Friend MTS, an anti-piracy provider and video cybersecurity partner in entertainment, media and sports, has partnered with Jasmine International Public Company (JAS TV) to safeguard premium live sports across Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.
This collaboration brings together Friend MTS’ advanced anti-piracy solutions including forensic watermarking and global monitoring services to protect English Premier League (EPL) matches.
JAS TV, operator of the MONOMAX streaming service, acquired EPL rights through 2031 for Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. At the start of the 2025/26 EPL season, JAS TV went live with Friend MTS to deliver an end-to-end anti-piracy strategy. The focus is to identify and take down re-streaming users who feed Thai pirate sites, protecting the value of rights and ensuring a trusted experience for their subscribers.
Sang Do Lee, President, JAS TV, said, “Securing the Premier League rights was a major milestone for us and protecting that investment is critical to our strategy. With FMTS’ anti-piracy solutions, we can ensure fans enjoy the Premier League through official platforms like our MONOMAX streaming service, while safeguarding the value of our rights across Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.
“We take piracy very seriously and see the partnership with FMTS as a vital step to sustaining the future of premium sports content in our region.”
JAS TV chose Friend MTS for its advanced technology solutions, proven global services and its long-standing, extensive track record protecting premium live sports, including the EPL. The deployment combines Friend MTS’s 24/7 global monitoring with subscriber watermarking and distribution watermarking. Subscriber watermarking embeds a unique identifier in each individual stream, enabling rapid identification and disconnection of pirate accounts.
Distribution watermarking adds an invisible fingerprint at the channel or platform level to trace leaks anywhere in the video supply chain. Together these layers enable real-time detection of illicit redistribution and swift removal of illegal feeds during live matches.
Shane McCarthy, CEO, Friend MTS, added, “We’re proud to support JAS TV in protecting its EPL content — making sure fans enjoy the game safely on MONOMAX, while keeping pirates at bay.
“Securing these rights meant a major financial commitment and that demands the strongest anti-piracy technology to protect the investment. I’m confident this collaboration strengthens the wider fight against piracy in Thailand and across the region, building on growing global momentum to safeguard premium live sports.”