German digital TV service provider TeraVolt has developed a solution for DRM-protected content to be added to freely available HbbTV-based catch-up services on smart TV sets.
The solution makes it much easier for TV broadcasters to include more movies and series from the US on their media libraries as this often failed in the past due to the required DRM protection, according to the Hamburg-based company.
The solution is currently deployed by German children’s and family channel Super RTL (see image) and applicable to any other HbbTV-based catch-up TV service, according to TeraVolt.
“It took us a lot of effort to make this DRM standard usable, resulting in completely new opportunities for our customers. Moreover, there are hardly any other competitors offering such a solution, while there is an increasing demand in the market,” said Oliver Koch, managing director and founder of TeraVolt.