...a partnership that has enabled the delivery of a next-generation, high quality, over-the-top (OTT) TV experience for the Etisalat OnWeb service, which is part of eLife. The collaboration has resulted in the development of an innovative new Android smart payTV solution, which features Kaonmedia’s Android-based SmartCube/TV+ consumer devices with proven digital TV revenue security from Verimatrix and its award-winning Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for Internet TV (ITV). The result is a secure broadcast television quality solution for OTT delivery of premium content, further supported by an intuitive user interface with easy navigation among video services, full Internet access and a multitude of apps from the Kaon App Store. The hybrid STB version SmartTV+ is also optimized for DVB services in addition to OTT, providing for a unified TV experience.
VCAS for Internet TV, which is powered by the VCAS 3 platform, provides a premium OTT pay-TV content and revenue security solution for connected devices that enhances security for the HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) delivery protocol, including device authentication and asset based entitlement. VCAS for Internet TV secures premium OTT services to multiple screens and across multiple networks, including live and video-on-demand delivery.