TheDRMBlog | Gabe Elton

BuyDRM to Showcase New Products and Feature Sets at NAB

By Gabe Elton

April 08, 2024

DRM , Content Protection , Content Security , NAB , Digital Rights Management , NAB 2024

With NAB quickly approaching we wanted to get you a round up on our latest announcements and updates on what to expect to see from BuyDRM.

The 2023 Year in Review – New Products, New Features, New Customers, and New Faces!

By Gabe Elton

January 11, 2024

DRM , Content Protection , Content Security , watermarking

2023 was a busy year indeed – BuyDRM enhanced its KeyOS Content Security Platform with new releases, feature sets, and products, and we are just getting started! From time to time, we are asked – "What is on your roadmap?" How much time do you have?...

Capture Lost Revenue by Limiting Concurrency With DRM

By Gabe Elton

September 11, 2023

DRM , concurrency limiting

It has been estimated that account sharing, and other piracy, cost the streaming industry over $9 billion in lost revenue in 2019, a number that is expected to grow to $12.5 billion by 2024. Some analysts go even further, with one saying that just...

Features and Benefits to Different Approaches to Watermarking

By Gabe Elton

June 20, 2023

DRM , forensic watermarking , a/b watermarking , client-side watermarking , server-side watermarking

In an increasingly digital economy, there is an ever-increasing threat of piracy, illegal downloads, and unauthorized streaming on unauthorized platforms. Hence, it is necessary to protect the interests of content creators and businesses - both in...

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...