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Enjoy this case study infographic related to our 2018 FIFA World Cup work: Fighting Streaming Piracy! See VideoGuard Anti-Piracy Services in action at booth 1.A71 at #IBC2018. Email Anti-Piracy@Cisco.com to book a demo, or reach out to Avi Ben Simon, Rinat Burdo or Fabio Souza.…

Attending IBC? Make Stand 1.A71 your first stop. Amongst our bevy of cool demos is one showcasing VideoGuard® Anti-Piracy Services. We’ll show how streaming piracy happens and how we fight it.  This POV post answers the question,“What’s the threat of Streaming Piracy?” Here&#…

In the past few years there have been all kinds of interesting crowdfunding projects – namely enlisting the masses to raise funds for new innovative ideas. In fact, this has been recognized as a powerful mechanism for launching new products. One particularly unusual (not to say galling) crowdfunding…

In our previous blog post—on the scope of illegal streaming—we analyzed one of the forums that hosts illegal streaming server offers and concluded that it reaches at least 285,000 viewers. That’s an impressive figure. But what does it mean in financial terms? Or to be more specific, how much are pir…

There’s an undeniable rise in the number of people illegally streaming pay TV. In recent years, there have been many reports of police actions and criminal prosecutions of pirates and the many businesses that support them. The challenge when reading and compiling such reports is quantifying the over…

The media and entertainment industry is struggling to deal with piracy. While investment in content protection technology is growing, determined attackers always find a way to extract content. Once the content is out on file sharing networks, there is very little that can be done to block its redist…

By Ted Rose, Operational Security, Service Provider Video Software and Solutions, Cisco Many (if not most!) service providers identify illegal streaming as the next big threat to their business. The problem is that in the multi-faceted, continuously expanding landscape of illegal streaming, it’s har…