Content Protection (conditional access, DRM, watermarking, …) News

Samsung & SMIT launch IDTV+CAM with AVG in Vietnam
May 21, 2014 – An Vien Television (AVG), SMIT and Samsung have announced that they are cooperating to provide an IDTV+CAM solution for Vietnam. The solution consists of Samsung's IDTVs, AVG's HDTV programming and SMiT's CAM.
News categories: SMiT Corp, Samsung, An Vien, Tran Cong So, Brenda Bai, CAM, Smart TV, Vietnam

NEOTION shows CI Plus 1.3 CAM ecosystem at ANGACOM2014
May 21, 2014 – At ANGA COM, NEOTION is demonstrating that by using the CI Plus 1.3 Specific Application Support (SAS) resource in its CAM, live TV and broadband based services can be combined within a single offer.
News categories: NEOTION, ANGA COM, CAM, HbbTV, Smart TV, Worldwide

S&T provides security for OTT premium content on UK Freeview
May 20, 2014 – Strategy & Technology has built on its established Bastion security system to develop Bastion Pro. It is currently the only security offering for Freeview HD TVs that provides hardware authentication, thus enabling protection of premium content.
News categories: Strategy & Technology, David Cutts, CAM, Content Protection, Digital TV, Streaming, Terrestrial, UK

Liberty Global selects Irdeto Rights to secure video services on consumer devices
May 20, 2014 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced a new deployment of Irdeto Rights with Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK). Liberty Global will be using Irdeto Rights to deliver content securely to IP devices.
News categories: Irdeto, Liberty Global, Graham Kill, Cable TV, Content Protection, Digital TV, Europe, TV Everywhere

Cubiware integrates CubiTV with Verimatrix VCAS revenue security
May 19, 2014 – Cubiware has announced the integration of the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) with Cubiware’s CubiTV hybrid middleware for set-top boxes (STBs).
News categories: Cubiware, Verimatrix, Jakub Górski, Steve Oetegenn, Content Protection, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Verimatrix to secure Wananchi OTT services
May 19, 2014 – Verimatrix has extended its partnership with the Wananchi Group to secure the revenues of Zuku TV across DTH satellite, digital cable and IP-over-GPON networks, and later this year via over-the-top video services.
News categories: Verimatrix, Wananchi, Richard Alden, Steve Oetegenn, ANGA COM, Content Protection, Digital TV, Kenya, Streaming

Boxer TV to launch multiscreen with Viaccess-Orca
May 14, 2014 – Viaccess-Orca has announced that Boxer TV, the Swedish pay-TV operator, has selected the company’s TV Everywhere solution to extend its DTT and on-demand service offering into the multiscreen environment.
News categories: Viaccess-Orca, Boxer TV, Roland Svensson, François Moreau de Saint Martin, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DRM, Middleware, Mobile, Sweden, Terrestrial, TV Everywhere

ER-Telecom announces new STB from Humax
May 12, 2014 – Russia's ER-Telecom has announced the availability of a new set-top box for its Dom.ru TV service. The box, manufactured by Humax, offers access via mobile as well as video-on-demand and content search.
News categories: ER-Telecom, Humax, Cable TV, Content Protection, Digital TV, Mobile, Russia, Set Top Box, TV Everywhere

Entropic STB SoCs complete Conax certification
Apr 30, 2014 – Entropic (Nasdaq:ENTR) has announced that it has completed the integration of the Conax conditional access core module into its advanced line of multimedia set-top box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC) products.
News categories: Entropic, Conax, Hans Kwaaitaal, Matt Rhodes, Content Protection, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide