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

India's KCCL deploys Cardless security from Conax on ALi chipset
Jan 7, 2014 – Conax has announced that Kerala Communicators Cable has entered a pilot project to deploy Conax Cardless security. KCCL is a consortium of over 3000 independent cable TV networks in Kerala, South India.
News categories: Conax, KCCL, ALi Corp, Nassir Hassan Anwar, Tom Jahr, Tony Chang, Cable TV, Content Protection, Digital TV, India, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Irdeto and Envivio team up to secure and deliver live OTT content
Jan 6, 2014 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced a new partnership with Envivio (NASDAQ: ENVI) that will better enable operators to streamline live channels over-the-top (OTT) across multi-screen platforms and devices.
News categories: Irdeto, Envivio, Paul Ragland, Olivier Milet, Chris Santini, CES2025, Content Protection, Digital TV, Streaming

ADB is first to market with MPEG-DASH implementation
Jan 6, 2014 – ADB (SIX: ADBN) has announced that it is first to market with a commercial MPEG-DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) implementation, making standardised video delivery via the internet a reality for the first time.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Tivù, Alberto Sigismondi, Peter Balchin, Digital TV, DRM, Italy, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming

Broadcom first set-top box SoC certified for differential power analysis resistance
Dec 19, 2013 – Cryptography Research (NASDAQ:RMBS) and Riscure have announced the certification of Broadcom’s set-top box silicon under their Differential Power Analysis (DPA) countermeasure validation program.
News categories: Cryptography Research, Riscure, Broadcom, Dan Marotta, Benjamin Jun, Pascal Van Gimst, Content Protection, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Mediaset launches Infinity OTT on Tivùon! platform with Intertrust DRM
Dec 17, 2013 – Mediaset and Intertrust have announced that Mediaset’s new Infinity Over the Top (OTT) television service has launched using Intertrust’s ExpressPlay Digital Rights Management (DRM) platform to protect valuable video content.
News categories: Intertrust, Mediaset, Tivù, Alberto Sigismondi, Talal Shamoon, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DRM, Italy, Streaming

Hrvatski Telekom deploys SmarDTV SmarCAM-3.5 CI Plus modules
Dec 16, 2013 – SmarDTV (SIX:KUD.S) has announced that Croatian Telecom has deployed its SmarCAM-3.5 conditional access modules (CAM) in its network in Croatia.
News categories: SmarDTV, Hrvatski Telekom, Željko Stunković, Eric Chaubert, CAM, Croatia, Digital TV, Satellite, Smart TV

ALi secure STB chipset receives NOCS certification from NAGRA
Dec 16, 2013 – ALi Corporation (3041.TW) has announced that its latest generation of advanced security STB chipset has achieved NOCS certification from NAGRA (SIX:KUD.S).
News categories: ALi Corp, NAGRA, Maurice van Riek, Daniel Huang, Content Protection, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

NEOTION deploys the first Cardless CAM in MENA for My‐HD
Dec 13, 2013 – My‐HD, a satellite pay TV platform in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has selected NEOTION as a technical partner for the launch of their latest premium high definition offer.
News categories: NEOTION, My‐HD, Steven Deschryver, CAM, Digital TV, Middle-East, Satellite, Set Top Box

India's Fastway orders 1 million Conax secure clients
Dec 9, 2013 – Conax has announced that Fastway Transmissions is upgrading to its Conax Contego™ platform. Additionally, the Indian MSO has signed a contract for 1 million additional clients from Conax to position for capitalizing on the next phase of digitization in Northern India.
News categories: Conax, Fastway, Digital Telemedia, Gurdeep Singh, Are Mathisen, Huang Wei, Cable TV, Content Protection, Digital TV, India