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

MRG announces new leaders in its Global IPTV Market Leaders Report
Oct 22, 2009 – MRG has announced new leaders in the Global IPTV Market Leaders Report -- October 2009 (MLR), which tracks the top 120 IPTV vendors in 24 regional sectors based on the installed base of 6 video systems products in over 800 IPTV Operations.
News categories: MRG, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box

Netris End-to-End OTT Solution Protected by SecureMedia Encryptonite ONE System
Oct 21, 2009 – SecureMedia and Netris have announced the latest addition to the IPSoft™ Interactive Digital TV family that provides an end-to-end cutting-edge solution for secured multimedia delivery over Internet.
News categories: SecureMedia, Netris, Content Protection, DRM, Streaming, Video Exchange

Slovak Telekom starts Magio TV DTH trial
Oct 16, 2009 – Slovak Telekom (Frankfurt: DTE, NYSE: DT) has taken preparatory steps towards launching satellite DTH in Slovakia. The company has registered the brand name MagioSat TV for the service and is running trials on the Amos 3 satellite at 4°W.
News categories: Slovak Telekom, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Satellite, Slovakia

Latens and GoDB Offer Solution for Indian Cable
Oct 6, 2009 – Latens has announced that its software CAS has been successfully integrated with GoDB Tech's middleware platform.
News categories: Latens, GoDB, Cable TV, Conditional Access, India, Middleware

ADB launches Mediaset Premium capable HD DTT STB in Italy
Oct 1, 2009 – ADB (SIX:ADBN) has announced the launch of its first high definition interactive digital terrestrial (DTT) set-top box for the Italian retail market that will also allow Italian football fans to watch Serie A in high definition.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Mediaset Premium, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, Italy, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Nagravision NOCS Security for Pay TV Licensed by Intel
Sep 24, 2009 – Nagravision (SIX:KUD.VX) has announced a strategic license agreement with Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) involving Nagravision On-Chip Security (NOCS) technology and Intel® CE media processors.
News categories: Nagravision, Intel Corp, Content Protection, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

My TV Africa pay-DTH launches in Kenya
Sep 21, 2009 – Remember TV Africa in conjunction with My TV Africa has launched a satellite delivered pay television service in Kenya. The My TV service is carried on the Intelsat 10 satellite (located at 68.5° East).
News categories: My TV Africa, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Kenya, Satellite, Set Top Box

Alcatel-Lucent provides Vodafone Portugal IPTV details
Sep 21, 2009 – The Vodafone (London:VOD) 'Casa TV' IPTV service in Portugal re-uses the network architecture developed with Alcatel-Lucent (Paris, NYSE: ALU) for providing broadband and voice services. The middleware and DRM are Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) products.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Vodafone, Gianluca Baini, Jorge Bento, Christine Heckart, Content Distribution, DRM, IPTV, Middleware, Portugal

Spain's Gol TV adds 15,000 pay DTT subscribers in first 18 days
Sep 21, 2009 – GOL TELEVISION, Spain's first DTT subscription channel, has reached the figure of 665,000 subscribers. 18 days after the launch of broadcasts as a TDT Premium channel, more than 15,000 people have signed up to the pay-DTT version.
News categories: Mediapro, Gol Televisión, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial