Hey, there! Log in / Register
Cambridge company to help cable companies limit access to online TV
By adamg on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 8:45am
Wade Roush interviews an exec at Brightcove, which makes online video players and servers and which is working with cable companies to embed the TV Everywhere standard, meant to ensure TV can't be seen everywhere:
One key aspect of the TV Everywhere standard would be an authentication system that checks whether Internet users who arrive at a video provider’s site are paying cable or satellite subscribers before allowing them to access shows. If Fox.com joined the TV Everywhere program, for example, you might need to flash your credentials as a Comcast or Time Warner customer before watching online episodes of 24 or Fringe or Glee (all of which you can now watch for free, unauthenticated).
Topics:
Ad:
Support Universal Hub
Help keep Universal Hub going. If you like what we're up to and want to help out, please consider a (completely non-deductible) contribution.
Comments
Here's an idea, Go Frak
Here's an idea, Go Frak yourself.
And these people wonder why people, more and more, are turning to piracy...
ya and how dare these stores
ya and how dare these stores require you to pay for their inventory. No wonder everyone's shoplifting these days...
Atrocity
Exactly. Comcast needs to be busted for anti-trust, not given a free hand to gobble up content companies and collude with them to stop content from living online. Obnoxious in the extreme. Has no idea Brightcove was part of this atrocity.