SONIFI Solutions is deploying NexGuard's streaming session-based forensic watermarking system with a new over-the-top (OTT) VOD app for the hospitality industry. The deployment is intended to enable SONIFI to meet the requirements of major Hollywood studios in the delivery of movies to hotel guests.

NexGuard's forensic watermarking solution is designed to embed an invisible watermark in the video content to comply with studio security requirements. NexGuard is a Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.S) company.

"Hotel guests expect access to a variety of entertainment to enhance their stay," said Kara Heermans, SONIFI's VP of user experience and product management. "To enable our customers to offer the best and broadest content catalog, we needed to satisfy the security expectations of our studio partners. NexGuard forensic watermarking provided a robust and easy-to-integrate solution that fits with our platform architecture."

SONIFI's STAY Suite of solutions includes interactive TV, the STAYCAST OTT streaming product, mobility, Internet services, free-to-guest and technical support.

"The Hollywood studios are requiring more and more stringent content protection," added Harrie Tholen, Managing Director of NexGuard. "By deploying forensic watermarking, SONIFI can offer the most attractive content catalog now and in the future."