BBC selects BuyDRM for encrypted playback on mobiles

Friday, September 15th, 2017
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BuyDRM To Secure Premium Digital Content For British Broadcaster

AUSTIN, TX USA and LONDON, UK — BuyDRM™, a pioneer in Digital Rights Management (“DRM”) and Content Security Services, today announced that the BBC has chosen the BuyDRM KeyOS™ Multi-DRM Platform to provide DRM for its BBC iPlayer, BBC iPlayer Kids and BBC iPlayer Radio on-demand TV and radio products. Content on these services is secured using the KeyOS MultiPlay™ SDKs for encrypted playback of the BBC’s programs on mobile devices.

Using KeyOS MultiPlay SDKs, viewers and listeners will be able to enjoy programs using the BBC iPlayer, BBC iPlayer Radio and BBC iPlayer Kids apps on mobile devices.

“We’re extremely excited and honored to be a trusted partner of BBC providing the security and rights management services needed to operate on such a large scale with such a vast library of high value content.” said BuyDRM CEO and Founder, Christopher Levy. “Our KeyOS MultiPlay SDKs will help BBC iPlayer, BBC iPlayer Kids and BBC iPlayer Radio protect the delivery of their content while future-proofing them against changes in the DRM ecosystem.”