Content Protection News

Coship doing well in South America

Digital TV News — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:30:01 +0000

The Brazilian DTH service Via Embratel (Mexico:TELINTL; NYSE:TII) is expected to have installed about 600,000 satellite set-top boxes from Coship (Shenzhen:002052) by the end of December 2009.

Philips retails Pace set top boxes for CANAL+ Group

Digital TV News — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:10:45 +0000

Pace (LSE: PIC) has announced the retail launch of its new range of CANAL+ (Paris:VIV) set-top boxes. All the devices are 'CANAL READY', meaning consumers can access free-to-air digital broadcasts with the option to upgrade to pay-TV.

Canal Digital DTH loses 8,000 subscribers in 3Q09

Digital TV News — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:20:13 +0000

Telenor (Oslo:TEL) has released results for the first quarter of 2009. The number of Canal Digital DTH subscribers decreased by 8,000 in the quarter. Cable TV subscribers were up 1,000.

Motorola Unveils New All-Digital, High-Definition Set-Top for Cable Operators

Digital TV News — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:03:00 +0000

Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has announced the addition of the DCX700 all-digital, high-definition (HD) set-top to its DCX product line. The low-profile design will help cable operators' successful migration to an all-digital network.

Farncombe Consulting Proposes Replacing the DVB Common Scrambling Algorithm

Digital TV News — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:50:44 +0000

Farncombe Consulting Group has published a second White Paper on TV Conditional Access (CA), which proposes a possible replacement for the DVB Common Scrambling Algorithm (CSA).

Neotion to supply Irdeto CI Plus Modules to Ziggo

Digital TV News — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:10:59 +0000

Neotion (ALTERNEXT:ALNEO) has signed an agreement with Dutch cable operator Ziggo to supply Irdeto Conditional Access Modules (CAM) for use in CI Plus-ready television sets.

MRG announces new leaders in its Global IPTV Market Leaders Report

Digital TV News — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:00:26 +0000

MRG has announced new leaders in the Global IPTV Market Leaders Report — October 2009 (MLR), which tracks the top 120 IPTV vendors in 24 regional sectors based on the installed base of 6 video systems products in over 800 IPTV Operations.

Netris End-to-End OTT Solution Protected by SecureMedia Encryptonite ONE System

Digital TV News — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:30:32 +0000

SecureMedia and Netris have announced the latest addition to the IPSoft™ Interactive Digital TV family that provides an end-to-end cutting-edge solution for secured multimedia delivery over Internet.

Slovak Telekom starts Magio TV DTH trial

Digital TV News — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:40:38 +0000

Slovak Telekom (Frankfurt: DTE, NYSE: DT) has taken preparatory steps towards launching satellite DTH in Slovakia. The company has registered the brand name MagioSat TV for the service and is running trials on the Amos 3 satellite at 4°W.

Latens and GoDB Offer Solution for Indian Cable

Digital TV News — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:00:35 +0000

Latens has announced that its software CAS has been successfully integrated with GoDB Tech's middleware platform.

ADB launches Mediaset Premium capable HD DTT STB in Italy

Digital TV News — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:50:56 +0000

ADB (SIX:ADBN) has announced the launch of its first high definition interactive digital terrestrial (DTT) set-top box for the Italian retail market that will also allow Italian football fans to watch Serie A in high definition.

Nagravision NOCS Security for Pay TV Licensed by Intel

Digital TV News — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:20:29 +0000

Nagravision (SIX:KUD.VX) has announced a strategic license agreement with Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) involving Nagravision On-Chip Security (NOCS) technology and Intel® CE media processors.

My TV Africa pay-DTH launches in Kenya

Digital TV News — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:40:52 +0000

Remember TV Africa in conjunction with My TV Africa has launched a satellite delivered pay television service in Kenya. The My TV service is carried on the Intelsat 10 satellite (located at 68.5° East).

Alcatel-Lucent provides Vodafone Portugal IPTV details

Digital TV News — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:10:12 +0000

The Vodafone (London:VOD) 'Casa TV' IPTV service in Portugal re-uses the network architecture developed with Alcatel-Lucent (Paris, NYSE: ALU) for providing broadband and voice services. The middleware and DRM are Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) products.

Spain’s Gol TV adds 15,000 pay DTT subscribers in first 18 days

Digital TV News — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:00:19 +0000

GOL TELEVISION, Spain’s first DTT subscription channel, has reached the figure of 665,000 subscribers. 18 days after the launch of broadcasts as a TDT Premium channel, more than 15,000 people have signed up to the pay-DTT version.

