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

OMVC Selects Neustar to Provide Secure and Reliable Infrastructure for Mobile Digital TV
Mar 9, 2011 – The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC) has announced it has selected Neustar to provide the Mobile DTV Trust Authority with the infrastructure necessary to deliver live, digital broadcast TV content to various mobile video-enabled devices.
News categories: Open Mobile Video Coalition, Neustar, Content Distribution, Content Protection, DRM, Mobile, Portable, Streaming, Tablet, USA

New IIF Standards Address Content on Demand and Managing the Trust Hierarchy
Mar 8, 2011 – ATIS has announced the release of two standards created by the ATIS IPTV Interoperability Forum (IIF) - the IPTV Content on Demand Service (ATIS-0800042) and the Managing the IIF Trust Hierarchy Interoperability Specification (ATIS-0800023).
News categories: IPTV Interoperability Forum, Content Protection, IPTV, Middleware, Streaming

Tivù and Intertrust to Provide Marlin DRM Services for the Italian Internet TV Market
Mar 8, 2011 – Tivù and Intertrust have announced a partnership to create Marlin Digital Rights Management (DRM) based services for Italian broadcasters wishing to create 'over the top' Internet TV channels.
News categories: Intertrust, Tivù, Content Protection, DRM, DVB-MHP, Italy, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

Verimatrix Hardened Device Security Now Available on Leading ALi Chipsets
Mar 6, 2011 – Verimatrix and ALi Corporation (TPE:3041) have announced that the M3383 and M3603 advanced security conditional access (CA)-enabled STB SoC solutions are now available with hardened Verimatrix ViewRight® STB for DVB client security.
News categories: Verimatrix, ALi Corp, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

CryptoWorks End of Life
Mar 2, 2011 – On 31st December 2012 Irdeto will no longer provide maintenance or support for the Cryptoworks system. After this date, Irdeto will not provide support for CryptoWorks.
News categories: Irdeto, Conditional Access

Starmax HD, Spain's New HDTV Platform, Launches With GlobeCast
Mar 1, 2011 – Starmax HD has chosen GlobeCast to provide aggregation, encryption, and delivery of the full bouquet of channels broadcast to households across Spain. The Starmax platform uses set-top boxes from Ferguson, and viewer access cards from Conax.
News categories: GlobeCast, Starmax HD, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Satellite, Set Top Box, Spain

Telmex Colombia to move cable system to DVB-C
Mar 1, 2011 – According to NexTV Latam, the winners of Telmex Colombia's tender for its move to a digital cable system based on DVB-C are Compunicate for the headend and conditional access, and Skyworth for the first set-top boxes.
News categories: Telmex, Compunicate, Skyworth, Cable TV, Colombia, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, Set Top Box

Irdeto Launches ActiveCloak for Media: Dynamic Security Solution to Combat Digital Entertainment Piracy
Feb 28, 2011 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has launched ActiveCloak for Media, the first and only dynamic security solution to protect and monetize high-value digital entertainment assets throughout their entire lifecycle and across a wide range of consumer devices.
News categories: Irdeto, Content Protection, Gaming, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Tablet

Nagra announces 2010 annual results
Feb 24, 2011 – The Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.S) has announced its 2010 annual results. Group total revenues rose by 7.6%, driven by strong growth in the Digital TV division, with weaker growth rates in the Middleware and Advertising and Public Access segments.
News categories: Nagra, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming