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Argentina’s Supercanal chooses Conax-secured end-to-end solution
Sep 1, 2015 – Conax (SIX:KUD:S) has announced that it has entered a contract with Supercanal, Argentina’s 3rd largest cable TV operator, to roll out an end-to-end platform based on the Conax Contego security hub and led by integrator BOLD MSS.
News categories: Conax, Supercanal, BOLD MSS, Rohit Mehra, Daniel Vega, Argentina, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow

ALi adds HEVC to set-top box chipset lineup
Sep 1, 2015 – ALi has unveiled a family of SoC solutions that integrate High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) for hybrid cable, satellite, terrestrial and IP set-top boxes. ALi’s SoCs provide operators a solution for migration to HEVC.
News categories: ALi Corp, Tony Chang, Digital TV, IBCShow, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide

ATEME and NexGuard launch pre-release HDR watermarking
Sep 1, 2015 – NexGuard and ATEME will launch a joint solution for the forensic watermarking of pre-release High Dynamic Range (HDR) video content at IBC. The solution is integrated with ATEME’s TITAN Software Transcoder.
News categories: ATEME, NexGuard, Emmanuel Boureau, Jean-Philippe Plantevin, Digital TV, IBCShow, Watermarking, Worldwide

MStar integrates Verimatrix VideoMark forensic watermarking for UHD
Sep 1, 2015 – MStar Semiconductor has announced that it has integrated Verimatrix VideoMark forensic watermarking into its UHD set-top box SoCs. MStar’s STB SoCs are now compliant with the MovieLabs Specification for Enhanced Content Protection.
News categories: MStar Semi, Wayne Tsai, Petr Peterka, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Watermarking, Worldwide

ContentWise and Babeleye bring personalization to Middle East and Africa
Aug 27, 2015 – ContentWise has partnered with Babeleye to bring personalized TV experiences to the Middle East and Africa. Babeleye’s metadata platform is integrated with ContentWise’s Personalization System and Knowledge Factory metadata processing engine.
News categories: ContentWise, Babeleye, Paolo Bozzola, Lasse Schmidt, Africa, Big Data, Digital TV, IBCShow, Middle-East, UX

Com Hem unifies delivery of linear and multiscreen TV with Elemental
Aug 27, 2015 – Elemental Technologies has announced that Com Hem has chosen Elemental software-defined video processing systems to support a unified headend for delivering linear video across cable, IPTV and over-the-top networks.
News categories: Elemental, Com Hem, John Nemeth, Henri Caddeo, Cable TV, Content Distribution, IBCShow, Mobile, Sweden

ALi introduces STB/Sound Bar combo
Aug 26, 2015 – ALi Corporation has added sound bar support to its set-top box chipsets. The solution, to be demonstrated at IBC, combines ALi’s STB chipset, supporting DVB-C/T2/S2 and IPTV video streaming, with streaming music delivery.
News categories: ALi Corp, Dr. Ben Lin, Digital TV, IBCShow, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide

PathPartner announces HEVC codec for x86 platforms
Jul 28, 2015 – PathPartner Technology has announced the availability of HEVC encoder and decoder solutions for Intel server class and client (i5, i7) platforms. The decoder supports error resiliency and concealment techniques.
News categories: PathPartner, Content Distribution, IBCShow, Media Player, Streaming, Worldwide

Harmonic powers Japan's first live Full-Frame 4K Ultra HD channel for EHIME CATV
Jul 28, 2015 – Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that Japanese cable TV operator EHIME CATV has deployed Harmonic’s Electra X3 media processor to support a trial of the country’s first live, full-frame 4K Ultra HD (UHD) channel.
News categories: Harmonic, EHIME CATV, Dario Choi, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IBCShow, Japan