AdSparx's Programmatic Content Licensing or Content-As-A-Service Platform provides a way for Content owners and providers to control distribution license terms, dynamic delivery, view consumption patterns in real-time and influence monetization and Ad sales.
2. Current Business Model
Content
Aggregators
Content
Distributors End-Users
OTT
Cable / ISP
Deliver content statically
Fixed License terms
≒ Content is physically provided to distributor
≒ Either as Vod 鍖les or URL for single Live stream
≒ Content is re-encoded and distributed by Distributor
≒ Distributor provides content to all end-users through his distribution channel
CDN, ISP network, Cable Network, etc
≒ Depending on content-licensing model, content is licensed for Ad supported,
subscription, pay-per-view, etc
3. Current Business Model details
Content License
Rights
≒ Aggregator licenses content to distributor on a 鍖xed model subscription model,
Ad-supported, PPV, etc.
≒ No way to change the content licensing model based on feedback or consumption
patterns
End-User Ownership ≒ Resides with content distributor
Content Consumption
Information
≒ All User and Consumption information with content distributor
≒ Sketchy User and Consumption information made available to Aggregator
periodically
≒ No on-demand information, no information on geographical, device break-up, etc
Ad Monetization
≒ Ad monetization rates negotiated by content distributor
≒ Aggregator has no say in the Ad rates or monetization plan
≒ Impossible for business models where Ad slots monetization is shared between
content aggregator and distributor
Content Security
concerns
≒ Since content distribution-to-end-users is from content distributors, content
leakage sources are potentially many
4. Current Business Model drawback
≒ Once licensed, content owner has no control over monetization
≒ Content Owner has no visibility on content-consumption patterns
≒ Content owners depends on distributors providing consumption data
≒ No realistic way to audit content distributors data
≒ Prone to Piracy
≒ Content is stored on distributors infrastructure No way to identify source of
leaks
Content is the king!no longer
5. ≒ Deliver content as a service, on demand to the distributor
≒ Allows aggregator to control licensing terms
≒ Control business model Ad supported, subscription, pay-per-view, etc
≒ Access real-time information on content consumption, with all metric parameters
≒ Analyze data with respect to devices, geography, etc. to determine ideal business
model
≒ No Security Concerns
≒ Deliver content-on-the-鍖y to the distributors repo.
≒ DRM wrap the content, expire the content after its scheduled time
What if..
Content is the king!no longer
Content is delivered as a service and on demand to the distributor on a revenue
maximization license terms
6. How would that work?
Content As-A-Service
≒ Sign up for the service and Upload content
≒ De鍖ne Publishers and expected Revenue terms
≒ Deliver URL generated from AdSparx CaaS platform to Publisher
3EASY STEPS
7. What does the distributor need to do
Content As-A-Service
≒ Use AdSparx CAAS URL for distribution
≒ De鍖ne Origin Point and distribution point for HLS streams
≒ Use AdSparx CAAS SDK for VAST compliance for Ad Monetization
3EASY STEPS
8. Content-As-A-Service Platform
Content Aggregators
using AdSparx CAAS
Content
Distributors End-Users
OTT
Cable / ISP
Deliver content on-the-
鍖y with terms
Actual last-mile content
distribution
Deliver controlled manifest based on terms
9. CaaS Cloud
Content
Repo
Live TV /
Events
Origin
Server
ISP /
Telco
Cable
Infra
CDN 1
Manifest Services
Manifest Request & Delivery
Content Distribution
End-Users
Archived
Content-As-A-Service Platform
Little more technical details
≒ Users request AdSparx CAAS Platform for Manifest
≒ Based on the distributor who owns the user, AdSparx CAAS Platform
≒ Generates Manifest on-the-鍖y, based on license & revenue
maximization terms
≒ Pushes the content on corresponding origin and provides egress URL
for user to request content
11. features Provision
Content Provision to distributor
≒ Content is delivered to distributor on-the-鍖y as per license terms associated
with the content & distributor
Content Packaging
≒ Content is transcoded, encrypted, DRM wrapped and delivered in HLS, HDS
and DASH on-the-鍖y
Content Storage
≒ Content is stored permanently on AdSparx CaaS cloud and only temporarily
on distributors storage platform
Content Rights Protection ≒ Enable geo-blocking, prevent unauthorized distribution or copying of content
Monetization
≒ Dynamic Ad Insertion controlled by Aggregator
≒ Enable innovative business models dynamic Ads, Ad slot sharing, paid
content etc
Content & Manifest Distribution
≒ Manifest is generated and distributed from AdSparx CAAS Cloud to end-
users
≒ Content is delivered from Distributors local infrastructure (Cost of actual
video content distribution is with the distributor)
User Interface
≒ Comprehensive User Interface to control content licensing terms with
distributors, including end-user revenue model
≒ Interface for Ad Monetization, including integration with Ad Servers,
Monetization Platforms
Analytics
≒ AdSparx CaaS platform has all information with respect to end-user
consumption, device, bandwidth, geography etc. This information does not
rely and is independent of the data provided by distributor
≒ Information is available on-demand with detailed analysis of geography,
devices, bandwidths etc.
12. Advantages of using AdSparx CAAS Platform
≒ On-boarding new OTT, cable tv and other distributors
≒ De鍖ne new distributor in the interface along with the business model
≒ Simply provide a URL to distributor to pull content from
≒ Make Informed Content Monetization decisions
≒ Comprehensive information on consumption and potential to analyze in real-time and
on-demand the best suited model for the combination of particular content and
particular distributor
≒ By combining supply of tra鍖c and Ad demand on one platform, calculate the potential
Ad revenue for every content asset and distribution
≒ Have a Transparent System
≒ All data is independently available and veri鍖able and can be cross-checked with each
distributor
≒ Content Aggregators can now have control over end-user business model and
monetization
≒ A secure content rights protection distribution system
≒ Dynamically enable / disable geo-blocking of content
≒ Suppress content leaks and increase reliability on your systems when signing new
distribution partner