM Services: An Insider’s View

By Gabe Elton

March 22, 2018

DRM , strategy

In this post we hope to give a public explanation of the fees one can expect to incur when deploying DRM services and solutions. One of our top questions that we see on a weekly basis is “why aren’t your prices posted on your website”? The...

BuyDRM Now Supports Apple FairPlay DRM

By Gabe Elton

August 12, 2016

KeyOS , Blog , Multi-DRM , IBC , DRM , BuyDRM , Glossary , What is DRM , Streaming Media , Apple FairPlay DRM

We are proud to announce that BuyDRM now supports Apple FairPlay! Continuing our trend as a pacesetter in the DRM space, we now offer nearly every DRM technology available via our OTT multi-DRM platform, KeyOS. The KeyOS Smooth DRM Service...