Technology company is an Emmy award winner
Friend MTS, the Birmingham-based content and revenue protection specialist, has won international recognition for its video identification technology at the global Emmy Awards.
The company received the Technology and Engineering Emmy Award given by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) at a ceremony in Las Vegas, USA.
The award recognised Friend MTS for its work on video identification technology to protect content value and copyright.
The company’s security services are designed for broadcast and OTT applications, and include global channel monitoring coupled with fingerprint-based automatic content recognition, and watermarking for advanced subscriber identification.
Jonathan Friend, founder and chief executive of Friend MTS, said: “This Emmy Award is a wonderful honour, which recognises the pioneering role of Friend MTS in securing broadcast content and revenues.
“Online video piracy continues to grow in both sophistication and scale around the world, and we’re delighted to be recognised for our developments in staying at the forefront of the battle against content and service theft.”
The end-to-end security services connect tightly with subscriber management and social media platforms to enable illegal video streams to be deactivated within minutes. It is able to protect everything from live premium sports to non-live entertainment content.
He added: “We believe Friend MTS is the only Birmingham-based firm to ever receive a Technology and Engineering Emmy Award, and we are proud to bring such a prestigious Award back to our home city.
“As a business with its roots firmly in Birmingham and an incredible team that is drawn predominantly from across the local area, this award shines a light on Birmingham’s exceptional skill and technical talent.”
