We upgraded BYUtv to our pre-integrated video streaming workflow that included DRM support for Widevine, FairPlay, and PlayReady. Our solution also included encoding, packaging, delivery, and playback. We enabled BYUtv to improve other aspects of their production workflows, too. BYUtv now has the flexibility to add custom content tags to video assets, cutting production time by 50%, and paving the way for full digital publication automation. 

Our advanced streaming product gave BYUtv more flexible bit rate management, closed captions, and a host of features that reduced development costs and inefficiencies. BYUtv could now migrate their entire streaming workflow in weeks without significant capital expenses. The Verizon Media Platform provides BYUtv: 

• Built-in DRM for Widevine, FairPlay, and PlayReady
• Flexible content tagging and publication workflow automation 
• Streamlined live production file management workflow

In a rapidly evolving world of streaming standards, it’s not just the costs of building and integrating a new tech like DRM into the tech stack that’s challenging. There’s also technical debt: maintaining lines of code for rapidly changing standards. With the Verizon Media Platform, BYUtv avoided both.

Without the burden of major CapEx outlays, integration expenses, and new developers, BYUtv could move forward with new programming launches ahead of schedule. With a scalable streaming technology stack, BYUtv had all the features needed to support growing content libraries, improve publication workflows, and drive audience growth. Verizon Media helped BYUtv:

• Avoid months of development delays and millions in costs with our built-in DRM capability 
• Eliminate production steps such as manual tagging 
• Increase their production workflow speed by 50%