Conditional Access (CA) News

Irdeto to Secure First Ukrainian Satellite DTH Service
Sep 7, 2007 – Irdeto has announced that Ukrainian satellite operator Poverkhnost has selected its Irdeto Digital TV content security solution to secure the country's first direct-to-home (DTH) network.
News categories: Irdeto, Poverkhnost, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IBCShow, Satellite, Ukraine

Nagravision Mobile TV Service Protection System integrated in Alcatel-Lucent Mobile Interactive TV platform for DVB-H and DVB-SH
Sep 7, 2007 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Nagravision, a Kudelski Group (SWX:KUD) company, have announced the successful integration of Nagravision's Nagra Mobile conditional access system with the Alcatel-Lucent Mobile Interactive TV platform.
News categories: Conditional Access, Digital TV, IBCShow, Mobile

Kudelski Group to Enhance and Secure New HDTV PVR and Push-Video-on-Demand Satellite Service for CanalDigitaal and TV-Vlaanderen
Sep 7, 2007 – The Kudelski Group (SWX Swiss Exchange: KUD) has announced that CanalDigitaal and TV-Vlaanderen have selected a suite of Kudelski Group products to enhance and secure their new high definition television (HDTV) subscription video-on-demand (S-VOD) service scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2008.
News categories: Belgium, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, IBCShow, Middleware, Netherlands, Satellite

Conax Conditional Access integrates Thomson's NexGuard watermarking and tracking solution
Sep 7, 2007 – Conax has announced that they will integrate Thomson's watermarking solution, NexGuard, into their security products.
News categories: Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, TV Services, Watermarking

Neotion is introducing the newer generation MPEG-4 decoder chip: the NP4+
Sep 6, 2007 – Neotion developed the concept of a credit card sized MPEG-4 decoder that plugs into IDTVs and set-top boxes that have a Common Interface (DVB-CI) slot. The new NP4+ processor is their latest SoC that combines MPEG-4 decoding, MPEG-2 transcoding and security modes for use in such modules.
News categories: Conditional Access, Digital TV, IBCShow, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, TV Services

Latens to Secure du IPTV Services
Sep 6, 2007 – Latens has announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Dubai-based telco, du, to protect its IPTV service. du, the new telecom operator in United Arab Emirates (UAE), has acquired over 500,000 customers. This represents more than 10% of the UAE population within less than a year of its launch of operations.
News categories: Broadband, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, IPTV, Set Top Box, UAE

Nagravision and Kudelski Group Affiliated Companies to Demonstrate Innovative End-to-End Solutions for Broadcast, Broadband and Mobile TV at IBC2007
Sep 6, 2007 – Nagravision is demonstrating end-to-end solutions for broadcast, broadband and mobile TV at IBC2007 from September 7 -11, 2007 in Amsterdam.
News categories: Broadband, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, DRM, IBCShow, Middleware, Mobile, Semiconductor, TV Services, Watermarking

Conax Conditional Access to Incorporate Cinea's Running Marks Watermarking Technology
Sep 6, 2007 – Conax has announced that it would integrate Running Marks™ watermarking technology licensed from Cinea, Inc., a subsidiary of Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB), into its security products.
News categories: Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, TV Services, Watermarking

Cinea and Viaccess Unveil an Integrated Security Offering With Forensic Watermarking Running on TI DaVinci Technology
Sep 5, 2007 – Cinea, a subsidiary of Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB), and Viaccess have announced that they will jointly offer an integrated forensic watermarking solution to broadcast and broadband networks, encompassing Cinea's watermarking technology, TI's DaVinci chipsets, and Viaccess' Conditional Access.
News categories: Broadband, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, Semiconductor, TV Services, Watermarking