Conditional Access (CA) News

MRG's Global IPTV Market Leaders Report Reflects Significant Shifts
Sep 9, 2008 – MRG has announced new leaders in the 'Global IPTV Market Leaders Report -- August 2008,' which tracks the top 100 IPTV vendors in 24 regional sub-segments based on the installed base of 6 video systems products in over 660 IPTV Operations.
News categories: MRG, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box

NDS Declared Global IPTV DRM Leader by Two Independent Analyst Firms
Sep 9, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that it has been ranked by both ABI Research and Current Analysis as the leading content security and Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology vendor worldwide.
News categories: NDS Group, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, DRM, IPTV, Market Research, Streaming

Netris Partners with SecureMedia to Deliver Leading Edge IPTV Systems to JSC Kazakhtelecom
Sep 9, 2008 – Netris and SecureMedia have announced an end-to-end IPTV installation under a contract with JSC Kazakhtelecom. The rollout will take place this year in the capital Astana, and will then extend to other major cities throughout Kazakhstan.
News categories: Netris, SecureMedia, Kazakhtelecom, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, IBCShow, IPTV, Kazakhstan, Middleware

New release of Latens ECO IPTV Middleware Enables IPTV Operators to Extend Reach to all Home Devices
Sep 8, 2008 – Latens has announced the IBC launch of release 4.0 of Latens ECOsystem (ECO), the software secured IPTV service delivery system that combines middleware and conditional access functions in a single platform.
News categories: Latens, Conditional Access, Content Protection, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware

Alpha Komunikacijos Chooses Widevine to Protect Kava IPTV Service
Sep 8, 2008 – Widevine® has announced that Lithuanian IPTV operator Alpha komunikacijos has selected Widevine Cypher® to secure delivery of premium broadcast and video-on-demand content for its KAVA IPTV service.
News categories: Widevine, Alpha komunikacijos, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Middleware, Set Top Box

Nagravision to Demonstrate Ready-to-Deploy Solutions for Pay TV Revenue Generation at IBC2008
Sep 8, 2008 – At IBC2008, Nagravision (SWX:KUD) will demonstrate ready-to-deploy solutions for Pay TV operators providing services over cable, DTH, DTT, IPTV, mobile and hybrid networks.
News categories: Nagravision, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, DRM, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Zoran Announces New SupraTV® 260 Processor Family Optimized for Pay Satellite and Cable Set-Top Box Markets
Sep 8, 2008 – Zoran (NASDAQ: ZRAN) has announced that its new SupraTV® 260 family of processors for pay cable and satellite set-top boxes is now sampling. The SupraTV® 260 processor is used in a new family of China Cable STBs from DVN (SEHK: 500).
News categories: Zoran, DVN, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IBCShow, ICs, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

SecureMedia Provides Non-Stop Digital Media Protection for 3PlayPlus in Ireland
Sep 8, 2008 – SecureMedia and 3PlayPlus have announced deployment of the Encryptonite ONE System across HomeVision, 3PlayPlus' flagship residential triple play offering.
News categories: SecureMedia, 3PlayPlus, HomeVision, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Ireland

Platforma HD, Russia's New HDTV Platform Selects Eutelsat's EUROBIRD™ 9 Satellite
Sep 8, 2008 – Platforma HD, the new Russian all-HDTV platform has selected the EUROBIRD™ 9 satellite operated by Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) to deliver new HD content across western parts of Russia to the Urals.
News categories: Eutelsat, Platforma HD, Digiraum, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Russia, Satellite, Set Top Box