China Digital TV Selected to Provide CA For China’s Mobile TV

Digital TV News — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:30:42 +0000

China Digital TV Holding (NYSE: STV) has announced that it had been selected by China Satellite Mobile Broadcasting Corporation (CSM), a company under China's SARFT, to provide CA systems to mobile TV networks throughout China.

IPTV and cable video equipment up 15% in 2Q09

Digital TV News — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:10:48 +0000

Market research firm Infonetics Research released its second quarter (2Q09) IPTV, Cable, and Satellite Video Equipment, Services, and Subscribers report.

Ziggo digital TV without a set-top box

Digital TV News — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:30:21 +0000

Dutch cable company Ziggo has introduced a Digitale Televisie Module, which in conjunction with a suitable CI Plus (CI+) compatible television set allows for the reception of its TV service without the need for a set-top box.

ViXS Systems to integrate SypherMedia Security Technology

Digital TV News — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:20:58 +0000

ViXS Systems has announced that it has added SMI's SypherMedia GateKeyper™ and Kernel™ technologies into the Xtensive™ applications developer software suite for its multimedia ICs.

Antik Technology and SecureMedia Create IPTV Solution for Eastern Europe

Digital TV News — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:00:24 +0000

SecureMedia and Antik Technology have announced that the Encryptonite ONE™ System will provide non-stop security for the Juice Family of Home Media and Communication Centers that are specially designed for Eastern Europe.

Elecard and SecureMedia Integrate CA/DRM Software Solution for IPTV

Digital TV News — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:20:27 +0000

Elecard and SecureMedia have announced the full integration of SecureMedia's Encryptonite ONE™ System CA/DRM technology into Elecard iTelec STBs, the hardware reference designs of end-user IPTV set-top boxes.

SmarDTV Ships New Product in Spain to Support DTT Pay TV Services

Digital TV News — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:50:11 +0000

SmarDTV (SWX:KUD.VX) has announced the deployment of its SmarCAM-3 module. The module supports the launch of the 'TDT Premium' pay DTT service operated by Spain's Abertis Telecom (Madrid: ABE.MC).

SmarDTV announces completion of new license agreement with Irdeto

Digital TV News — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:40:36 +0000

SmarDTV (SIX:KUD.VX) has announced the completion of a new licensing contract with CA vendor Irdeto covering the introduction of secure silicon CI Plus modules using the latest Irdeto (JSE: NPN) technology.

SoftAtHome Shows World’s First End-to-End TV Solution with 3D User Interface

Digital TV News — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:30:41 +0000

The world’s first end-to-end, 3D TV solution will be on display at IBC. The end-to-end solution is the fruit of a partnership between Orca Interactive, SoftAtHome and Viaccess to develop a unique, end-to-end 3D TV experience for the digital home.

Pace Integrates Conax Latest Content Security

Digital TV News — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:10:12 +0000

Pace (LSE:PIC) has added Conax’s content security technology to its conditional access portfolio. The partnership will allow Pace to work with a wider range of operators across emerging territories in Eastern Europe, Asia, Russia and Latin America.

Viaccess announces CI Plus support with Neotion at IBC 2009

Digital TV News — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:30:34 +0000

Viaccess (Paris and NYSE: FTE) and Neotion have announced their support for Common Interface+ (CI Plus) on Conditional Access Modules (CAMs). A demonstration of Viaccess CI Plus commitment with Neotion will be displayed during the IBC 09 Forum.

SecureMedia Protects PeerTV’s Over-the-Top Internet TV Solution

Digital TV News — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:40:29 +0000

SecureMedia and PeerTV have announced today SecureMedia's Encryptonite ONE™ System CA/DRM (conditional access/digital rights management) software solution is now integrated with the latest PeerTV Internet Set-Top Box.

Cloakware Launches Comprehensive OMA Digital Rights Management Solution

Digital TV News — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:30:59 +0000

Cloakware (JSE: NPN) has announced a new Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)-compliant Digital Rights Management (DRM) solution for the secure delivery of digital content across the popular Android open source platform.

Zoran Announces NDS Certification for Pay-TV Products

Digital TV News — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:00:28 +0000

Zoran (NASDAQ: ZRAN) has announced that NDS has certified its SupraTV® 265, SupraXD® 170 and SupraXD® 180 Processors for the secure delivery of digital content to pay-tv set-top boxes using NDS VideoGuard® conditional access (CA).

NEOTION introduces Secure Processor for CI Plus TV Modules

Digital TV News — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:40:54 +0000

Neotion has announced its NKE-1 single chip, an optimized combination of security, advanced CI Plus capabilities, and performance at a price point that is set to meet Operators' and Consumer Electronics needs in these challenging times.