NAGRAVISION, a Kudelski Group company and the world’s leading independent provider of content protection and media and entertainment solutions, today announced that France Télévisions, the leading free-to-air broadcaster in France has selected NAGRAVISION to secure replay content streamed to all of its supported devices. With over 40% of viewers in France watching a replay event per week[1], and with the nation tuning into Paris 2024, France Télévisions sought a partner who could provide streaming security at scale.

The NAGRAVISION solution, delivered as a cloud-hosted SaaS service, has enabled France Télévisions to become the latest free-to-air broadcaster in Europe to deploy a robust streaming security solution to protect their extensive content portfolio that includes live sport.  Thanks to a rapid system integration approach, the NAGRAVISION solution was deployed in time for the French Open, Roland Garros, and Paris 2024.

“As France’s main public service broadcaster, our distribution ecosystem across broadcast and OTT is extensive. We needed a partner who had experience of working with both the set-top box environment and the range of streaming devices used by our viewers.” said Emmanuel Guilly, Head of Video Factory at France Télévisions. “We were able to see fast, effective integration on almost all of our devices, and the flexibility of NAGRAVISION’s teams ensured we could adapt and find solutions to our problems.”

Part of the NAGRA Active Streaming Protection framework, NAGRA Multi-DRM is used globally as a foundational solution in the fight against content theft and service piracy. Robust security defense allows for effective reporting against security threats which drives actionable business insight.

“NAGRAVISION is delighted to be working with France Télévisions and helping them secure their summer of sport in the year that has seen live sport from Paris adorn the world stage.  As broadcasters across Europe leverage streaming technology to ensure their audiences can engage with premium content irrespective of device, our streaming security solutions provide robust defense against piracy” said Olivier Met, SVP, EMEA Sales at NAGRAVISION. “Paris 2024 has received high acclaim around the world and we’re very proud to be playing our part to ensure secure content delivery.”