It speaks volumes of Synamedia’s dedication to prolonging its security legacy outside of pay TV that the company’s debut acquisition is a move for ContentArmor – a vendor synonymous with forensic watermarking. Late to the party or not, this deal could stir up severe complications for smaller piracy protectors, particularly in high-value content like UHD delivered OTT. Verimatrix was well ahead of the curve in offering watermarking systems, while Nagra jumped into the watermarking game when it acquired NexGuard in 2016, formerly Civolution which was originally spun out of Philips. Irdeto played catch-up a few years later, while pretty much everyone else – from Intertrust to Viaccess-Orca, and castLabs to Inside Secure (before acquiring Verimatrix and adopting the name) –…