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Nagra, Harmonic Team to Thwart Piracy of Live Sports Streaming

Harmonic and Nagra are partnering on content protection for live sports streaming with a new “watermarking-as-a-service” offering that integrates Nagra’s NexGuard forensic watermarking with Harmonic's VOS360 cloud SaaS platform, said the companies Tuesday. Bundling their capabilities offers content owners and…

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service providers “a streamlined solution for protecting premium content at scale during live sports events,” they said. “A significant rise in piracy during live sports events has fueled the need for stronger content protection solutions," said Eric Gallier, Harmonic vice president-video customer solutions. “Teaming up with Harmonic, we're transforming content protection of live sports to reduce stream and credential hijacking, creating a robust defense against piracy,” said Sebastian Kramer, Nagra senior vice president-business development and product line management.