Conditional Access (CA) News

Nagravision Selected by SARFT as Official CAS Vendor for Chinese National Mobile TV Service first Launched for the Beijing Olympic Games
Sep 2, 2008 – Nagravision (SWX:KUD.VX) has announced its selection by CSM, a company held under the Administrative Bureau of China's SARFT, as the conditional access provider for a nationwide Mobile TV service that was launched in time for the Olympic Games.
News categories: Nagravision, SARFT, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Mobile

UTStarcom and Aksh to Power BSNL's New iControl IPTV Service in 20 Cities Across India
Sep 2, 2008 – UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) has announced a contract with Aksh Optifibre (BOM: 532351) to deploy UTStarcom's end-to-end RollingStream® Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) solution in 20 cities on Bharat Sanchar Nigam, Ltd. (BSNL)'s ADSL 2+ network.
News categories: UTStarcom, BSNL, Aksh Optifibre, Broadband, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Tele Columbus and Kaon cooperate on HD PVR
Aug 29, 2008 – Cable operator Tele Columbus is working with set-top box manufacturer Kaon Media on the joint development of an HDTV PVR. The new product is planned to be launched in Germany in the first quarter of 2009.
News categories: KAON, Tele Columbus, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, IPTV, Set Top Box

Kudelski Group 1st half 2008 - migration to service mode on track
Aug 29, 2008 – The Kudelski Group (SWX: KUD.VX) has announced results for its first half year ended June 30, 2008. In the first half 2008, Nagravision expanded its global reach with 92.3 million active devices for conditional access.
News categories: Nagravision, Kudelski, Cable TV, CAM, China, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Iraq, Middleware, Mobile, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Indonusa Telemedia and PCCW join forces to bring world-class IPTV services to Indonesia
Aug 28, 2008 – PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TELKOM)(IDX:TLKM; NYSE:TLK; LSE:TKIA), PT Indonusa Telemedia (Telkomvision) and PCCW International (HK) Limited (PCCW) have announced their intention to collaborate to bring IPTV services to Indonesia.
News categories: PCCW, TELKOM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Indonesia, IPTV, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

IWEDIA Middleware announces the forthcoming availability of its Comedia DVB-CI+ host software
Aug 27, 2008 – IWEDIA Middleware has announced that it will make DVB-CI+ host software available in the middle of Q4, 2008. The announcement was made to coincide with the opening of IFA, which is taking place in Berlin from August 29th through September 3rd.
News categories: IWEDIA, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IFABerlin, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Pace sets the standard for green set-top boxes
Aug 26, 2008 – Pace (LSE:PIC) has set out its goal to be the world-leader in low environmental impact (LEI) set-top boxes. To achieve these goals, Pace will be launching its 'Design for Environment' standard at IBC.
News categories: Pace plc, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IBCShow, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Latens and GMI Partner to Offer Cable Operators a Highly Secure and Flexible Set Top Solution
Aug 20, 2008 – Latens and Good Mind Industries (GMI) have announced that they have successfully partnered to offer a highly secure, cost effective set top box (STB) solution for operators of DVB-C networks.
News categories: Latens, Good Mind Industries, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IBCShow, Set Top Box

Alcatel-Lucent supports launch of world's first commercial trial of mobile TV service based on the Open Mobile Alliance's BCAST Smartcard Profile
Aug 20, 2008 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced its support for the world's first commercial trial of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)'s new BCAST Smartcard Profile by MobileOne (M1) and MediaCorp in Singapore.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, MobileOne, MediaCorp, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DRM, Mobile, Singapore