Conditional Access (CA) News

Naspers Limited Interim Results
Nov 26, 2008 – Naspers (JSE:NPN, LSE:NPSN) has announced its results for the six months ended September 2008. Pay-television (Multichoice) recorded exceptionally strong growth of 171,000 new subscribers. Irdeto shipped 8.3m units in 1H FY08.
News categories: Naspers, Multichoice, Irdeto, Angola, Conditional Access, Content Protection, DRM, Ghana, Kenya, Middleware, Mobile, Namibia, Nigeria, Results, Satellite, South Africa, Subscribers, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Magyar Telekom to launch satellite TV service
Nov 24, 2008 – Magyar Telekom (NYSE: MTA)(Budapest: MTELEKOM) has launched a nationwide satellite TV service under the brand T-Home Sat TV. Magyar Telekom now offers TV services on three different platforms: cable TV, IPTV and satellite TV.
News categories: Magyar Telekom, T-Home, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Hungary, Satellite

Airfield Media Group Selects Eutelsat's HOT BIRD™ Neighbourhood To Broadcast Belgian French-Language Channels In Its TéléSAT Platform
Nov 20, 2008 – Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) has announced the signature of a contract with Airfield Media Group for satellite capacity at the HOT BIRD™ video neighbourhood to broadcast the five Belgian French-language channels in the new TéléSAT, pay-TV platform.
News categories: Eutelsat, TéléSAT, Belgium, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Satellite

Cloakware Introduces High-Security Software Solutions for North American Cable Operators
Nov 20, 2008 – Cloakware has announced that its technology will be made available to cable operators and CA vendors to meet requirements for software-based set-top box security in the North American market. Irdeto (JSE: NPN) will be the first such CA provider.
News categories: Cloakware, Irdeto, Cable TV, Canada, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, North America, Set Top Box, Software, USA

Uzbekistan introduces digital TV broadcasting
Nov 17, 2008 – Uzbekistan has started the introduction of digital television broadcasting, which should complete by 2015. Pilot zones have been launched in two cities - Tashkent and Bukhara.
News categories: Conditional Access, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, Uzbekistan

ART selects Viaccess to secure its pay-TV platforms for the Middle-Eastern market
Nov 11, 2008 – Viaccess (Paris & NYSE: FTE) has announced that ART (Arab Radio and Television Network) will deploy Viaccess' Praha card to secure its Pay TV satellite platforms in the Middle East region.
News categories: Viaccess, Arab Radio and Television Network, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middle-East, Satellite

Verimatrix and Falcon to Deliver Secure IPTV Service to GTel Teleconnections
Nov 11, 2008 – Verimatrix has announced that GTel Teleconnections has selected Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS®) for IPTV to secure its new IPTV service. VCAS for IPTV has been fully integrated with the Falcon IP/Complete™ IPTV delivery system.
News categories: Verimatrix, GTel, Falcon IP/Complete, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, USA

Iowa Network Services Deploys an Integrated Solution from Nagravision and Quative for Next Generation MPEG-4 IPTV Network
Nov 11, 2008 – Nagravision and Quative (SWX:KUD) have announced that Iowa Network Services (INS) has deployed its integrated solution for its MPEG-4 IPTV Network. INS's new user interface will be demonstrated in the Nagravision booth at TelcoTV 2008.
News categories: Quative, Nagravision, Iowa Network Services, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DRM, IPTV, Middleware, USA

GCI Secures IPTV with Verimatrix
Nov 10, 2008 – Verimatrix and CSI Digital have announced that Gorham Communications (GCI) has selected D-Video!™ for its end-to-end IPTV solution. CSI Digital's D-Video! has been integrated with the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS®) for IPTV.
News categories: Verimatrix, CSI Digital, Gorham Communications, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA