Studio-approved Forensic Watermarking comes to CDNetworks’ global edge network across the world’s fastest-growing video markets: EU, the Middle East, and APAC
SAN JOSE, CA, UNITED STATES, November 10, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — DoveRunner, a global leader in content and mobile application security, and CDNetworks, the APAC-leading edge-as-a-service provider with more than 3,000 Points of Presence worldwide, today announced a strategic partnership to help streamers and rights holders find the source of pirated video and shut it down. Media and entertainment companies delivering content over CDNetworks can now deploy DoveRunner Forensic Watermarking, which invisibly fingerprints every viewer’s stream so that when premium content is captured and redistributed illegally, the leak can be traced back to the session it came from.
The partnership comes as illicit streaming takes a growing toll on legitimate providers. A study released this month by the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA) estimates that 34.4 million people across the EU, UK, and Switzerland accessed illicit IPTV services in 2025, costing legitimate pay-TV providers a potential €5.8 billion in annual revenue.
CDNetworks provides cloud security, web and network performance, media delivery, and edge computing across more than 90 countries and regions, with especially deep coverage in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and other high-growth regions that many global networks reach only thinly. Combined with DoveRunner’s more than two decades of content security expertise, the partnership lets media companies deliver premium video at global scale and keep it protected in the same motion.
“Our customers count on CDNetworks to deliver content fast and securely in every market they serve, and increasingly they are asking us to help defend that content once it leaves our network,” said Bowie Chen, Head of Sales for North America and EMEA at CDNetworks, “DoveRunner’s Forensic Watermarking slots directly into the delivery and edge security we already provide, so media and entertainment companies can protect their most valuable content wherever their audiences are, without rebuilding their stack or slowing down a single stream.
Invisible to viewers, unmistakable to pirates
Forensic Watermarking embeds an invisible, session-specific identifier into each viewer’s stream. Content looks and plays exactly as it should, but if it is captured and redistributed, the content owner can extract the identifier from the pirated copy, pinpoint the originating session, and act. For CDNetworks customers, that means:
• No client-side installs. DoveRunner applies the watermark server-side, so there is nothing to deploy on viewers’ devices and no impact on playback.
• Full codec coverage. Supports H.264, H.265, and AV1 across all renditions.
• Independently proven and ‘studio-approved’. Tested by Cartesian against common pirate attacks and certified under Sony’s Golden Eye program.
“Every stream a platform delivers is also a stream someone can try to redistribute,” said James Ahn, CEO of DoveRunner. “CDNetworks has built a delivery network with deep reach in the markets where streaming is growing fastest. Pairing that reach with Forensic Watermarking gives their customers a proven way to find the source of a leak and shut it down, without adding friction to the viewing experience.”
About DoveRunner
DoveRunner is an industry-leading security technology company founded in 2000 in Seoul, South Korea, with offices in India, Indonesia, and the United States. Its Content Security suite, including Multi-DRM, License Cipher, Forensic Watermarking, Anti-Piracy, and Piracy Guard, helps streaming platforms, broadcasters, and rights holders protect premium video from encryption through takedown, while its Mobile Application Security suite protects apps against tampering and reverse engineering. DoveRunner is ISO certified to 27001, 27017, and 27018 standards. To learn more, visit doverunner.com.
About CDNetworks
As the APAC-leading network with over 3,000 global Points of Presence and more than 20 years of technology experience, CDNetworks delivers the fastest and most secure digital experiences to end users. Our diverse products and services include web performance, media delivery, cloud security, edge computing, zero trust security, and colocation services. To learn more, visit cdnetworks.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
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DoveRunner
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