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Synacor Fast Tracks Complex Streaming Integrations With Cloud ID™ Media Connect

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Synacor, Inc.

Synacor, Inc.

Consumer identity access management pre-integrations with 500+ networks, services, MVPDs and platforms slashes rollout times for new content deals and launches

Synacor Fast Tracks Complex Streaming Integrations With Cloud ID™ Media Connect

Consumer identity access management pre-integrations with 500+ networks, services, MVPDs and platforms slashes rollout times for new content deals and launchesConsumer identity access management pre-integrations with 500+ networks, services, MVPDs and platforms slashes rollout times for new content deals and launches

Consumer identity access management pre-integrations with 500+ networks, services, MVPDs and platforms slashes rollout times for new content deals and launches

BUFFALO, N.Y., Dec. 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Synacor today announced the Cloud ID™ Media Connect managed consumer identity access management (“CIAM”) service to fast track streaming ecosystem deployments amid a heavily fragmented viewing market. Cloud ID Media Connect can save streaming media companies months or even years of authentication integration work required to connect streaming services to various platforms. The new offering, which is pre-integrated with more than 500 networks, services, MVPDs and platforms, comes as changing business models, more complex deals and a continued wave of new content providers upend streaming market dynamics.

As the streaming market matures, more content is being distributed to more platforms. Deals are often made on the fly with urgent rollout requirements. More content providers are entering the market with no prior experience navigating an increasingly splintered ecosystem. At the same time, security requirements are more pressing than ever, demanding SAML or OAuth integrations that can each take weeks or months to complete and require ongoing support and maintenance. This is further complicated by many providers not offering standard authentication endpoints, requiring custom API integrations. It is not uncommon for content providers to support a dozen or more platform integrations at a time, and some MVPDs or streaming TV providers must accommodate literally thousands of combinations of content provider apps and streaming platforms.

Based on more than a decade of experience managing comprehensive authentication integrations for premium entertainment services, Cloud ID Media Connect delivers a reliable, managed CIAM solution that is now pre-integrated with more than 500 content distributors, platforms and MVPDs, including…

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Google: Malware Infected Streaming Devices Are Built on Android Open Source Project, Not Android TV

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Google said Android-branded streaming devices sold through popular e-tail channels including Amazon, and loaded with adware out of the box are powered by Android Open Source Project software and not Android TV. 

“We have recently received questions regarding TV boxes that are built with Android Open Source Project and are being marketed to appear as Android TV OS devices,” Google said in a blog posted late last week. 

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Illegal Super Bowl Streaming Is a Security Nightmare

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If you don’t have cable, but you want to see the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs fight it out in this year’s Super Bowl, you may find yourself among the millions of people worldwide seeking to stream the Big Game by any means possible.

Many viewers searching for Super Bowl livestreams will land on illegal sites seeking to steal data and install malware—a dark side to this otherwise festive event.

Last year, an estimated 7.7 million searched for “Super Bowl stream,” according to new data from VPNOverview(Opens in a new window). In total, the game attracted 99 million viewers (beyond just streamers), with 103 million tuning in for the halftime show. This year, search volume will likely be even higher. Beyond the game, viewers will want to catch Rihanna’s halftime show, her first major performance since her 2016 tour. Born in Barbados, she has among the largest(Opens in a new window) international fanbases of any artist.

While football is largely an American sport, potential streamers of the Super Bowl are all over the globe. Canada, home to the CFL(Opens in a new window) (short for Canadian Football League), edged out the US as the country with the most stream searches on a per-capita basis. The top five countries are all primarily English-speaking: Canada, the US, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia.

Even the tiny island nation of Malta, located between the base of Italy and North Africa, made the top 10 list on a per-capita basis: 670 people searched for the game last year, netting out to 12.92 per 10,000 people.

Looking at all streaming searches, more Americans (3.5 million) tuned in online than any other nation, followed by Canada (402,440). Germany made the next top spot, with 120,250 people wanting to catch the Super Bowl.

But while you’re happily cheering on your team and taking in Rihanna’s latest fashion, illegal sites might be having a feeding frenzy on your data behind the scenes. And not incidentally, there are legal ramifications of illegal streaming.

“Unregulated streaming websites are as tempting as they are dangerous,” says Djordje Djordjevic of VPNOverview. “People are still gravitating toward them because they’re convenient and usually free (or…

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