Conditional Access (CA) News

IPR at the heart of Vietnam pay-TV growth
Jul 11, 2007 – The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has reaffirmed regional television industry support for the remarkable growth of the Vietnam pay-TV industry - recently at more than 50% per year.
News categories: CASBAA, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial, Vietnam

NDS Selected by Inteleca to Provide End-to-End Digital Cable Solution in Siberia
Jul 9, 2007 – NDS has announced that it has signed a contract with Inteleca, a triple-play operator in Siberia, Russia, to provide a VideoGuard Express system for the planned launch of Inteleca’s digital cable TV services in the region. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Russia, Set Top Box

NDS leads CA, but for how much longer?
Jul 1, 2007 – A Screen Digest study just published says News Corp-owned conditional access (CA) supplier NDS has a 47% market share, and is Europe’s largest supplier. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Star Telephone Deploys Verimatrix to Secure IPTV Network
Jun 19, 2007 – Verimatrix has announced that Star Telephone Membership Cooperative has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS(TM)) on its IPTV network. More …
News categories: Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, USA

Sun TV to use Irdeto's Digital TV Security Solution in Launch of Direct-to-Home Satellite Broadcasts Across India
Jun 18, 2007 – Irdeto has announced at CommunicAsia that it has signed an agreement with India's Sun Direct TV to protect Sun TV's new direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service.
News categories: Irdeto, Sun TV, BroadcastAsia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India, Satellite

Irdeto Conducts Sydney DVB-H trial
Jun 18, 2007 – Irdeto has partnered with Broadcast Australia, and head-end systems vendor Thomson in a DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld) trial in Sydney, Australia.
News categories: Australia, BroadcastAsia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Mobile

Irdeto and GIGA-BYTE Demonstrate DVB-H Pocket PC Phone
Jun 18, 2007 – Irdeto and GIGA-BYTE Communications have announced co-development of the Pocket PC GSmart t600 phone that is enabled to receive DVB-H signals. More …
News categories: BroadcastAsia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile

Chengdu Cable Selects Irdeto for its Digital Migration
Jun 18, 2007 – Irdeto has been selected by Chengdu Cable to accelerate the digital migration of its cable operations in Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan province. More …
News categories: BroadcastAsia, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV

FISION Deploys Latens CAS to Increase IPTV Security and Operational Flexibility
Jun 13, 2007 – Latens Systems has announced that its Latens FCAS solution has been deployed by Houston-based Optical Entertainment Network (OEN). Latens FCAS is protecting the IPTV component of the FISION Triple Play Plus Services(TM) bundle. More …
News categories: Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, USA