LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intertrust, the global leader in distributed computing and rights management, and GeoComply Solutions Inc. (“GeoComply”), a renowned provider of geolocation compliance technology and fraud protection, today announced a partnership to provide a robust solution for content owners and streaming services to control where and how their digital content is delivered and consumed. The partnership will enhance digital content security, reduce revenue loss from piracy, and ensure compliance with licensing agreements that often include geographic restrictions.
Relied on by leading media streaming operators across the globe, Intertrust ExpressPlay® is the world’s most scalable multi-DRM service and supports the largest number of DRM formats. The integration of Intertrust ExpressPlay with GeoComply adds an additional layer of protection and services that enable the secure distribution of content and ensure authorized access. Specifically, the combined offering includes location-based access controls that can detect access to streaming services through VPNs that mask the location of the user.
“By integrating GeoComply’s expertise in location fraud detection with Intertrust’s ExpressPlay DRM service, we are offering customers an added layer of trust for content distribution and monetization,” said Ali Hodjat, Intertrust's VP of Product Marketing. “This partnership further broadens our commitment to delivering state-of-the-art content security and anti-piracy solutions by empowering streaming services to prevent location fraud within the complex landscape of digital distribution.”
GeoComply has engineered GeoGuard to be a critical component for content providers to protect their digital assets and honor regional content distribution agreements in real-time. It employs cutting-edge technologies to defend against geolocation spoofing, including support for advanced techniques such as the use of hi-jacked residential IPs. GeoGuard is used by leading streaming services around the world to protect over billions of users. With high accuracy and extremely low false positives GeoGuard ensures only fraudulent users are disrupted.
“Our partnership with Intertrust further cements our mission to redefine content protection and location security for the Media & Entertainment industry,” stated James Clark, GM Media & Entertainment at GeoComply. “Together, we will bring content providers unparalleled security and compliance solutions to manage their valuable digital assets and create a new standard for the industry.”
About Intertrust
Intertrust, a pioneer and innovator in the field of trusted distributed computing, creates solutions to persistently protect IoT services and data assets—in transit, in use, and at rest. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, with development centers in India and Estonia, Intertrust develops and licenses its technologies for IoT, AI, and Web3. Its digital rights management (DRM) technology continues to revolutionize the entertainment industry and paves the way for today’s video and music streaming services and Web3 marketplaces. The company’s digital energy management (DEM) solution uses the same secure IoT and data interoperability techniques to help energy companies with decarbonization, grid modernization, and operations automation. For more information, visit us at intertrust.com, or follow us on Linkedin, X or Facebook.
About GeoComply
GeoComply provides fraud prevention and cybersecurity solutions that detect location fraud and help verify a user’s true digital identity. Trusted by leading brands and regulators for the past 10 years, the company’s geolocation solutions are installed on over 400 million devices and analyze over a billion transactions every month. Our award-winning products are based on the technologies developed for the highly regulated and complex US online gaming and sports betting market. Beyond iGaming, GeoComply provides geolocation fraud detection solutions for streaming video broadcasters and the online banking, payments and cryptocurrency industries, building an impressive list of customers, including Akamai, Amazon Prime Video, BBC, BetMGM, DraftKings, FanDuel, and Sightline. For more information, visit our Awards and Press page or contact: press@geocomply.com.
