Conditional Access (CA) News

Conax to support secure broadcast home cinema via CI+
Sep 12, 2008 – Conax has announced support for CI+ on Conditional Access Modules (CAMs). Conax will be ready to support the upcoming market for advanced HD flat screens with a built in slot for CI+ modules, removing the need for an external set top box.
News categories: Conax, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Irdeto DVB SmartStart Solution Chosen to Protect and Enable Russian TV Time expat DTH service
Sep 12, 2008 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced that Russian TV Time (RTVT) has selected and begun deployment of the Irdeto DVB SmartStart solution for its direct-to-home (DTH) service for Russian-speakers across the globe.
News categories: Irdeto, RTVT, Conditional Access, Europe, IBCShow, Middleware, Russia, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

NEOTION releases the POCKET Plus: the very first secured silicon based Conditional Access CI Module
Sep 12, 2008 – Thanks to Secured Pocket Plus Modules by NEOTION any set-top box or IDTV can scale up to ultra advanced hardware-based conditional access without struggling anymore with either complex and lengthy certification, or production constraints.
News categories: NEOTION, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Irdeto Secures Africa Debut of High Definition Personal Video Recorder
Sep 12, 2008 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has collaborated with MultiChoice (JSE: NPN) in launching its DStv HD PVR. Content stored on the PVR hard drive is encrypted using a unique key stored on the Irdeto smart card, unlike other systems that use fixed encryption keys.
News categories: Irdeto, MultiChoice, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, IBCShow, Satellite, Set Top Box, South Africa

Irdeto Delivers End-to-End DVB SmartStart Solution To Videocon's D2H+
Sep 12, 2008 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced that it has signed an agreement to provide its end-to-end DVB SmartStart solution for the DTH operations of Videocon (Mumbai: 511389) media arm, Bharat Business Channel, under the brand name "D2H+".
News categories: Irdeto, Videocon, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IBCShow, India, Middleware, Satellite

Irdeto Expands Set-Top Box Agreement with Cisco
Sep 12, 2008 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced further expansion of a set-top box license agreement with Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO). The agreement enables Cisco to integrate Irdeto's Conditional Access (CA) solution with its set-tops.
News categories: Irdeto, Cisco Systems, Ziggo, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, IBCShow, Netherlands, Set Top Box

The Kudelski Group continues its fight against piracy initiatives
Sep 11, 2008 – A court in Frankfurt-am-Main in Germany has prohibited Heinrich Zehnder from importing, possessing, or marketing a model of TV decoders containing an electronic mechanism that makes possible the circumvention of conditional access systems.
News categories: Kudelski, Heinrich Zehnder, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Germany, Set Top Box

CANAL+ Launches the World's First HD Digital Terrestrial USB Key Decoder for Pay TV
Sep 11, 2008 – Vivendi (Paris: VIV) subsidiary CANAL+, Nagravision (SWX:KUD.VX), and SmarDTV have joined forces to successfully deliver the world's first HD digital terrestrial (DTT) USB key decoder for pay television viewing on personal computers.
News categories: Nagravision, SmarDTV, LA CLE CANAL+, Conditional Access, Digital TV, France, IBCShow, Peripherals / Accessories, Terrestrial

Verimatrix and NEOTION Team to Deliver Advanced CI Card Solutions
Sep 11, 2008 – Verimatrix has announced ViewRight™ CI, an integrated DVB-CI solution combining NEOTION's secure CI card and MPEG-4 transcoding silicon with security features from Verimatrix's ViewRight core and VideoMark™ forensic watermarking.
News categories: Verimatrix, NEOTION, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Watermarking