Viaccess-Orca Buying Media Player with DRM

Viaccess-Orca is acquiring the SecurePlayer business from Discretix Technologies. The deal is expected to close in early Q2, 2014.

SecurePlayer is a multiplatform media player, available for Android and iOS devices, that incorporates digital rights management (DRM) for premium VOD and live content. Viaccess-Orca will offer it as a standalone product and as part of its Connected Sentinel range of content protection solutions. Connected Sentinel is also a main component in Viaccess-Orca's end-to-end multiscreen solution.