Nagra Anti-Piracy services have been contracted by Portuguese platform operator NOS and Benfica TV in a bid to prevent the illegal retransmission of the club’s games.
The contract, which runs for the duration of the 2018/19 season will include monitoring, takedowns, legal and investigative support.
NOS currently holds the distribution rights for the Benfica TV channel.
“Our goal at NOS is always to provide our subscribers with the highest quality content and the best viewing experience and this is especially important with live sports events such as the Benfica soccer games,” said José Pascoal, service platforms senior director at NOS. “In order to continue serving our customers in the best way possible, we need to preserve the value we deliver to consumers and ensure that this premium content is only delivered through the legitimate value chain. Nagra Anti-Piracy Services were the natural choice to help us deliver on that objective.”
“We’re delighted to support NOS and Benfica TV as they ramp up the fight against live sports piracy in Portugal and we will be with them every step of the way,” added Jean-Philippe Plantevin, vice president, anti-piracy at Nagra. “By complementing their existing Nagra content protection technology with our anti-piracy services, NOS can now take a holistic approach to fight piracy working through a single entity that will not only address the growing threat of streaming piracy but also continue to fight control-word sharing piracy in the region.”
Nagra Anti-Piracy Services help service providers, content owners and sports rights holders improve their defence against all forms of piracy including control-word sharing and commercial IPTV piracy.