Conditional Access (CA) News

NXP Semiconductors is one of the First to Introduce Nagravision Conditional Access API to its STB chipsets
Aug 8, 2007 – NXP Semiconductors has announced that it has achieved NOCS certification from Nagravision, a Kudelski Group (SWX:KUD) company, on its PNX8330 chipset, answering the pay-TV industry demand for compliance with a leading security platform. In addition, NXP is one of the first semiconductor companies to support the Nagravision, NOCS dedicated, application programming interface (API) which will shorten development time for faster time-to-market of new set-top box (STB) devices.
News categories: Conditional Access, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

KT Launches Mega TV Utilizing NDS Content Protection
Aug 6, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that it has been selected by KT as the provider of content protection solutions for the company's Mega TV service, as KT announces commercial launch of the service.
News categories: Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Korea

Taiwanese Satellite STB Shipments to Reach 5.6 Million in 2007
Jul 27, 2007 – According to MIC, Taiwanese digital satellite set-top box shipment volume is expected to reach 3.2 million units in the second half of 2007. In the full-year, volume is expected to amount to 5.6 million units, up 20% in comparison with 2006.
News categories: Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Taiwan

OpenTV expands its solutions offering with Casema
Jul 26, 2007 – OpenTV (NASDAQ GM: OPTV) has announced that Casema, one of the Netherlands' leading cable providers, has selected OpenTV to provide solutions enabling its new high definition, interactive digital television services.
News categories: Broadband, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Netherlands, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Telenor Second Quarter 2007: Continued good performance
Jul 24, 2007 – Revenues in the Canal Digital Group increased primarily due to higher number of subscribers and higher number of additional services. Revenues and EBITDA in Transmission & Encryption increased due to higher sales of pay TV conditional access cards.
News categories: Telenor, 2Q07 Report, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial

North American Free-To-Air Set-Top Boxes: It's A Big Biz
Jul 22, 2007 – FTA pirates tapping into Echostar's DISH Network service and Canada's Bell ExpressVU system, have now distributed their illegal services and products to an estimated two million illegal TV Households, according to the Carmel Group.
News categories: Carmel Group, Canada, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Market Research, North America, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

Irdeto and Brand-ID Create Integrated Pre-Paid TV Solution
Jul 19, 2007 – Irdeto and Brand-ID Europe have teamed to integrate Irdeto content security solutions with the CHKVIEW payment service, which supports a full range of pre-paid business models for digital TV, IPTV and mobile environments.
News categories: Irdeto, Brand-ID, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Mobile

NDS to Integrate Simulcrypt Synchronizer into MediaFLO System
Jul 16, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced an agreement with QUALCOMM (Nasdaq: QCOM) to begin integration of the NDS Simulcrypt Synchronizer (SCS) into QUALCOMM's MediaFLO multiplexer software reference platform.
News categories: Conditional Access, Digital TV, Mobile, Smart TV

Verizon Set-Top RFP Could Be Worth Billions
Jul 13, 2007 – Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) has put out a huge request for proposal (RFP) seeking "next-generation" set-tops and conditional access technologies that could be valued in the multibillion-dollar range.
News categories: Conditional Access, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Set Top Box, USA