Xstream teams up with Conax to secure OTT services

Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
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Xstream teams up with Conax for secure, customized, Over-the-Top video solutions offering

OSLO, Norway & COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Conax, a leading global specialist in solutions for securing multi-device and digital video content revenues and Xstream, a premium provider of OTT and TV Everywhere services, today announced a partnership to offer the market’s most flexible platform for secure delivery of OTT video services – enabling customers to protect, manage and monetize their online video content on all devices.

Conax and Xstream are partnering to offer customers a pre-integrated, end-to-end solution for delivery of OTT video content to a wide range of devices, supporting all business models. The solution incorporates Xstream’s award winning video management system, MediaMaker, Conax’ advanced content protection platform, Conax Contego™ Unite, and Conax Secure Clients for a multitude of devices, including PCs, Macs, smartphones and tablets and even STBs.

The solution can be installed at the customer’s premises or be offered as cloud-based service.

“Conax is a company that truly shares our vision of creating innovative, quality assured products for the OTT ecosystem and we are thrilled to partner with them to bring these innovative and flexible technologies to our customers”, said Frank Thorup, CEO at Xstream A/S. “The partnership with Conax is a great pairing of proven technologies that together cover the full need of a complete and secured OTT video solution. By adding Conax’ advanced content protection platform, Conax Contego™ Unite, and Conax Secure Clients to MediaMaker’s robust list of features and offerings, we are adding value to our customers, giving them access to the market’s most secure digital rights management solution for all devices – supporting any business model.”

“Xstream’s focus on the pure OTT market expands the reach of our Secure Clients into a booming customer segment, says Tom Jahr, EVP Products & Partners, Conax. Conax shares Xstream’s conviction that high security will be critical also for OTT platforms going forward. “We are excited about working together with a partner like Xstream who has already proven their success and are now preparing to take their business to the next level.”

Meet Conax and Xstream at IBC

Xstream and Conax will be present at IBC and welcomes visitors to drop by their stands (Conax stand #1.D69 and Xstream stand # 14.122) and learn more about the partnership and what opportunities this brings for the secure delivery and monetization of OTT video services.