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

Open IPTV Forum Release 1.1 implementations on show at the IPTV World Forum
Mar 18, 2010 – The Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) booth (#233) at the IPTV World Forum in London will showcase technology solutions demonstrating elements of Release 1.1 of its specifications.
News categories: Open IPTV Forum, Content Protection, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Video Exchange

MobiTV Announces Multi-Screen, Cross-Platform DRM
Mar 18, 2010 – MobiTV is broadening support to its managed technology platform carriers and operator customers with a robust and secure DRM solution that enables users to store content on their mobile device and watch it offline wherever they want.
News categories: MobiTV, DRM, Mobile, Streaming

Verimatrix Secures ABS-CBN Pay-TV with Cardless Solution
Mar 15, 2010 – ABS-CBN International has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) on its DVB-S and IPTV networks. This marks the pay-TV industry's first major upgrade to cardless security for separate networks on a single security head-end.
News categories: Verimatrix, ABS-CBN, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Philippines, Satellite

STMicroelectronics Arms Pay-TV Industry in Battle Against Piracy
Mar 11, 2010 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) is sampling the first STB System-on-Chip (SoC) devices featuring advanced CryptoFirewall™ security helping to prevent hacking of pay-TV broadcast signals and enable faster, lower-cost development of new set-top box products.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Cryptography Research, Content Protection, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP

Latens and Coship offer solution for IPTV and Cable markets
Mar 10, 2010 – Latens has announced that they have signed a partnership agreement with Coship (Shenzhen:002052). The partners are to work together on delivering solutions based on Coship's range of set-top boxes (STBs) with Latens software CAS and ECO Middleware.
News categories: Latens, Coship, Cable TV, Conditional Access, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Video Exchange

Selevision Chooses Irdeto to Bring Interactive TV to the Middle East
Mar 8, 2010 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced that middleware and interactive TV technology provider Selevision has selected Irdeto's middleware solution and conditional access system (CAS) for its new High Definition Personal Video Recorders (HD PVRs).
News categories: Irdeto, Selevision, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Saudi Arabia, Set Top Box

Globo Selects Nagravision For TVDR Rural TV in Brazil
Mar 8, 2010 – Nagravision (SIX:KUD.VX) has announced that Brazilian TV network Rede Globo has selected Nagravision for its TVDR (Digital Television for Rural Areas) project. The project will replace millions of analogue receivers for HD-ready set-top boxes.
News categories: TVDR, Nagravision, Brazil, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Satellite, Set Top Box

Conax to Offer Advanced Global TV Platform With TiVo Software
Mar 8, 2010 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) and Conax have announced that they have partnered to offer a next generation DVB set-top box platform for deployment by television operators around the world.
News categories: Conax, TiVo Inc, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box

Viaccess and NEC Electronics Europe collaborate to offer Faster Time-To-Market
Mar 3, 2010 – Viaccess (Paris, NYSE: FTE) and NEC Electronics (TSE:6723) have announced their collaboration to offer Viaccess' conditional access incorporated in NEC Electronics' new EMMA™3SL/P system-on-chip (SoC), targeted at MPEG-4 HD hybrid set-top boxes.
News categories: NEC Electronics, Viaccess, Conditional Access, Semiconductor, Set Top Box