Conditional Access (CA) News

SPB TV Showcases The Three Screens TV Solution at Mobile World Congress 2012
Feb 27, 2012 – MobiWorld Media has announced the launch of the SPB TV Solution for Three Screens, enabling mobile operators, cable, satellite, and IPTV service providers to deliver HD television to their subscribers across all screens.
News categories: SPB TV, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24, Smart TV, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet

Kudelski reports 2011 annual results
Feb 23, 2012 – The Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.S) has announced its 2011 annual results. Total annual revenues and other operating income declined from CHF 1,069.3 million in 2010 to CHF 896.6 million in 2011, with the Digital TV segment driving most of the decline.
News categories: Kudelski, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming

NDS Secures CI+ Modules for Kabel BW
Feb 21, 2012 – NDS has announced that Kabel BW, the third largest cable TV operator in Germany, have launched Common Interface Plus (CI+) modules based on the NDS VideoGuard® conditional access (CA) system.
News categories: NDS Group, Kabel BW, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Germany, Smart TV

ALi Announces Advanced Security CAS SoC for Entry-level Cable Pay TV
Jan 5, 2012 – ALi Corporation (TPE:3041) has announced the availability of its M3281 cable Pay-TV STB solution. The SoC will be demonstrated at CSTB 2012 in Moscow, Russia from Feb 7 to 9, 2012.
News categories: ALi Corp, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, CSTB, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

STMicroelectronics and NDS Announce Certification of New Security Technologies in Latest Generation Set-Top Box Chips
Dec 7, 2011 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced the availability of set-top box decoder chips certified for next-generation security and content protection technologies that include the NDS VideoGuard Security Kernel and DVB-CSA3 descrambler system.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, NDS Group, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP

ST Announces Industry's First TV SoC to Complete Irdeto Security Certification
Nov 10, 2011 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced that the Freeman Premier family of TV System on Chip devices has been certified for Security Application by Irdeto (JSE: NPN), a global software security and media technology company.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Irdeto, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Fujitsu Introduces NAGRA Certified Set-Top-Box Chipsets
Nov 3, 2011 – Fujitsu has announced that its HDTV multi-decoder processor MB86H611 (a member of MB86H61 series) with advanced security architecture has been successfully certified by NAGRA (SIX:KUD.S).
News categories: Fujitsu, Nagra, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

NDS Powers New Kabel Deutschland HD Set-Top Box
Nov 2, 2011 – NDS has announced that Kabel Deutschland has launched a new HD set-top box (STB) powered by NDS technologies. The new box includes NDS' MediaHighway® STB software, VideoGuard® conditional access, an NDS VOD solution and a customized EPG.
News categories: NDS Group, Kabel Deutschland, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Germany, Middleware, Set Top Box

Mega Media Indonesia Partners with Irdeto to Launch 'Parabola Orange TV' DTH
Oct 27, 2011 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced that PT Mega Media Indonesia, the country's newest player in direct-to-home (DTH) broadcast services, has selected Irdeto's conditional access (CA) solution to launch 'Parabola Orange TV' pay TV services.
News categories: Irdeto, PT Mega Media, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Indonesia, Satellite