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

GlobeCast selects Viaccess OMA BCAST SCP solution for its DVB-H trial platform
Feb 13, 2009 – Viaccess (Paris & NYSE: FTE) has been selected by GlobeCast to provide its OMA BCAST Smartcard profile-based Mobile Broadcast service protection solution for use in a trial platform to faciliate the commercial launch of this technology in Europe.
News categories: Viaccess, CAM, DRM, Europe, Mobile

Leading TV Manufacturers Rely on TC TrustCenter to Implement the CI Plus Standard in Europe
Feb 13, 2009 – CI Plus LLP has announced the publication of the new CI Plus Common Interface Standard. To implement the necessary content protection mechanisms that are based on digital certificates, CI Plus has signed an exclusive contract with TC TrustCenter.
News categories: CI Plus, TrustCenter, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Europe, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Irdeto to Provide Mobile Content Protection to Indigo Mobile Technologies
Feb 11, 2009 – Irdeto has announced that Indigo Mobile Technologies will be deploying its OMA DRM client solution to protect its mobile content delivery platforms.
News categories: Irdeto, DRM, Mobile, MWC24

Irdeto Strengthens Mobile DRM Presence in Asia Pacific with ZTE Win
Feb 11, 2009 – Irdeto has announced that it has signed an agreement with ZTE Corporation to secure rich media content delivery using its OMA DRM client solutions.
News categories: Irdeto, ZTE, DRM, Mobile, MWC24

Telenor (Canal Digital) Fourth quarter and preliminary results for 2008
Feb 11, 2009 – Canal Digital (Oslo:TEL) revenues increased primarily due to a higher number of cable TV subscribers and higher sales of additional services both to cable and DTH subscribers. The number of DTH subscribers decreased by 12,000 during the quarter.
News categories: Telenor, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial

NDS End-to-End Solution Powers and Protects Mediascape's New Digital DTH Service for the Philippines
Feb 11, 2009 – NDS has announced that it has deployed a complete end-to-end pay-TV broadcast system for Cignal Digital TV, the new satellite-delivered digital TV platform in the Philippines recently launched by Mediascape.
News categories: NDS Group, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Philippines, Satellite

PacketVideo and Nagravision turn WiFi-enabled devices into mobile TVs
Feb 11, 2009 – Nagravision (SWX:KUD) and PacketVideo (PV) [NASDAQ: WAVE] have introduced the first conditional access (CA)-enabled version of the Telly device. Telly turns iPhones, WiFi-enabled phones, portable media players and PCs into mobile television sets.
News categories: Nagravision, PacketVideo, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24, Peripherals / Accessories, Portable, Smart Home, Smart TV, Tablet

Ocean Blue launches CI+ software products
Feb 10, 2009 – Ocean Blue Software has released its Sunrise CI+ software product. Sunrise CI+ enables the delivery of content in a secure way, adding value by enabling the branding of content, as well as assisting OEM/ODMs as they aim to reduce time-to-market.
News categories: Ocean Blue, CI Plus, Content Protection, Digital TV, Middleware, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV

CANTV of Venezuela chooses ZTE and Verimatrix for IPTV
Jan 29, 2009 – CANTV of Venezuela has chosen ZTE as the system integrator for its IPTV platform, due for launch at the end of 2009 or early 2010. ZTE will provide its own middleware, with set-top boxes coming from a variety of Asian manufacturers.
News categories: ZTE, Verimatrix, CANTV, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Venezuela