CastLabs

https://castlabs.com/
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CastLabs is a privately owned company headquartered in Germany. Founded in 2007, it employs approximately 80 individuals and reported $7.5M in revenue as of 2024. The company specializes in content security, offering software and cloud services for digital video. It provides solutions encompassing the security, processing, and final delivery of video content for OTT, IPTV/DVB platforms, in addition to supporting production workflows.

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Founded

2007

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Headquarters

Germany

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Content security

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Privately Owned

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News Summary:

On September 30, 2026, Castlabs and Sofia Digital integrated Castlabs’ DRMtoday multi-DRM service into Sofia Digital’s HbbTV application stack, with the technology already deployed on Spain’s LOVEStv platform. LOVEStv, the hybrid TV service operated by Spanish broadcasters RTVE, Atresmedia, and Mediaset España with Cellnex as technical provider, launched the latest generation of its HbbTV application in summer 2026. This integration followed a new partnership announced on September 29, which made Castlabs’ DRMtoday cloud multi-DRM service a pre-integrated option within Sofia Digital’s application development offering. Previously, on September 28, Castlabs partnered with global media services company Red Bee Media to deliver seamless content protection for RMC BFM, one of France’s leading news and media groups, deploying Castlabs’ DRMtoday. Earlier in September, on the 7th, Castlabs continued its close collaboration with Yospace to advance Server-Guided Ad Insertion (SGAI), exploring how evolving standards such as HLS Interstitials and Alternative MPD Events, along with extended DVR windows and emerging non-linear ad formats, could create new opportunities for broadcasters by combining their expertise across Dynamic Ad Insertion and video playback.

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CastLabs offers 6 products in the ad tech and services and media tech industries. CastLabs's product portfolio comprises of user experience and devices, video processing and playout, content security and ad measurement and verification.

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CastLabs's revenues were less than $10M in 2024. Caretta Research has split CastLabs's revenue into 6 different product categories, the largest of which is dRM. For full access to CastLabs's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.

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Oct

7th

2026

02:56

Emerging Tech, Partnerships and Alliances, Partnerships

Secure IPTV/OTT in the US with UniqCast

For US broadband providers, fiber operators, ISPs and regional telcos, video is becoming a renewed way to add value beyond connectivity. But launching a modern IPTV/OTT service no longer means building every layer from scratch. Operators need a foundation that can support modern viewing expectations, protect premium content, and keep deployment complexity under control.

Castlabs

Sep

30th

2026

14:02

New Offerings, Emerging Tech, New Offerings

Sofia Digital and Castlabs integrate multi-DRM into LOVEStv’s next-gen HbbTV platform

Sofia Digital and Castlabs have integrated Castlabs’ DRMtoday multi-DRM service into Sofia Digital’s HbbTV application stack, with the technology already deployed on Spain’s LOVEStv platform. LOVEStv, the hybrid TV service operated by Spanish broadcasters RTVE, Atresmedia and Mediaset España with Cellnex as technical provider, launched the latest generation of its HbbTV application in summer 2026.

Broadband TV News

Sep

29th

2026

03:38

Partnerships and Alliances, Emerging Tech, New Offerings, New Offerings, Partnerships

Sofia Digital and Castlabs bring DRMtoday to LOVEStv’s next-generation HbbTV platform

TAMPERE & BERLIN — September 30th, 2026 — Sofia Digital, a specialist in Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) and connected TV solutions, and Castlabs, a leading provider of premium video technology, today announced a new partnership that makes Castlabs’ DRMtoday cloud multi-DRM service available as a pre-integrated option within Sofia Digital’s application development offering.

Sofia Digital

Sep

28th

2026

01:00

Emerging Tech, Partnerships and Alliances, Partnerships

RMC BFM deploys Castlabs’ DRMtoday with Red Bee

BERLIN, PARIS and LONDON, 28 September 2026 — Castlabs, a global pioneer in premium digital video technology, and Red Bee Media, a global media services company supporting broadcasters, streaming services, sports organizations, and content owners, have partnered to deliver seamless and secure content protection for RMC BFM, one of France’s leading news and media groups.

Castlabs

Sep

7th

2026

06:30

Emerging Tech, Events and Conferences, Partnerships, Regulations and Policies

Yospace & Castlabs: Advancing the Future of Ad Insertion

As the streaming industry heads to IBC 2026, Yospace and Castlabs are continuing our close collaboration to advance Server-Guided Ad Insertion (SGAI) and explore how evolving standards can create new opportunities for broadcasters. Our work together spans HLS Interstitials, Alternative MPD Events, extended DVR windows and emerging non-linear ad formats, bringing together our expertise across Dynamic Ad Insertion and video playback.

Yospace

Aug

31st

2026

06:30

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag, Partnerships, New Offerings

High-frequency key rotation: top scorer for live sports streaming

The appetite for live sports streaming has never been greater. Seems like one championship or another is always on. The NBA’s best-of-seven. The World Cup. The Badminton World Federation finals. Fans are watching live, on any device, anywhere in the world.

Unified Streaming

Aug

19th

2026

07:16

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag, Product Updates

DASH Alternative MPD events available for SGAI

What can I do with Alternative MPD events? Good question, and the answer is – quite a lot! Ad insertion and ad replacement For starters, there are two switching types: insert and replace. ‘Insertion’ events are straightforward and mainly target VOD.

Castlabs

Jul

15th

2026

08:06

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

cost DRM now for IPTV and hybrid PayTV

Unified and simplified DRMtoday‘s global license delivery network lets you protect multicast streams with hardware-secured Widevine and PlayReady DRM while also securing OTT streaming across mobiles, browsers, smart TVs, and more (using Widevine, PlayReady, and FairPlay Streaming).

Castlabs

Jun

30th

2026

19:30

B2B Tag

Company culture: How Castlabs people define it

Castlabs

Jun

25th

2026

01:00

Emerging Tech, Partnerships and Alliances

Arbor Media and Castlabs partner to strengthen trust in public institutional media workflows

Castlabs and Arbor Media bring C2PA-aligned media provenance and STARDUSTmark watermarking to public institutional media workflows. Berlin( ) DOETINCHEM and BERLIN, June 25, 2026 – Arbor Media and Castlabs today announced a strategic partnership focused on advancing trusted media workflows for governments, parliaments, international institutions, and courts through media authenticity and provenance technologies.

Streaming Media

Jun

24th

2026

19:30

Partnerships and Alliances, B2B Tag

Arbor Media and Castlabs partner to strengthen trust in public institutional media workflows

Castlabs

Jun

17th

2026

02:27

Emerging Tech, Partnerships and Alliances

Backlight Brings Studio-Grade Content Security to Iconik Proxy Workflows Using Castlabs’ Stardustmark and Drmtoday

Castlabs and Backlight announced an integration that brings Castlabs’ cloud multi-DRM service, DRMtoday, and single-frame forensic watermarking technology, STARDUSTmark, into Backlight’s Iconik, the creative operations and media asset management (MAM) platform, making Iconik the first of its kind to support frame-accurate forensic watermarking.

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CastLabs's customers primarily consist of telecoms companies. Examples of CastLabs's customers include Telia Company, KPN and Telstra. CastLabs has commercial and technical partners like Apple, Microsoft and Google.

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