Conditional Access (CA) News

SmarDTV successfully completes CI Plus certification
Mar 18, 2009 – SmarDTV (SWX:KUD) has announced that it has achieved CI Plus certification with its latest SmarCAM-3 module and additionally that its CI Plus Reference Kit is used by Digital TV Labs for certification of CI Plus TVs and set-top boxes.
News categories: SmarDTV, Digital TV Labs, ANGA COM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Latens and Pixsan Integrate MHEG-5 open standards middleware platform
Mar 18, 2009 – Latens has partnered with Pixsan to provide an MHEG-5 middleware solution for cable operators. Demonstrated at Convergence India 2009, Latens and Pixsan offer a client solution of software-only Conditional Access (CAS) and MHEG-5 based middleware.
News categories: Latens, Pixsan, Cable TV, Conditional Access, India, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box

China Digital TV to Demonstrate New Products at CCBN 2009
Mar 18, 2009 – China Digital TV Holding (NYSE: STV) has announced that it will demonstrate a line of advanced new products and solutions in the upcoming 17th China Content Broadcasting Network Exhibition (CCBN 2009) from March 21 to 23, 2009.
News categories: China Digital TV Holding, CCBN, China, Conditional Access

Collaboration Brings VoD to Standard TV Receivers without Set-Top Boxes
Mar 12, 2009 – TANDBERG Television (NASDAQ:ERIC), Sony (Tokyo: 6758; NYSE: SNE), Neotion and S&T have combined their expertise to deliver a VoD solution that enables cable operators to deliver services and adverts direct to the TV, without a set-top box (STB).
News categories: Neotion, Sony, TANDBERG Television, S&T, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Switzerland's Teleclub Selects NDS VideoGuard® Conditional Access to Protect its Cable Business
Mar 11, 2009 – NDS has announced that Teleclub has selected NDS VideoGuard® conditional access (CA) technology to secure its programming broadcast on its digital cable networks nationwide. The agreement represents the first customer win for NDS in Switzerland.
News categories: NDS Group, Teleclub, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DRM, Set Top Box, Switzerland

China Digital TV Announces Unaudited Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Results
Mar 10, 2009 – China Digital TV (NYSE: STV) has announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008. China Digital TV shipped approximately 2.66 million smart cards during the quarter, an increase of 2.1% from the corresponding period in 2007.
News categories: China Digital TV Holding, Cable TV, CAM, China, Conditional Access, Results

Conax continuing strong growth in global digital TV market
Mar 5, 2009 – Conax has reported 36% revenue growth in 2008 based on global sales of its smart card security solutions. In 2008, Conax increased card deliveries by 40% from 2007 and captured 58 new customers.
News categories: Conax, Conditional Access, Results

Siano and Cidana launch first CAS enabled Solution for Chinese Mobile TV PC market
Mar 4, 2009 – Siano Mobile Silicon and Cidana have announced the launch of a CAS solution to receive CMMB broadcast Mobile Digital TV services for PC products in China. The solution is based on a 'Big-Card' (or CI-Module) component and is SARFT-certified.
News categories: Siano Mobile Silicon, Cidana, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor

China Network Systems (CNS) introduces newest Nagravision conditional access
Mar 3, 2009 – Nagravision (SWX:KUD) has been selected by China Network Systems (CNS) to protect the content rights and revenues of its new premium and high definition services and will start deploying Nagravision's new generation smartcard in mid-2009.
News categories: Nagravision, China Network Systems, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Taiwan