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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

    PallyCon (https://pallycon.com/) is strengthening its DRM protection suite

with Concurrent Stream Limiting (CSL). It identifies simultaneous streams and

limits them per user account.

    During content playback, DRM (https://pallycon.com/multi-drm) License

Renewal enables periodic license renewal requests and responses by having the

license duration shorter than the content length. This feature benefits the

premium content providers by putting a check on excessive account sharing and

checking on decreasing revenue. This method is different from the traditional

method of limiting the number of devices registered per user account, with the

latter method involving loopholes around hacking the device de-registration

process when the number of registered devices exceeds. In addition, PallyCon's

CSL also circumvents the difficulty in obtaining unique ID information,

especially when using web browsers, and ensures a hassle-free user experience.

    Though other service providers implement CSL by checking the content

playback's start and end times and communicating between the service

application and backend server, this implementation is not robust enough. It

can be bypassed by hacking the client application and there may also be a

mismatch between the actual concurrent stream count and the one at the server.

    Govindraj Basatwar, Managing Director - APAC, says, "As per the latest

analyst research, one of the leading  OTT player and other U.S. streaming video

services lose about $25 billion a year in potential revenue due to password

sharing. CSL is an important feature to block revenue leakages, it will give

OTT Vendors control over simultaneous playback limits viewed through the same

users, deterring  credential sharing."

    For each SiteID subscribed to PallyCon services, maximum concurrent streams

allowed per user account, and DRM license renewal cycle can be set.

    Supports all major DRMs

    The DRM license renewal supports major DRMs ranging from Widevine,

PlayReady, and FairPlay. In Widevine, the CSL embeds into the license renewal

specification without any additional settings or player restrictions.

    Regarding support for the PlayReady DRM environment, among all the HTML5

players tested so far, Bitmovin is the only player that provides the license

renewal API to manually request renewal in accordance with the license renewal

cycle.

    Coming to FairPlay support for Safari, the support currently is for the

in-built HLS player only. For iOS apps, manual license renewal processing is

implemented in our FPS iOS SDK library, making the CSL integration easy. The

renewal cycle setting can be done either as original or JSON, according to the

Response Format of the license token.

    More on How to Prevent Revenue Loss Due to Credential Sharing using

PallyCon CSL feature here

(https://pallycon.com/blog/how-to-prevent-revenue-loss-due-to-credential-sharing

/).

    About PallyCon

    PallyCon is a premium content protection service by INKA ENTWORKS,

providing a robust, cloud-based end-to-end content security for OTT platforms,

through a plethora of services like Multi DRM, Forensic Watermarking,

Distributor watermarking, Visible Watermarking, Anti-Piracy services, App

Security among other things with robust and quick integration. It serves as a

one-stop-shop solution for all things related to OTT content security.

    Contact:

    Parag Manikpure

    parag@inka.co.kr

    +91-(0)22-62785717

    Photo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1886706/Pallycon_Multi_DRM.jpg

    Source: PallyCon