Digital Rights Management or DRM in video impacts whether the video can be played back from mobile device or desktop or smart TV. DRM adds a layer of security to the video streaming workflow by encrypting either the adaptive bitrate segments that make up the video and/or the metadata of the stream. There are steps and technologies behind that allow for premium content to be played back safely and decrypted successfully on a client device, for example Widevine mainly for Android devices, Fairplay for Apple and Playready mainly for Windows.
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