IBCAP Introduces an Automated Video-On-Demand Monitoring and Removal System
Cracking Down on Piracy: IBCAP's New VOD Protection System
Breaking News: IBCAP unveils a slick, automated software system, armed to the teeth to snuff out pirated Video-on-Demand (VOD) content on set-top boxes and IPTV services
The International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) has upped the ante in the battle against digital swindling. Their latest weapon? A proprietary, software-based system, specifically tailored to zero in on and eradicate infringing VOD content on STBs and IPTV services.
This VOD-centric system dovetails with IBCAP's pre-existing software, already in use for scrapping pirated linear channels, boosting the coalition's arsenal in its relentless pursuit of anti-piracy activities across numerous platforms.
Chris Kuelling, IBCAP's executive director, proclaimed, "IBCAP's sleek new VOD protection tool is the fruit of a full year's labor by our software engineers, adding another automated solution to our arsenal to annihilate infringing content." He went on to explain, "This badass system aims to exterminate millions of illicit VOD streams, administering a significant blow to piracy on a global scale. Our ongoing investment in the development of our own automated systems underlines our commitment to innovation and fiercely protecting our members' content, both stateside and worldwide."
Built by IBCAP's in-house software developers, the VOD-oriented solution leverages automated methods to track down infringing content, gather evidence, and then dish out takedown notices to the entities hosting the offending streams. For recalcitrant hosts that ignore the initial takedown notices, IBCAP's resident attorneys will be on hand, ready to slap them with legal notices reminding them of their copyright violations.
The new VOD system expands upon the IBCAP lab's successful software that automates the excision of linear channels. Since ushering in its linear channel scanning and takedown software a few years back, IBCAP has boasted over a 75% annual removal rate, and expects similar compliance over time for VOD content, according to the group.
Recently, IBCAP's lab debuted a beta version of the new system on 10 STB services. The software swiftly identified over 100,000 VOD assets owned or exclusively licensed to IBCAP members via automated scans of a curated selection of titles. In the short time since the beta launch, IBCAP has already secured strong compliance from the hosts responsible for transmitting the identified VOD assets.
With the official launch of the VOD-targeted software imminent, IBCAP also announced plans to enlist more than 80 STBs and IPTV services for automated enforcement in the coming months.
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[1] Source (https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/IBCAP-expands-piracy-crackdown-to-IPTV-and-set-top-boxes/5109462.article)
- The media and technology industry is witnessing a significant development in the fight against piracy, as the International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) unveils a new VOD protection system.
- IBCAP's latest software system is equipped to eradicate pirated Video-on-Demand (VOD) content on set-top boxes and IPTV services, adding another automated solution to their arsenal against piracy.
- The finance sector and data-and-cloud-computing industry may soon witness a decrease in piracy-related financial losses, following IBCAP's announcement of their new VOD protection system.
- Broadcasters and content creators, keen to protect their intellectual property from piracy, might consider joining IBCAP for access to their advanced VOD protection systems and other membership benefits.
- The expansion of IBCAP's software capabilities beyond linear channels to Video-on-Demand content signifies the maturity and refinement of data-and-cloud-computing technology in supporting the media and entertainment industry's ongoing struggle against digital piracy.
