Conditional Access (CA) News

Smart card chipmakers suspected of cartel
Jan 7, 2009 – European competition regulators have raided the premises of several manufacturers of chips used in 'smart cards', on suspicions of illegal cartel activity.
News categories: European Commission, CAM, Conditional Access, Europe, Regulation, Semiconductor

Bouygues Telecom Deploys Verimatrix Content Security for IPTV Service
Jan 6, 2009 – Verimatrix has announced that France's Bouygues Telecom is securing its MPEG-4 live broadcast and on-demand video content, delivered via ASDL to the BBOX home gateway, with the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS®) for IPTV.
News categories: Verimatrix, Bouygues Telecom, CES2025, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Set Top Box

Taiwan - kbro selects Nagravision as exclusive CA vendor
Dec 18, 2008 – Nagravision (SWX:KUD) has been chosen by kbro, Taiwan's leading cable multiple system operator (MSO), as the exclusive conditional access (CAS) vendor for its new broadcasting system. The companies have signed a five-year exclusive contract.
News categories: Nagravision, kbro, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Taiwan

Tata Sky Achieves 3 Million Connections in India on End-to-End NDS Platform
Dec 16, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has acknowledged that Tata Sky has achieved another major milestone in reaching 3 million subscribers within a period of just 27 months. The latest 1 million subscribers were gained in just seven months.
News categories: NDS Group, Tata Sky, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, India, Middleware, Satellite, Subscribers

Asia-Pacific the Largest Growth Market for Conditional Access and Digital Rights Management
Dec 11, 2008 – Continued growth in pay TV services across Asia is driving the region to become the leading pay-TV DRM and conditional access market in term of total revenue, according to ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Market Research

RTVE and Abertis Telecom sign agreement to supply 100% of Spanish homes with DTT
Dec 4, 2008 – Televisión Española and Abertis Telecom have signed an agreement to ensure that 100% of the Spanish population can receive TVE's DTT programmes. Terrestrial will reach 98.5% of the population with the remaining 1.5% being covered via satellite.
News categories: Abertis Telecom, Televisión Española, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Satellite, Set Top Box, Spain

Global and China Digital STB (Set-top Box) Market Report, 2008
Dec 4, 2008 – In 2007, 140 million STBs were sold worldwide, the overall sales percentage of satellite STBs was 46%, and IP STB gained the highest sales growth with a figure of 4.53 million, increased by 77% comparing 2006.
News categories: Research In China, Research and Markets, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

Taiwan Broadband Communications Selects Nagravision to Secure and Integrate All Digital MPEG-4 Cable TV System
Dec 3, 2008 – Nagravision (SWX:KUD.VX) has announced that Taiwan Broadband Communications (TBC) has selected Nagravision to secure and provide integration services for its all digital MPEG-4 cable TV system.
News categories: Nagravision, Taiwan Broadband Communications, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, Taiwan

China Digital TV Partners with Microsoft to Launch PC-TV Tuner Solution for Windows Vista
Dec 3, 2008 – China Digital TV (NYSE: STV) has announced the availability of a new PC-TV tuner solution which will allow computer users throughout China to watch and record scrambled digital cable television programming on their PCs.
News categories: China Digital TV Holding, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Peripherals / Accessories