Conditional Access (CA) News

Nagravision Demonstrates Ready-to-Deploy IPTV Solution for Pay TV Revenue Generation at TelcoTV 2008
Nov 10, 2008 – Nagravision (SWX:KUD) will demonstrate a ready-to-deploy IPTV solution for Pay TV revenue generation at TelcoTV 2008. The pre-integrated solution secures and enhances access to digital content and supports three screen (PC, TV and Mobile) VOD.
News categories: Nagravision, Conditional Access, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Verimatrix Now Secures Pioneer Telephone Digital TV
Nov 10, 2008 – Verimatrix has announced that Pioneer Telephone Cooperative has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS®) for IPTV for its video-on-demand and live broadcast services on its Pioneer Digital TV service.
News categories: Verimatrix, Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, Conditional Access, Content Protection, IPTV, USA

Latens Strengthens IPTV Offering to US Telcos with Amino DVR STB integration
Nov 10, 2008 – Latens has announced that Amino Communications (London AIM: AMO) has successfully integrated the company's software conditional access with the AmiNET530 Digital Video Recorder (DVR) set-top box (STB).
News categories: Latens, Amino, Conditional Access, Content Protection, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box

Premiere encryption system fully secure again
Nov 10, 2008 – Premiere AG (PRE.XE) has today switched off its former encryption signal. All smartcards for the new CA systems of Nagravision and NDS Videoguard have been swapped.
News categories: Premiere AG, Austria, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Germany, Satellite

China Digital TV Announces Unaudited Third Quarter 2008 Results
Nov 6, 2008 – China Digital TV Holding (NYSE: STV) shipped approximately 2.21 million smart cards during the third quarter, an increase of 16.9% from the corresponding period in 2007 and a decrease of 17.8% from the second quarter of 2008.
News categories: China Digital TV Holding, Cable TV, CAM, China, Conditional Access, Results

Bharti Airtel Launches Airtel's Direct-to-Home Digital Television Service Based on NDS End-to-End Solution
Nov 4, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ:NNDS) has announced that India's Bharti Airtel has launched Airtel digital TV based on a complete end-to-end system from technology partner NDS to secure, enable and enhance its Direct-to-Home (DTH) service.
News categories: NDS, Bharti Airtel, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, India, Middleware, Satellite

SecureMedia and Goal Technology Solutions Embrace "Broadband Over Powerlines" to Distribute Secure Digital Entertainment
Nov 3, 2008 – Goal Technology Solutions and SecureMedia have announced that Goal Technology will launch its comprehensive end-to-end IPTV Triple Play services across it's GoalNet Network, protected by SecureMedia's Encryptonite ONE CA/DRM System.
News categories: SecureMedia, Goal Technology Solutions, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Fibre, IPTV, Smart Home, South Africa, Video Exchange

CMMB Signals to Be Encrypted by Year-end
Oct 31, 2008 – The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has begun implementing a comprehensive conditional access (CA) system for CMMB-based mobile phone TV broadcasting.
News categories: SARFT, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Mobile

Latens secures du IPTV service as it grows to 50,000 subscribers
Oct 30, 2008 – Latens has announced that the 'du' IPTV service, secured by Latens IPCAS, has grown to over 50,000 subscribers. UAE-based du offers an innovative, multilingual IPTV service catering to the tastes of different nationalities and cultures.
News categories: Latens, 'du', Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers, UAE, Video Exchange