Irdeto

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Irdeto, a privately owned company headquartered in the Netherlands and a subsidiary of Multichoice, was founded in 1969. The company employs approximately 1050 individuals and reported $188.6M in revenue as of 2024. Operating as a tier 1 media tech buyer, it specializes in providing multinational cybersecurity and content security solutions.

2024 Revenue

Founded

1969

Headcount

1,045

Headquarters

Netherlands

Primary Segment

Content security

Ownership

Privately Owned

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On April 20, 2026, Irdeto signed a memorandum of understanding with Binance to combat cryptocurrency-funded piracy and cybercrime across video entertainment and gaming. This partnership aims to enable early identification and intervention against individuals using the Binance platform to facilitate copyright and trademark infringements and other criminal offenses. Previously, on April 17, Irdeto announced this strategic MoU with Binance, stating the collaboration would enhance Irdeto’s Investigations and Payment Disruption Services by identifying and targeting illicit crypto transactions to remove threat actors from digital platforms. Earlier, on April 16, Irdeto VP of Marketing Lisa Spencer spoke at the GDC Festival of Gaming, where she discussed the future of game security and its critical role for developers in protecting their games and communities.

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Irdeto offers 15 products in the telecoms tech, media tech and ad tech and services industries. Irdeto's product portfolio comprises of content security, content supply chain, enterprise security, ad measurement and verification, user experience and devices and video processing and playout.

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Irdeto's revenues were less than $250M in 2024. Caretta Research has split Irdeto's revenue into 12 different product categories, the largest of which is conditional access systems (CAS). For full access to Irdeto's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.

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Apr

29th

2026

18:30

NAB Show 2026: Irdeto’s Rodrigo Fernandes on securing live video, MoQ and the changing nature of piracy

Rodrigo Fernandes, Product Director, Content Security at Irdeto talks to decodeTV’s Stuart Thomson about technologies to secure live content, the growing buzz around MoQ, the changing nature of piracy and the value of Irdeto Experience. In partnership with Irdeto. Stuart Thomson is a media and technology journalist and analyst and founding editor of decodeTV. He is based in London.

Decode TV

Apr

29th

2026

16:51

Piracy Cracked: Security Risks & Online Game Checks

28 Denuvo’s Downfall: Is This the End of PC Game DRM? The ongoing battle between game developers and pirates has taken a dramatic turn. A new exploit leveraging hypervisor technology has effectively bypassed Denuvo’s anti-tamper protection on a wide range of PC games, raising serious questions about the future of digital rights management (DRM).

Newsy Today

Apr

29th

2026

04:28

B2B Tag

Denuvo cracked: Is the infamous copy protection at an end?

For years, Denuvo was regarded as a fortress among copy protection systems - performance-hungry but effective. Now it is said to have been cracked for practically all single-player games. Is Denuvo at the end? Denuvo - for those who have never heard the name before: This is the anti-piracy software that game manufacturers have been installing in their PC games for years to protect them from illegal copying.

Galaxus

Apr

28th

2026

23:51

B2B Tag

Denuvo Anti-Piracy System has been breached - You might be able to pirate new games on Day 1

Image from WikiMedia Since its introduction in 2014, every game with Denuvo had to be hacked one by one before it could be played. But now Denuvo has reportedly been successfully circumvented on all games that use it.

Technave

Apr

28th

2026

12:46

B2B Tag

VR Denuvo Games Have Allegedly Been Bypassed

Just last month, Resident Evil Requiem became the first 2026 game with Denuvo to be cracked by Voices38, but just a few weeks later, it looks like most games with the anti-piracy technology have been cracked or bypassed.

IGN

Apr

28th

2026

10:32

B2B Tag

RIP Denuvo? All Games Protected by Controversial DRM Now Cracked

In further proof that it's hard to ever truly defeat piracy, one of the most controversial game-protection systems, Denuvo, has finally been cracked wide open, with all games it's currently "protecting" now available for free via pirate platforms.

PCMag

Apr

28th

2026

05:35

B2B Tag

Game pirates claim Denuvo DRM protection is completely cooked

Game crackers have claimed total victory against Denuvo, a major DRM protection solution. They proved it by releasing cracked games on day one of publishing. Pirates claim that there are no more Denuvo games left, except virtual reality ones, that are uncracked or unbypassed as of April 26th, 2026.

Cybernews

Apr

28th

2026

03:02

Big Data/Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

From dashboards to decisions: Reducing data latency in streaming

Streaming behavior moves in real time. Most analytics only explains it after the stream has ended. Platforms today are highly complex. Every interaction, from discovery to playback to monetization, must be measured and analyzed. The challenge is no longer access to data, but the ability to turn it into timely, actionable insight.

Irdeto

Apr

27th

2026

18:30

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

The hidden bill – how piracy is draining South Africa’s creative economy

“It was everywhere before we could monetise it,” the producer says. “We didn’t just lose revenue – we lost the chance to reinvest in the next story.” Across South Africa, this quiet erosion is becoming an industry-wide crisis.

Bizcommunity

Apr

27th

2026

18:07

Denuvo strengthens security in Steam games by introducing online verification every 14 days

Irdeto, the company that developed the Denuvo security system, has introduced new restrictions for some games on Steam, NotebookCheck reports . From now on, users will have to undergo online verification every 14 days, otherwise the activation token becomes invalid, which blocks the game from launching until the next internet connection.

Mezha Ukraine

Apr

21st

2026

02:30

AI-driven cheating and its impact on competitive games

Competitive games rely on a simple principle: outcomes should reflect player skill. In fast-paced genres, precision, timing and decision-making define success. That assumption is becoming harder to sustain. A new generation of AI-assisted cheats is changing how unfair advantage is created and, more importantly, how it is concealed.

Irdeto

Apr

20th

2026

05:21

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Market Driver Insights: The Impact of Recent Advancements on the Healthcare Cyber Security Market

The healthcare cybersecurity sector is positioned for remarkable expansion in the coming years as digital health technologies continue to evolve rapidly. With growing reliance on connected medical devices and telehealth services, safeguarding sensitive health data against cyber threats has become a critical priority.

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Irdeto's customers primarily consist of entertainment Providers and telecoms companies. Examples of Irdeto's customers include Bharti Airtel, Sony Group and Charter Communications. Irdeto has commercial and technical partners like Realtek Semiconductor, MediaKind and Media Broadcast. Irdeto has suppliers like Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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