Smart card / CAM (Conditional Access Module) / CI Plus (CI+) / CableCARD™ News

Digital TV Labs Offers Bespoke Test Suites For CI Plus Operators
July 19th, 2010
Digital TV Labs has announced the availability of bespoke conformance regimes for operators deploying CI Plus. This allows them to develop a programme for receiver interoperability testing and therefore foster a vibrant retail model.

SMiT successfully passes Conax CI Plus CAM Certification
June 14th, 2010
Shenzhen State Micro Technology (SMiT) has announced that its SMiT CI Plus CAM (SMiT SECURE PLUS CAM) with Conax CAS7 has successfully completed Conax certification.

Kabel Deutschland First to Launch CI+ Modules in Germany
May 4th, 2010
NDS has announced that Kabel Deutschland, Germany’s largest cable network operator and biggest triple play provider, is to introduce Common Interface Plus (CI+) modules based on the NDS VideoGuard® conditional access (CA) system.

SMiT partners with ALi To Penetrate High-End Set-Top Box Market
May 3rd, 2010
ALi Corporation (Taipei:3041) has announced that it has partnered with SMiT, a Conditional Access Modules (CAM) manufacturer with leading market share in Europe, to develop CAM cards for high definition (HD) STBs with CI+ functionality.

SmarDTV successfully completes Conax V7 CI Plus certification
April 26th, 2010
SmarDTV (SIX:KUD.S) has announced that it has achieved Conax CI Plus certification with its latest and most secure SmarCAM-3 module incorporating Conax V7 software.

FCC Takes Action to Unleash Video Innovation and Consumer Choice
April 21st, 2010
The FCC has issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) and a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) in seeking to create a competitive retail market for navigation devices for use with multichannel video programming distributors.

Telenet proves CI Plus with technology from S&T
March 3rd, 2010
Strategy & Technology has announced that it has successfully completed a CI Plus (CI+) Proof of Concept (PoC) project for Telenet, Belgium’s largest cable TV operator.

Technosat – Conax partner to drive development of HD content delivery in Middle East
March 2nd, 2010
Technosat and Conax have announced a new partnership that will use content protection from Conax to secure the new Technosat Satellite HD platform and provide secure HD content to exclusive markets in the MENA.

Kudelski Group delivers strong second half 2009 results
February 26th, 2010
The Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.VX) has announced its 2009 annual results. Digital TV sales in the second half were particularly strong growing by 27.3% compared to the first half.

Abertis Integrates Irdeto to Strengthen its TDT Premium Digital Content Security
February 24th, 2010
Irdeto (JSE: NPN) and Abertis Telecom (Madrid: ABE) have worked to validate the Irdeto Conditional Access System (CAS) integration into Abertis Telecom’s open digital terrestrial TV TDT Premium platform.