Civolution announced that its NexGuard Online Media Delivery (OMD) video watermarking technology will run on Windows Azure Media Services.
Windows Azure Media Services is a new set of cloud-based media technologies that enable Microsoft’s customers and partners to create, distribute and manage customized media solutions across all types of devices and platforms.
As the newest addition to Civolution’s extensive and award-winning forensic watermarking application suite, NexGuardOMD enables secure delivery of digital media assets processed through the cloud on Windows Azure.Civolution is one of Microsoft’s “build-in” security partners for Windows Azure Media Services, enabling customers to protect their content during delivery.
Movie and television content producers, premium channels, and content aggregators can now take advantage of the cloud to organize online screening for professionals or over-the-top video-on-demand for consumers, both with video watermarking capability.Windows Azure Media Services enables users to upload a video asset to the cloud and configure watermarked output renditions.