White paper on Recommendation System Have you ever wondered how some websites know what you might want before you even think about it? For example, you wish to buy a book and visit an e-commerce website. Once you log in, you are greeted with a list of books from genres that you were going to buy. Or, you open an OTT platform to watch something, and are provided with suggestions of movies that may be of interest to you. Well, if that makes you ponder about techno-wizardry, let me assure you, t...

The term “Real-time live streaming” is a hot topic in the broadcasting industry and often is a bone of contention between the enablers and the broadcasters. That few seconds of latency during a soccer match can be a real excitement-killer if there is a variation in the concurrent live streams received by the viewing devices. Latency in live video is not an unconquerable problem. But multiple factors play a part and need to be considered to reduce latency even by 1-2 seconds. In this wh...

Blockchain-powered transformation is inevitable, and the pace of experimentation and innovation is breathtaking. It’s understandable given that Blockchain will provide a business value-add of $176 billion by 2025 and $3.1 trillion by 2030 across industries. Blockchain technology has the potential to solve Media and OTT industry’s long-standing struggles with issues such as royalty payment to artists, piracy, copyrights management and flawed advertising strategy, to name a few. Also, media an...

Piracy, copying and redistribution of videos are some common security threats content owners face while distributing their content to the mass audience. Hackers use web content tampering, stealing from the cache, stream ripping, player hijacking, deep linking, link sharing and a lot more ways to steal the web content. This whitepaper inspects content security problems in the digital media landscape. It emphasizes on the threat of content piracy and Digital Rights Management (DRM) challenges comp...

How and what to choose as your OTT business revenue strategy also depends on the understanding of your audience’s preferences. Considered carefully, the revenue model can be a very powerful tool defining the shape of your business’s success. A handbook to guide to help you choose the right revenue model for business.