Conditional Access (CA) News

Kabel BW Selects NDS Content Protection for its Cable Service in Germany
Mar 3, 2007 – NDS has announced that Kabel BW has chosen to protect its digital cable offering with VideoGuard®, NDS’ world leading conditional access solution which secures service revenues of more than $32 billion worldwide. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Germany

Strategic partners Irdeto and Huawei sign IPTV contract with Pakistan's PTCL
Feb 28, 2007 – Irdeto (JSE:NPN) and Huawei Technologies have jointly announced that they have signed an agreement with Pakistan Telecommunication Co Ltd (PTCL) to provide an end-to-end IPTV solution to the 1 tier telecom operator.
News categories: Irdeto, Huawei, PTCL, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, Pakistan

Gateway Chooses NDS Content Protection for New African DTH Service
Feb 26, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that it has been selected by Gateway Communications to provide a security system, featuring its VideoGuard® conditional access (CA), for GTV its newly created satellite TV service for Sub-Saharan Africa.
News categories: NDS Group, GTV, Botswana, Burundi, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, Satellite, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

The Kudelski Group achieves strongest-ever financial results in 2006
Feb 16, 2007 – The Kudelski Group (SWX KUD.VX) has announced strongest-ever 2006 results. For the first time, Digital TV broke the CHF 500 million revenue mark, with a particularly robust development in Europe, growing by 17% compared to the previous year.
News categories: Kudelski, Belgium, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Czech Republic, Digital TV, France, Hungary, IPTV, Italy, Latin America, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Middleware, Mobile, Poland, Results, Romania, Satellite, Semiconductor, Slovakia, Spain, Streaming, USA

Kudelski Group will provide full end-to-end solutions to YPSO/Numéricâble
Feb 16, 2007 – The Kudelski Group (SWX Swiss Exchange: KUD) has announced that YPSO/Numéricâble has selected Kudelski Group technology for the national rollout of its Video-On-Demand (VOD) and interactive cable TV services.
News categories: Kudelski, Numéricâble, Belgium, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, France, Luxembourg, Middleware

Irdeto Participates in First Joint Mobile TV Trial in Spain
Feb 14, 2007 – Irdeto has announced the successful conclusion of laboratory trials of the Irdeto Mobile Broadcast conditional access system with Abertis Telecom.
News categories: Irdeto, Abertis Telecom, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Mobile, MWC24, Spain

S3 and Irdeto bring DVB-H connectivity to the PC market
Feb 12, 2007 – Silicon & Software Systems Ltd. (S3 and Irdeto, a subsidiary of multinational media group Naspers (NASDAQ: NPSN and JSE: NPN), have announced a technology breakthrough that allows operators to deliver Mobile TV, via a DVB-H network, to both desktop and laptop PCs using commonly available components.
News categories: Irdeto, S3, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24

NDS And RRD Integrate VideoGuard® Conditional Access for Mobile TV, Including Full Simulcrypt Capability
Feb 12, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) together with RRD have announced the successful integration of NDS' VideoGuard Mobile™ Conditional Access (CA) with RRD's DVB-H backend.
News categories: NDS Group, RRD, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Mobile, MWC24

Irdeto enables secure, integrated mobile TV chipsets globally with semiconductor partners
Feb 12, 2007 – Irdeto has announced that it has licensed the Irdeto Mobile Broadcast Conditional Access (CA) solution to the world-leading mobile multimedia chipset manufacturers, Core Logic, Mtekvision and Telechips, to secure mobile broadcasting for device manufacturers worldwide.
News categories: Irdeto, Telechips, MtekVision, Core Logic, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor