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Protect your video content from illegal downloading with a world-class, cloud-based Digital Rights Management service.
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Hollywood-grade content security that grows with your audience
Whether you are a content owner or a distributor, Cloud DRM will protect your video assets from piracy and safeguard your revenue. Share live and on-demand content without ever worrying about performance - we will scale automatically to meet increased demand, whether you are streaming private webinars or world finals.
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Hollywood-grade multi DRM
Cloud DRM is powered by major studios-approved DRM systems, Google Widevine, Apple FairPlay, and Microsoft PlayReady, ensuring support for all end-user devices.
Scales with your traffic
The serverless, auto-scalable architecture based on AWS Cloud will automatically adjust to your growing audience. No more worrying about performance during viewing peaks.
Disruption-free
With our <100 ms license response time and 99,995% SLA, you can keep your content safe without any impact on the viewing experience.
Hardware-level security
Protect different asset renditions (SD, HD, UHD) with different encryption keys thanks to the multikey feature and ensure full protection with HDCP output blocking.
Complete control
Don't settle for 'once and for all' access - set your own rules and control the viewers' watching time with key rotation, key expiration time settings, and one-time tokens.
Easy integration
Cloud DRM works with any DRM-compatible player app and integrates with any origin or packaging platform through the CPIX and SPEKE v. 2 protocols. And with our API, you can start protecting your content in as little as 1 day.
Hollywood-grade multi DRM
Cloud DRM is powered by major studios-approved DRM systems, Google Widevine, Apple FairPlay, and Microsoft PlayReady, ensuring support for all end-user devices.
Scales with your traffic
The serverless, auto-scalable architecture based on AWS Cloud will automatically adjust to your growing audience. No more worrying about performance during viewing peaks.
Disruption-free
With our <100 ms license response time and 99,995% SLA, you can keep your content safe without any impact on the viewing experience.
Hardware-level security
Protect different asset renditions (SD, HD, UHD) with different encryption keys thanks to the multikey feature and ensure full protection with HDCP output blocking.
Complete control
Don't settle for 'once and for all' access - set your own rules and control the viewers' watching time with key rotation, key expiration time settings, and one-time tokens.
Easy integration
Cloud DRM works with any DRM-compatible player app and integrates with any origin or packaging platform through the CPIX and SPEKE v. 2 protocols. And with our API, you can start protecting your content in as little as 1 day.
How it works
Cloud DRM integrates with your packager and encrypts your content. When the end-user wants to play the video, the player app sends us a license request. We check with your system, and, if the user is authorized to watch the content, issue a decryption key back to the player.
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AWS-recognized quality
We might make bold claims about our product, but you don't have to take our word for it. In 2023, Cloud DRM was recognized by AWS as a product that is secure, reliable and future-proof, achieving the Qualified Software status.
You can read more about the program on the official AWS website.
Service details
Supported DRMs
- Apple FairPlay Streaming
- Microsoft PlayReady
- Google Widevine
Supported formats
- MPEG-DASH
- HLS
- CMAF
Supported platforms
- Cloud DRM is compatible with all major browsers, mobile devices and Smart TVs.
Packager integrations
- Integrates through API with any origin or packaging platform, including AWS Elemental MediaPackage, Anevia, Unified Streaming, and Wowza Media Engine. Supports SPEKE v.2 and CPIX.
Player integrations
- Integrates with any DRM-compatible player, including ExoPlayer, dash.js, Shaka Player, Bitmovin, THEOPlayer, JWPlayer, iOS AVPlayer and more
SLA
- Up to 99,995%
Frequently Asked Questions
DRM (Digital Rights Management) is a technology that protects digital content from illegal copying, downloading, and redistribution. It encrypts video and audio files so that only authorized users with a valid license can watch them.
In the video and streaming industry, DRM is used by media platforms, broadcasters, sports rights holders, and content distributors to control how, when, and on which devices viewers can access their content.
DRM works in three steps:
- During packaging, the video is encrypted with a cryptographic key
- That key is stored securely on a DRM license server
- When a user presses play, their video player sends a license request to the server. If the user is authorized — for example, they have an active subscription — the server sends back the decryption key, and the player unlocks and plays the video.
The whole process typically takes less than a second and is completely invisible to the viewer.
Without DRM, any viewer with access to your stream could freely download, copy, and share your content. If you want to monetize your videos (whether your own or licensed), that poses a problem.
DRM also allows you to share your videos in a business model that depends on controlled access, such as:
- Regular subscriptions that expire when a user cancels them
- Video rentals that expire after 48 hours
- Pay-per-View events with single-use tickets.
For platforms that distribute licensed or premium content — blockbuster movies, sports, professional courses — DRM is often required by contract.
These are the three largest DRM systems that dominate the video streaming industry. Each of them is owned by a different company and works with different platforms:
- Google Widevine — used on Chrome, Firefox, Android devices, Chromecast, most Android TVs and Smart TVs.
- Microsoft PlayReady — used on Windows, Microsoft Edge, Xbox, and some Smart TV platforms.
- Apple FairPlay — used exclusively on Apple platforms: Safari on macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and Apple TV. No third-party alternatives are allowed on Apple devices.
Because no single DRM covers all devices, any streaming platform that wants to reach all viewers needs to implement all three.
Multi-DRM means protecting your content with multiple DRM systems simultaneously, so that your viewers can watch it on any device or browser.
Because Google Widevine, Apple FairPlay, and Microsoft PlayReady each work on different platforms, a streaming service that only supports one of them will be unable to reach a large portion of its audience. With Multi-DRM, the content is encrypted once using the Common Encryption (CENC) standard, and the license server automatically delivers the right license for whatever device the viewer is using.
From the viewer's perspective, it is seamless — they just press play, and it works on any device.
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