Conditional Access (CA) News

Russia's NTV-Plus looking for IPTV partners
Feb 8, 2011 – Russian satellite operator, NTV-Plus, is planning to launch an IPTV service this year, and has announced that it is looking for partners to participate in the project.
News categories: NTV-Plus, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Russia, Set Top Box

Pay TV in Latin America - Economic Miracle or Another False Dawn
Feb 2, 2011 – Pay TV in Latin America went into overdrive during 2010, and is in for a pay TV boom lasting another four years to 2014, says a new Report from Rethink Technology Research.
News categories: Rethink Technology, Brazil, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Verimatrix Provides Revenue Security for OViVO Personalized Video Service
Feb 1, 2011 – Verimatrix has announced that Russian service provider Personal Media Technology (PMT) has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) to protect its OViVO over-the-top (OTT) personalized digital TV service.
News categories: Verimatrix, Personal Media Technology, Conditional Access, Content Protection, CSTB, Digital TV, Russia, Streaming

Optus Selects Irdeto's Conditional Access System to Secure Its Viewer Access Satellite Television System (VAST)
Jan 31, 2011 – Irdeto has announced that Optus has selected Irdeto's CA technology for the company's Viewer Access Satellite Television (VAST) effort, recently implemented by the Australian Government to allow all Australians to enjoy digital TV including HDTV.
News categories: Irdeto, Optus, Australia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Satellite, Set Top Box

Irdeto Secures Shaanxi BC&TV Transition to Digital TV with Cloaked CA
Jan 26, 2011 – Irdeto has announced that Shaanxi BC&TV is starting trials of Irdeto's Cloaked CA, a conditional access technology that is part of a strategy to transition over two million subscribers from analogue to digital services.
News categories: Irdeto, Shaanxi BC&TV, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Set Top Box

Verimatrix Demonstrates Support for DVB and OTT Video Delivery at CSTB 2011
Jan 26, 2011 – Verimatrix has announced that it will be demonstrating its support for DVB and over-the-top (OTT) video services at CSTB 2011, Feb. 1-3, 2011 in Moscow with a speaking engagement and multiple demonstrations at its booth, #507 in Hall 3.
News categories: Verimatrix, Conditional Access, Content Protection, CSTB

NDS Secures Sky Deutschland CI+ Modules
Jan 25, 2011 – NDS has announced that Sky Deutschland (XETRA: SKYD.DE) has launched Common Interface Plus (CI+) modules based on the NDS VideoGuard® conditional access (CA) system.
News categories: NDS Group, Sky Deutschland, Austria, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Germany, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

ALi set-top box chipsets complete Conax chipset pairing certification
Jan 21, 2011 – ALi Corporation (TPE:3041) has announced that its M3383 and M3603 conditional access(CA)-enabled STB chipsets, have successfully completed Conax chipset pairing advanced security with level 4 certification.
News categories: ALi Corp, Conax, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

STMicroelectronics Announces Support for New Security Technologies in Latest Generation Set-Top Box Chips
Jan 19, 2011 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced that it is the first to sample STB decoder chips providing support for next-generation security 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