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

Irdeto Delivers First CI+ CAM To The Marketplace
Apr 20, 2009 – Irdeto has announced that the first Common Interface Plus (CI+) Conditional Access Module (CAM) will be commercially available in May 2009. Ziggo, the leading Dutch cable television operator, is Irdeto's inaugural customer.
News categories: Irdeto, Ziggo, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, NABShow, Netherlands

NAB Launch of Civolution Internet Services for On-line media distribution
Apr 16, 2009 – Civolution has announced the launch of Civolution Internet Services, a monitoring and monetization service suite which ensures that all stakeholders in online media can manage video assets.
News categories: Civolution, Content Protection, NABShow, Streaming

SIDSA seeks further expansion in Latin America
Apr 16, 2009 – SIDSA will be looking to Latin America at NAB. The company has carried out DVB trials, both DVB-T and DVB-H, in countries such as Peru, Argentina, Ecuador, Colombia, Uruguay and Panama, with plans to lead other DVB projects in the region.
News categories: SIDSA, Argentina, Colombia, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Ecuador, Latin America, Mobile, NABShow, Panama, Peru, Terrestrial, Uruguay

MRG IPTV Report Mixes Continued Growth with Volatility
Apr 13, 2009 – MRG has announced new leaders in the Global IPTV Market Leaders Report - March 2009. Continuing growth of subscribers is reflected by increased deployments of IPTV products in Europe, Asia, Rest of World, and especially in North America.
News categories: MRG, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box

Spain begins pay-DTT licensing
Apr 8, 2009 – Private national television operators in Spain may now apply to the Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio to alter their broadcasting licence to allow them to offer digital terrestrial pay-TV services.
News categories: Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio, Conditional Access, Spain, Terrestrial

CoreTrust secures ART Satellite Hybrid IP-VOD
Apr 6, 2009 – CoreTrust conditional access 'CoreCrypt for IPTV' will secure the content of the Satellite Hybrid IP-VOD service that will be launched later this year by ART (Arab Radio and Television Network) in the Middle East region.
News categories: CoreTrust, ART, Algeria, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Satellite, Saudi Arabia, Syria

Irdeto enables North American MSOs to make every TV Digital Cable Ready
Apr 1, 2009 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced the launch of its Universal Client DTA security solution for the North American cable industry. Irdeto has ported the Universal Client to the Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) BCM3545 DTA system-on-a-chip (SoC).
News categories: Irdeto, Broadcom, Cloakware, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA

NDS Teams Up with HCL to Offer Solutions to India's Cable TV Operators
Mar 31, 2009 – NDS Group has announced a tie-up with HCL Infosystems, India's premier information enabling, ICT system integration company, to enable local cable TV operators to launch digital services and increase their market share.
News categories: NDS Group, HCL Infosystems, Cable TV, Conditional Access, India, Middleware

NDS Supplies Security, Middleware and Interactive TV Solution for AT&T CruiseCast
Mar 27, 2009 – RaySat Broadcasting Corporation (RBC) and NDS have announced that RBC has chosen NDS to enable the secure delivery of the AT&T (NYSE:T) CruiseCast mobile TV service, an exciting new source of entertainment for people on the road.
News categories: NDS Group, RaySat Broadcasting, AT&T, Automotive, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA