Questions tagged [ott]

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How do OTT providers protect LIVE streams?

For Video on Demand, DRM seems the way to go. I've been told that providers might be using a token-based system, but I haven't found any provider so far that uses token, just DRM (except Akamai, although it integrates with DRMs anyway). However, I'm…
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What's the difference between DRM and CAS?

As I see it, both are used within the scope of content security, to restrict who has access to what. So what's the difference between a DRM system and a Conditional Access System? Is CAS a subset of a DRM integration?
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How do OTT firms counterattack the hacked IP TV servers?

I was told that OTT (Streaming Video) firms launch attack on hacked IP TV servers. This SE thread deals with the pre-protection of OTT from hackers, but not with the methods to directly stop the already-hacked IP TV servers. How could the IT…
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