Friend MTS is a privately owned company headquartered in the UK. Founded in 2000, it employs approximately 140 people and reported $19.5M in revenue as of 2023. Functioning as a tier 2 media tech buyer, the company specializes in content security, providing advanced security and anti-piracy services to content owners, broadcasters, and operators. These services include forensic watermarking, fingerprint-augmented content monitoring, and legal enforcement.
Friend MTS partnered with JAS TV to protect English Premier League (EPL) matches across Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia, utilizing its anti-piracy solutions, including forensic watermarking and global monitoring services. This collaboration comes after JAS TV, operator of the MONOMAX streaming service, acquired EPL rights through 2031 for these regions. The partnership was initially announced on January 13, 2026, when Friend MTS confirmed its engagement with Jasmine International Public Company Limited (JAS TV) to safeguard premium live sports content in these territories with its advanced anti-piracy tools.
Friend MTS offers 4 products in the media tech industry. Friend MTS's product portfolio comprises of content security.
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Friend MTS's revenues were less than $25M in 2023. Caretta Research has split Friend MTS's revenue into 2 different product categories, the largest of which is anti-piracy, monitoring and takedown. For full access to Friend MTS's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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Friend MTS's customers primarily consist of telecoms and entertainment Providers companies. Examples of Friend MTS's customers include Warner Bros. Discovery, Sky Group and Paramount Global. Friend MTS has commercial and technical partners like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and BuyDRM.
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