Inside’s DRM Fusion Server, a complete interoperable server-side DRM solution for streaming protection, will be integrated as a live encoder. This will allow BBTV Next to be DRM Microsoft Playready in a fast turnaround time, providing the critical security needed to enable BBTV Next’s Japanese subscribers to view premium content on mobile devices.

According to a study from MM Research Institute, a Japanese market trend and research firm, the total number of smartphone video viewers in Japan is expected to more than triple from 12.3 million in 2011 to 38.4 million in 2016. This increase is attributed to rising smartphone use and LTE (Long Term Evolution) subscriptions in this heavily-wired country.

"TV Bank is very satisfied with Inside Secure’s DRM Fusion Server solution. The product has provided us with a perfect Microsoft Playready server environment in a short space of time and it is pre-integrated with most hardware encoders. It helped us speed our time to market,” said Tetsuji Otsuka, system development manager at TV Bank. 

TV Bank joins a lengthening line of content providers in Japan that have adopted Inside’s DRM Fusion solution. These include J.com (Jupiter telecom’s biggest cable TV service in Japan) and other Japanese OTT projects, as well as Rakuten Showtime.

"We are pleased TV Bank has selected our DRM Fusion Server to gain lead time in the critical content protection required to stream premium content to its subscribers,” said Dr. Simon Blake-Wilson, executive vice president of the mobile security division at Inside Secure. "Inside’s DRM Fusion Server offers advanced capabilities that enable the whole DRM process. This means we can easily support content providers looking for opportunities to extend revenue streams in mobile video.”