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Fast-track Widevine security success
Widevine security, made simple. Get secure, comprehensive support for Widevine DRM and Widevine CAS.
Our streamlined services handle all protection and anti-piracy measures, so you can focus on delivering flawless playback to your audience quickly.
With more than 15 years of experience, our security pros deliver tailored support to meet your toughest content protection challenges, keeping your streams locked, compliant, and piracy-proof.
Support for MPEG-DASH, HLS, CMAF, and Smooth Streaming with Common Encryption, delivering seamless playback across Android, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, STBs, smart TVs, game consoles, major browsers, and more.
Integrating the Widevine CDM into your device or application? We greatly accelerate the certification process.
Stream one file-set to all devices with AES-CTR and AES-CBC encryption support, maximizing Common Encryption’s reach while cutting storage and distribution costs.
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How we help
Dive deeper into our Google Widevine services to discover how we’ll help you deploy remarkable streaming experiences across all screens.
We can also assist with custom platform and device use cases.
DRMtoday
Scalable multi-DRM cloud licensing for OTT and IPTV services.
Widevine CAS
Our Android TV STBs alternative to replace legacy CAS.
Widevine certification
Our Widevine Content Decryption Module (CDM) device certification and app VMP signing service.
DRMtoday Onboard
Our DRM licensing service for offline environments.
Powerful player integration
Our PRESTOplay player technology enables secure Widevine playback across numerous platforms.
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Google Widevine DRM partner
Working with DRM since 2007 has taught us a thing or two about licensing and studio compliance.
We empower OTT providers, PayTV operators, and device OEMs to scale content protection with ease, from device certification to licensing and playback.
Billions
of licenses delivered
Multi-DRM
We also support Microsoft PlayReady and Apple’s FairPlay Streaming for the widest device reach.
Widevine L1
Hardware security
We support Widevine security level 1 for hardware-protected HD, UHD, and HDR streaming.
Certified Widevine implementation partner
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Full-service Third Party Labs (3PL) partner
As a trusted Google Widevine 3PL partner, we’re certified to fast-track Widevine DRM content decryption module (CDM) device and software integrations, including AOSP and Linux, as well as end-to-end Widevine CAS deployments.
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Castlabs’ expertise in providing support for Widevine CAS deployments gives us the confidence that our content is in the hands of highly qualified professionals. Their commitment to excellence aligns with Google’s standards, and Castlabs has proven to be one of the highly qualified companies with the ability to confidently install and configure Widevine systems for their clients.
Brian Baker Head of Widevine at Google
Take the next step
Experience first-hand how Widevine DRM and CAS can easily meet your content protection needs. Talk to us today and get Widevine-ready, fast.
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Have questions?
Check out some of the common questions we receive, or visit our DRM guide to find more.
Google Widevine DRM is a digital rights management system that protects premium video and audio content from piracy and unauthorized access. It’s trusted by studios, OTT services, and PayTV operators worldwide. It’s also supported natively across Android, Android TV, smart TVs, Chrome, and many other browsers and devices. Widevine DRM is complete with multi-level protection (L1 hardware level, to L3 software level).
We provide Google Widevine DRM licensing to customers worldwide – and we’re also an official Google Widevine Third Party Labs (3PL) partner, meaning we’re certified to quickly handle Widevine content decryption module (CDM) integrations, device certification, and app Verified Media Path (VMP) signing. We also provide Widevine enabled players for premium content playback.
A Widevine license is a digital key that allows authorized decryption and playback of encrypted video and audio. Learn more about DRM licenses in our DRM guide.
View the DRM guideYou have two options:
- Manage Widevine licensing in-house with your own server architecture
- Use a dedicated Widevine licensing vendor
Operating licensing in house first requires completing Certified Widevine Implementation Partner (CWIP) training programs to attain technical expertise certification – as well as keeping those certifications up to date. You’d then need to implement, manage, and maintain Widevine-specific infrastructure which can become labor, time, and capital intensive. It’s generally significantly easier, quicker, and lower-cost to choose a ready-to-use DRM licensing vendor. We suggest trying DRMtoday! 🙂
Widevine absolutely works with hybrid TV deployments on Android TV. For example, you can:
- Pair Widevine DRM for OTT along with Widevine CAS for IPTV
- Or, use Widevine DRM for both OTT and IPTV
You’ll also need a compatible player to achieve this, which is possible by using PRESTOplay for Android.
Yes. Android Widevine support is built natively into nearly all Android smartphones, tablets, and Android TV devices. View our compatibility list to learn more about the different consumer devices and platforms that support built-in DRM systems.
Widevine Modular supports MPEG-DASH, HLS, CMAF, and Smooth Streaming, using Common Encryption (CENC) with AES-CTR and AES-CBC encryption modes, enabling single file-set streaming across devices for efficiency and cost savings.
Widevine CAS is Google’s cloud-native conditional access system that’s designed as a lower-cost alternative to replace typically expensive CAS systems on Android TV – as well as enabling hybrid IPTV/OTT services.
On top of Widevine CAS licensing, we provide end-to-end integration services for operators, STB OEMs, and SoC vendors to deliver secure, scalable content playback for both PayTV broadcast and OTT streams.
We’ve been working with premium content security since 2007, bringing technical expertise, certified Google partnerships, and proven experience delivering Widevine DRM for OTT platforms, deploying Widevine CAS for broadcasters, and certifying Widevine implementations for device makers worldwide.
Our advantage? Deep end-to-end technical knowledge, fast time-to-market, studio compliance, and real human support.