NEWS & VIEWS
Securing content
on the cloud:
Challenges and
requirements
According to the latest reports from
Digital TV Research, over-the-top
(OTT) TV and video revenues for 17
countries in the Asia-Pacific region will
reach more than US$18 billion in 2021,
up from $5.7 billion last year. Given the
exponential growth in the Asia-Pacific
region, security is ultra-critical. Without relevant, comprehensive content
protection schemes, service providers
will not be able to effectively monetise
their investment. Let’s take a look at
how cloud-based security is making
an impact on the industry.
Cloud-based TV platform as a
service (PaaS) offerings are gaining
popularity among service providers for
their flexibility, scalability and agility.
While cloud-based security solutions
can be more reliable, it’s important that
operators carefully consider the content protection technologies involved.
Not all cloud-based TV PaaS offer the
same security capabilities.
To be compatible with various consumer devices, service providers need
to choose a PaaS that protects content
throughout the entire workflow —
from ingestion or upload of the assets
from the content provider to encryption into the different profiles of linear
and non-linear streams. A reliable and
versatile secure player is required on
the client side to cope with the continuous evolution in the fragmented
device market.
Digital rights management (DRM)
in hosted or cloud environments
greatly simplifies the management of
various content packaging formats,
streaming protocols and DRM, allowing operators to use a single platform
in a multi-tenant mode of operations.
For situations requiring real-time onthe-fly packaging of content, such as
network PVR (nPVR) and catch-up TV
deployments, content service providers
can greatly benefit from the scalability
and elasticity of cloud infrastructures.
From a content preparation perspective, operators should rely on
MPEG-DASH with CENC encryption and a multi-DRM scheme, and
on HLS for iOS devices. Operators
can minimise the number of profiles
stored on origin servers through
real-time on-the-fly packaging and
decrease the number of streams cached
at the content delivery network (CDN)
level by leveraging MPEG-DASH,
Jean-Christophe
Jubin,
VP, Sales, APAC,
Viaccess-Orca
DRM in hosted or cloud
environments greatly simplifies
the management of various
content packaging formats,
streaming protocols and DRM,
allowing operators to use a
single platform in a multitenant mode of operations.
especially for live content.
Today, cardless is being used
more and more for conditional access
systems (CAS). At Viaccess-Orca, we
recommend that service providers use
a combined solution for card-based and
cardless CAS, using the same backend
and the same software in the set-top
box (STB). A dual system allows operators to run a single system from a
single vendor, rather than forcing them
to choose one technology over another.
The card responds to the most demanding security concerns of content owners, while the cardless option allows
for flexible and dynamic deployment.
With rapid growth in the AsiaPacific region, cloud-based TV PaaS
offerings with best-in-class security
are the ideal choice to quickly respond
to the changing market, scale across
devices, meet complex requirements,
and provide a rich and consistent user
experience.
Viaccess-Orca has been an active
provider of security solutions in Asia
for more than 15 years. The company
enjoys commercial presence in Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia
and the Philippines. Deployments at
Singtel, CCN, VSTV and Reliance,
combined with a comprehensive range
of security and TV Everywhere (TVE)
products, make Viaccess-Orca a credible player in the Asian market with the
capability to respond to the security
demands of operators and broadcasters for OTT/multi-screen offerings. q
October 2016
What’s New on TV
n Learn Mandarin on Miao Mi
SINGAPORE – Celestial Tiger Entertainment
(CTE) has launched its kids channel, Miao Mi,
on Mediacorp’s over-the-top (OTT) service,
Toggle, and Singtel TV’s new OTT service,
Cast.
Miao Mi, a Mandarin edutainment channel created for pre-school children across
Asia, encourages children to learn Mandarin
in a fun and engaging way.
Programmes that are premiering on
Miao Mi include: Math Fun with Ria, an
animated series produced by South Korean
educational broadcaster EBS, which teaches
pre-schoolers mathematical fundamentals; and Peek-a-boo, a live-action series
produced by Japanese public broadcaster
NHK, designed to inspire kids’ curiosity
through interesting visuals and sounds. All
programmes are dubbed in Mandarin, and
empower children’s learning with a unique
n ITV
Produced by South Korea’s educational
broadcaster EBS, Math Fun with Ria (above)
teaches pre-schoolers mathematical
fundamentals, and is now available on CTE’s kids
channel, Miao Mi.
Asian perspective, said CTE.
Children can also catch Miao Mi Classroom, hosted by the channel mascot, which
uses animated flash cards and catchy songs
to facilitate the learning of Mandarin.
Choice crowns Victoria
The eight-part Victoria follows the early life of Queen Victoria, played by Jenna Coleman, from her
ascension to throne through to her marriage with Prince Albert.
HONG KONG – ITV Choice has premiered a new drama series, Victoria, across Asia and the
Middle East.
Starring Jenna Coleman as young Queen Victoria, the eight-part drama follows the early
life of Queen Victoria, from her ascension to throne at the age of 18 to her courtship and
marriage to Prince Albert. Victoria went on to rule for 63 years, and was the longest-serving
monarch until Elizabeth II overtook her last month.
Alongside Coleman are Tom Hughes as Prince Albert and Rufus Sewell as Lord Melbourne,
Victoria’s first prime minister.
Produced by Mammoth Screen, Victoria is novelist Daisy Goodwin’s screenwriting debut. She also served as executive producer alongside Dan McCulloch and Damien Timmer,
managing director for Mammoth Screen.
n MTV
presents an Asian music feast
PHOTO CREDIT: AIMANESS HARUN
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Catch Malaysian singer-songwriter Yuna’s
interview and performance on MTV Asia
Spotlight.
MALAYSIA – Asian music fans can look forward to more music and dance programmes
from MTV.
Starting off with regional monthly
special MTV Asia Spotlight, fans can watch
spotlighted artists’ music videos, interviews,
performances and other exclusive content.
One artist recently highlighted is Malaysian
singer-songwriter Yuna, who performed
Crush from her third studio album, Chapters.
MTV has also added two music chart
programmes, EDM Countdown and Viral
Countdown, to whet music lovers’ appetites
for different music genres. Hosted by MTV
VJs Alan Wong and Hanli Hoefer, Viral Countdown shares the trending tracks across major
social music sites, while in EDM Countdown,
the duo gives fans their weekly dose of the
most popular electronic and dance music
tracks.