Conditional Access (CA) News

P&TLuxembourg Secures IPTV Service with Verimatrix VCAS
Oct 29, 2007 – Verimatrix has announced that P&TLuxembourg has chosen to secure its IPTV offering with Verimatrix's Video Content Authority System (VCAS™). P&TLuxembourg is using VCAS to protect both live broadcasts and Video-on-Demand (VoD) on its network.
News categories: Verimatrix, P&TLuxembourg, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Luxembourg

NDS Group plc Reports First Quarter Results
Oct 29, 2007 – NDS Group plc (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced its results for the first quarter ended September 30, 2007.
News categories: NDS Group, Full Release, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

China's Tianjin Cable Network Chooses NDS Solution to Secure Its New Digital Cable Service
Oct 29, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that Tianjin Broadcast & TV Network Co. Ltd has selected NDS VideoGuard® conditional access to protect its new digital cable service.
News categories: NDS Group, Tianjin Broadcast & TV Network, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR

Bharti Airtel Selects NDS To Protect and Power New Digital Satellite Service
Oct 28, 2007 – NDS has announced that it has been selected by Bharti Airtel to provide a suite of digital broadcasting solutions for the launch of the company's digital satellite service.
News categories: NDS Group, Bharti Airtel, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India, Middleware, Satellite

ADB & Latens Combine to Make High Quality HD PVR a Reality with Ultimate Secured STB Solution for IPTV
Oct 25, 2007 – Latens Systems and Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) have announced that Latens CA has been integrated with ADB's IPTV HD / PVR technology to provide a CA security and set-top box combination. The solution enables simultaneous recording and viewing of HD streams at up to 20 Mb/s.
News categories: Latens Systems, Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB), Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box

Renesas Technology Releases DVB-H CA Middleware Package for SH-Mobile Processor
Oct 24, 2007 – Renesas Technology has announced the DVB-H CA Middleware Package, software designed for the SH-Mobile application processor that implements descrambling of digital TV broadcasts for mobile phones in Europe.
News categories: Renesas, Hitachi, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, Semiconductor

NDS Launches Metro™ High Definition Digital Video Recorder with Amino; SES AMERICOM Announced as First Customer
Oct 24, 2007 – NDS (Nasdaq:NNDS) has introduced its High Definition Digital Video Recorder, an Amino AmiNET530 Set-Top Box (STB) powered by Metro middleware, for the IPTV market--a first for the OpenCA industry.
News categories: NDS Group, Amino, SES AMERICOM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

NDS Announces VideoGuard Express™ Now Available for the Indian Cable Market
Oct 23, 2007 – NDS has announced that it has launched a new solution for the Indian cable TV market. NDS VideoGuard Express™ delivers robust CAS security at a competitive price. The system has been pre-integrated with a set-top box and electronic programme guide (EPG) ready for fast deployment.
News categories: NDS Group, SCaT India, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India, Middleware, Set Top Box

Pay-TV pilot on DTT in Spain
Oct 23, 2007 – Six companies have joined forces to launch a pay-TV trial on Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) in the village of Alcázar de San Juan, with plans to introduce pre-paid pay-per-view content, mainly football events and films, throughout the country from next year.
News categories: Mediapro, Siemens, SIDSA, SDIdigital, Telecom Castilla La Mancha, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Spain, Terrestrial, TV Services