Password sharing for streaming services like Netflix and HBO are such a significant problem that the UK-based Synamedia has developed a new service to curb this practice.<\/p>\n
Synamedia\u2019s Credentials Sharing Insight<\/strong><\/a> helps streaming service providers to combat the rapid rise in account sharing between friends and family.<\/p>\n Using AI, behavioral analytics, and machine learning, Synamedia Credentials Sharing Insight identifies, monitors, and analyses credentials-sharing activity across streaming accounts.<\/p>\n The solution can also be used to detect and shut down large-scale, for-profit credentials sharing accounts run by fraudsters.<\/p>\n While this solution can be attractive to international streaming companies, MultiChoice Connected Video said it has no plans to implement such a system.<\/p>\n Richard Boorman, communications head at Connected Video, told MyBroadband that while they keep an eye on password sharing, it is not a major concern at present.<\/p>\n Connected Video oversees development of Showmax and DStv Now in South Africa.<\/p>\n DStv Now and Showmax currently allow people to watch two concurrent streams per account, which Boorman said helps subscribers to \u201cget the most from these services\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a really convenient way to watch on additional TVs around the house, as well as on multiple tablets and smartphones,\u201d Boorman said.<\/p>\n MultiChoice says password sharing for Showmax and DStv Now are not a major concern at this stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":280627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[27627,35,1167,32140],"class_list":["post-291782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-dstv-now","tag-headline","tag-richard-boorman","tag-showmax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291782"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291936,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291782\/revisions\/291936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}No plan to implement<\/h3>\n
Now read:\u00a0Big plans to break MultiChoice\u2019s DStv monopoly on sport<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"