Conditional Access (CA) News

Vietnam Cable Television Opts for New Content Protection Solution from Conax
Dec 2, 2010 – Conax has announced that it has entered a contract with state owned Vietnam Cable Television. Conax will deliver a new content protection solution to VCTV's subsidiary VTV, the second largest cable operator in Vietnam.
News categories: Conax, VTV, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Vietnam

Pace announces agreement to acquire Latens Systems Ltd
Nov 4, 2010 – Pace plc (LSE: PIC) has announced that it has acquired Latens Systems Ltd, the Belfast based software specialist for the pay TV market. The consideration for the acquisition is payable in cash and will not exceed £28.75 million.
News categories: Pace plc, Latens, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, MandA, Middleware, Set Top Box

GVT selects Ericsson for pay TV in Brazil
Oct 29, 2010 – GVT (Paris:VIV) has announced that Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) will supply the platform for its hybrid satellite/IP pay TV service to be launched in 2011. Later this year, the company will select the supplier of set top boxes.
News categories: Ericsson, GVT, Brazil, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming

Zeebo China Unveils Plans to Bring Digital Interactive Education and Entertainment to Chinese Families
Oct 28, 2010 – Zeebo China has described its plans to develop a 3G-connected education and entertainment system specifically for Chinese consumers. The Zeebo system will enable users to wirelessly download and view content and applications on their TV sets.
News categories: China Digital TV Holding, Zeebo, 5G, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Streaming

Melita Secures DVB-C Hybrid HD TV Services With Verimatrix
Oct 20, 2010 – Verimatrix has deployed its Verimatrix Content Authority System (VCAS™) for DVB Hybrid on Melita's cable and IPTV hybrid network. Melita is the first operator to offer high definition (HD) TV to Maltese subscribers over its HFC network.
News categories: Verimatrix, Melita, Cable TV, CableTecExpo, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Malta

Nagravision Selected By Taiwan's HYA For Digital Cable TV
Oct 18, 2010 – Nagravision (SIX:KUD.S) has announced that it was selected to secure the roll-out of advanced digital services for Hsin Yeong An Cable TV (HYA), the largest independent cable television operator in Taiwan with more than 200,000 subscriber households.
News categories: Nagravision, Hsin Yeong An, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Taiwan

NDS and DOXTV Deliver Push VOD and DVR Services to Sichuan Cable in China
Oct 12, 2010 – NDS and DOXTV have announced that they are partnering to launch push video-on-demand (VOD) services and HD digital video recorder technology (DVR) at Sichuan Cable.
News categories: NDS Group, DOXTV, Sichuan Cable, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box

Zoran Announces Irdeto Certification for Pay-TV Set-Top Box Products
Sep 20, 2010 – Zoran (NASDAQ: ZRAN) has announced that Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has certified its SupraXD® 170 and SupraXD® 180 processors for the secure delivery of digital content to pay-TV set-top boxes that use Irdeto's Conditional Access System (CAS).
News categories: Zoran, Irdeto, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Anvia TV Selects Teleste and Verimatrix to Deploy IPTV Revenue Security Solution
Sep 13, 2010 – Teleste and Verimatrix have announced deployment of the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for IPTV network of Anvia TV, a national TV operator in Finland.
News categories: Verimatrix, Anvia, Teleste, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Finland, IBCShow, IPTV