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

Viaccess Selected to Protect Skynindo's Premium Pay TV Services in Indonesia
Jun 22, 2011 – Viaccess (Paris: FTE; NYSE: FTE) has announced that its content security solutions were selected by Skynet Indonesia, Skynindo, to protect its TV offering to subscribers in the region.
News categories: Viaccess, Skynindo, BroadcastAsia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DRM, Indonesia, Satellite

SeaChange and Civolution Announce Partnership for NexGuard Video Watermarking to Enable Premium VOD for Cable Services
Jun 22, 2011 – SeaChange International (NASDAQ: SEAC) and Civolution have announced a collaboration to offer NexGuard forensic watermarking for premium VOD, critical for cable operators looking to launch Home Premiere services.
News categories: Civolution, SeaChange, Cable TV, Content Protection, Watermarking

Vietnam's AVG chooses Conax for its new DTH and DTT platform
Jun 21, 2011 – Conax has announced a contract with Audio Visual Global (AVG) to deliver a high-end security solution for AVG's new direct-to-home (DTH) satellite and digital terrestrial television service in Vietnam.
News categories: Conax, An Vien Group, BroadcastAsia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Satellite, Terrestrial, Vietnam

Irdeto ActiveCloak™ for Media Protects Streaming Content on Toshiba's Connected TV
Jun 20, 2011 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced that Toshiba (Tokyo:6502) has decided to adopt Irdeto's dynamic security solution for its high-end Cinema Series high definition television (HDTV) sets.
News categories: Irdeto, Toshiba, Netflix, Content Protection, Digital TV, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

Tribunal orders DTH STB interoperability in India
Jun 19, 2011 – India's Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has called for laying down technology standards that would pave the way for technical and commercial interoperability of the Set Top Boxes (STBs) of Direct-To-Home (DTH) operators.
News categories: TDSAT, CAM, Digital TV, India, Regulation, Satellite, Set Top Box

Motorola Mobility Secures DTLA Approval for In-Home Content Streaming Technology
Jun 13, 2011 – Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) has announced that its Internet Protocol Rights Management-Home Network (IPRM-HN) technology passed the DTLA approval process, as an 'approved output and recording technology' for DTCP.
News categories: Motorola, DTLA, Content Protection, Set Top Box, Smart Home

NDS at The Cable Show 2011: Bridging the Next Generation TV Experience
Jun 9, 2011 – At The Cable Show NDS will be showcasing a range of technologies focused on delivering an advanced user experience across multiple-platforms; from multi-platform content delivery and protection to enabling contextual companion device experiences and OTT solutions.
News categories: NDS Group, Cable TV, Content Protection, Middleware

DStv Mobile Deploys Irdeto to Deliver Content to Viewers on the Go
Jun 6, 2011 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced that it is securing and delivering live TV to mobile devices for DStv Mobile. In partnership with Korean manufacturer Valups, Irdeto is delivering content from DStv Mobile to a variety of different devices on the go.
News categories: Irdeto, DStv, Valups, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Ghana, Kenya, Mobile, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa

Cablemás expands use of Conax security and Evolution set-top boxes
May 24, 2011 – In 2010, Mexico's Cablemás entered an agreement with Conax, and Evolution Digital. Now Cablemás is expanding their digital service offering to include IP video services using the Conax security platform and Evolution hybrid IP set-tops and DVRs.
News categories: Conax, Evolution Digital, Cablemás, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, Mexico, Set Top Box