Such is the sensitivity of video quality degradation among video streaming providers and content creators, that perceptual quality specialist SSIMWave has sought to protect the very algorithm that measures this degradation, using Verimatrix’s Code Protection technology. SSIMWave has taken steps to secure its SSIMPlus algorithm (which uses the structural similarity index measurement method for predicting perceived video quality by end users) in the belief that this is highly valuable technology that demands proven protection. But what makes it so valuable? We understand that much of the value comes from the way SSIMWave has to understand video degradation for customers before SSIMPlus can get to work finding a balance between cost savings and delivering unfaltering video, which means monitoring a lot…