Friend MTS is a leading global provider of advanced content security and anti-piracy services and solutions
From forensic watermarking, fingerprint-augmented content monitoring and legal enforcement to actionable business intelligence, we disrupt real-world piracy to protect revenue for content owners, broadcasters and OTT service providers and maximise their investment in live, linear and on-demand high-value content.
Watermarking
Identify the source of leak and illegal redistribution of live and on-demand content on the distributor and subscriber level to shut down piracy in real-time.
Detect illegally redistributed live and on-demand content across web, social media, mobile apps, pirate IPTV services, illicit streaming devices, add-ons, plugins, etc.
Coupled with unrivalled expertise in its interpretation and analysis, our piracy intelligence, not accessible from any legitimate sources, provides unique actionable insights.
Friend MTS has been pioneering the development of content protection and anti-piracy services and solutions for over 20 years. Deployed by the biggest sports and entertainment brands, our watermarking and content monitoring solutions protect the most popular global live sporting events as well as tens of millions of set-top boxes and OTT players worldwide.
London, 12th February 2024 – Friend MTS, the number one video content security and anti-piracy provider, today announces the appointment of Simon Thornberry as Chief Operating Officer (COO). The creation of this new position represents another significant milestone in the company’s operations as it continues to grow since the investment by private equity firm NorthEdge. […]
Modern content pirates are smart. They have a deep understanding of the technology used by their victims, and by the cyber security services employed to prevent piracy. They constantly evolve their technology and adapt their processes to ensure that they maintain a steady flow of pirated content that they can redistribute and from which they […]