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Case studies

How castLabs implemented DRM licensing without disrupting existing VOD infrastructure

Service: VOD • Region: Europe • Topics: DRM, OTT

Swedish company Bonnier Broadcasting, the parent company for TV4 and C More, needed to switch from their previous DRM licensing provider to our DRMtoday service for reliable scalability.

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castLabs’ VOD technologies power Pantaflix service

Service: PPV VOD • Region: Worldwide • Topics: DRM, players, video processing, OTT

Pantaflix is a streaming service where people living abroad can watch their favourite movies and TV shows in their own language from their home country along with titles direct from filmmakers and major studios such as Warner Bros and Disney.

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Get TV secures live & VOD content with DRMtoday

Service: Cable, SVOD • Region: Europe • Topics: DRM, OTT

One of Norway’s largest cable-TV and broadband operators, Get AS connects its audience with a vast library of VOD movies and live broadcast channels through in-browser playback and apps for Android, iOS, and Apple TV.

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Solution briefs

Managed low-latency video playback for OTT live streaming

Partner solution brief with AWS Elemental • Topics: Players, DRM, AWS Elemental, live, OTT

In cooperation with AWS Elemental, we enable end-to-end low latency live video streaming for over-the-top (OTT) services to securely achieve better-than-broadcast speeds with synchronized delivery to all viewers.

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Secure content in a cloud-based video workflow

Partner solution brief with AWS Elemental • Topics: DRM, AWS Media Services, live, VOD

Our DRMtoday licensing service together with AWS Media Services allow OTT, IPTV, and digital media providers to easily offer turnkey content protection for on-demand and live video workflows.

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Webinars

Take your content security to the next level – Forensic Watermarking with Video Toolkit

Learn about Video Toolkit, our fast and powerful cloud-service for VOD content preparation workflows, and how we enable forensic watermarking with our technology partner ContentArmor.

22 July 2020

Christian Hartelt
Solutions Architect, castLabs

Gwenaël Doërr
CTO, ContentArmor

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Deep dive into PRESTOplay for Web Apps version 6

We’ve released version 6 of PRESTOplay for Web Apps for more flexibility and better playback experiences across browsers, smart TVs, desktops, and Universal Windows Platform. Learn about the new version’s features and customization possibilities.

5 May 2020

Thasso Griebel
Technical Lead Players, castLabs

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Assessing the importance of offline playback and its metrics

Improving playback experiences usually involves conversation about online playback, but what about those watching offline? Their experience matters, and more than you might think. In this webinar we focus on offline playback and opportunities for measuring QoE.

22 January 2018

Thasso Griebel
Technical Lead Players, castLabs

Marc Maycas
VP Product Solutions, NPAW

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Improving playback QoE through analytics & business intelligence tools

Reliable video playback experiences are seen increasingly as a top priority for streaming service providers. Buffering, poor video quality, or a lack of player functionality can negatively affect QoE and turn viewers away. In this webinar, we demonstrate how the combination of robust player software, analytics, and business intelligence tools can deliver ideal streaming experiences for viewers.

25 October 2016

Thasso Griebel
Technical Lead Players, castLabs

Alberto Gómez
VP Product, NPAW

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Open source

DOWNstream for Electron

Our Electron framework plugin allows encrypted MPEG-DASH streams to be safely downloaded and stored locally on a user’s Windows or macOS computer for video playback.

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