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

CMMB mobile TV market shrinking
Jul 9, 2009 – According to DigiTimes, the CMMB mobile TV market in China has been rapidly shrinking since the introduction of conditional access at the end of last year.
News categories: China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Subscribers

Parasat Cable TV goes digital in Mindanao
Jul 8, 2009 – Mindanao cable television operator, Parasat Cable TV, has launched its digital television platform in Cagayan de Oro City, a first in the Philippines outside Metro Manila.
News categories: Parasat Cable TV, Transparent Video Systems, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Philippines

TechniSat Digital expands range of STBs for Cyfrowy Dom's 'Telewizja na kartę'
Jul 2, 2009 – TechniSat Digital is now offering two new set-top-boxes for Poland's Telewizja na kartę, completing the range of satellite receivers for the biggest pre-paid platform in Central Europe.
News categories: TechniSat, Telewizja na kartę, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Poland, Satellite, Set Top Box

Embratel Selects Nagravision New Generation CA System
Jul 2, 2009 – Nagravision (SWX:KUD) has announced that its conditional access (CA) system has been selected by Embratel (BMV: TELINT; NYSE: TII; LATIBEX: XTII), Brazil's second largest telecommunications company, for its DTH service.
News categories: Nagravision, Embratel, Via Embratel, Brazil, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Satellite, Set Top Box

UTStarcom a Leader in China, India IPTV Markets
Jun 30, 2009 – UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) was named the leading Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) provider in Asia in Multimedia Research Group's (MRG, Inc.) latest Global IPTV Market Leaders Report.
News categories: UTStarcom, Multimedia Research Group, Asia, China, Content Distribution, Content Protection, India, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box, Subscribers

TelstraClear Partners with Top Developers for Personal Video Recorder
Jun 22, 2009 – TelstraClear (ASX:TLS) has contracted Digisoft and Verimatrix to deliver a next generation personal video recorder (PVR) for its cable customers. The companies will jointly develop a hybrid HD DVB-C set-top box with PVR, IPTV and supporting services.
News categories: Verimatrix, Digisoft, TelstraClear, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, New Zealand, Set Top Box

Multimedia Polska grows to 100,000 digital TV subscribers
Jun 22, 2009 – Latens has announced that Multimedia Polska's hybrid DVB-C and IPTV service - secured by Latens software-only Conditional Access - has reached 100,000 subscribers.
News categories: Latens, Multimedia Polska, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, IPTV, Middleware, Poland, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Verimatrix Selected to Secure CANTV Pay-TV Service in Venezuela
Jun 17, 2009 – Verimatrix has announced CANTV as the latest Americas customer to select the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for IPTV. CANTV plans to offer IPTV services with 140 channels to 67,000 subscribers.
News categories: Verimatrix, CANTV, BroadcastAsia, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Venezuela

Beltelecom Deploys Verimatrix Content Security to Protect IPTV Service
Jun 16, 2009 – Verimatrix has announced the deployment of the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for IPTV with Beltelecom, a National Telecommunications Operator of the Republic of Belarus.
News categories: Verimatrix, Beltelecom, ZTE, Belarus, BroadcastAsia, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV