MNC Group partners Friend MTS to lead anti-piracy charge in Indonesia

Friend MTS (FMTS), an anti-piracy solution provider in media, sports, and entertainment, is partnering with MNC Media & Entertainment to implement anti-piracy strategies and services for its video streaming platform, VISION+.

FMTS’ watermarking and monitoring solutions will protect high value live sports, including Indonesia national football team matches, and safeguard the significant ongoing investments VISION+ is making in premium sports and entertainment.

Launched in 2020, VISION+ features over 35,000 hours of entertainment including live sports, original content, micro-series, movies and series, as well as a wide array of premium local and international channels for 3.7 million subscribers in Indonesia.

By choosing FMTS’s watermarking, VISION+ will benefit from the “industry’s fastest” real-time detection of illegal streams, which is critical during live sports events when every second counts. This laser focus on speed and accuracy is also a crucial aspect of FMTS’ monitoring and detection services, which complement watermarking to enable the effective disruption of illegal streaming networks and platforms locally and internationally.

Clarissa Tanoesoedibjo, Deputy CEO, MNC VISION+, said, “To continuously improve and deliver high-quality viewing experiences for our subscribers, the urgency to provide a secure and trusted streaming platform is critical to protect and safeguard our rapidly growing content investments for both live sports and originals. 

“VISION+’s partnership with Friend MTS is one of our notable commitments as the leading player in Indonesian broadcast and media to continue our longstanding efforts in combatting piracy.

“We hope to send a clear message to right holders and our viewers that our stance against anti-piracy remains strong and hope this will raise the anti-piracy bar for the industry in Indonesia as well as in the wider region.”