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

NDS VideoGuard® Provides Successful Content Protection to Telecom Italia's IPTV Service
Sep 22, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) currently supplies the IPTV service of Telecom Italia (Italy:TIT)(NYSE:TI) with NDS VideoGuard®, a conditional access (CA) and DRM technology which provides content protection for both broadcast TV and Video on Demand (VOD).
News categories: NDS, Telecom Italia, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Italy

Viaccess, LG Electronics, Enensys, Expway and Sagem Orga Launch a New Offer to Secure the Broadcast TV Mobile Market
Sep 22, 2008 – Viaccess (Paris:FTE)(NYSE:FTE) has announced a partnership with LG Electronics (Seoul:066570), Enensys (Paris: MLENS), Expway and Sagem Orga (Paris:SAF) to secure access to mobile broadcast TV based on the OMA BCAST SmartCard Profile Standard.
News categories: Viaccess, LG Electronics, Expway, ENENSYS, Sagem Orga, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IBCShow, Middleware, Mobile

Conax with extra level of content security through Chipset Pairing
Sep 14, 2008 – Conax has announced Chipset Pairing, a technology that provides operators and content providers with an additional level of security, ensuring that specified content is released only to the client devices supporting Conax Chipset Pairing.
News categories: Conax, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Cinea Extends Running Marks Watermarking Solution with Perceptible ID Feature
Sep 12, 2008 – Cinea (NYSE: DLB) has announced an Enhanced Revenue Protection extension to its Running Marks™ watermarking. The extension enables the discreet display of the set-top box identifier (STB ID), known as Perceptible ID, on the video display.
News categories: Cinea, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, Set Top Box, Watermarking

SMiT to deliver a terrestrial HD STB operated by IWEDIA's Comedia middleware and secured by Viaccess' ACS 3.0
Sep 12, 2008 – SMiT, a provider of digital TV devices and a well-known supplier of Viaccess CAMs, has announced that it will be delivering a terrestrial high-definition set-top box operated by IWEDIA's Comedia middleware and secured by Viaccess' ACS 3.0.
News categories: IWEDIA, Viaccess, SMiT, Conditional Access, IBCShow, Middleware, Set Top Box, Sweden, Terrestrial

T-Mobile Selects SafeBSF from SafeNet for Mobile TV Platform
Sep 12, 2008 – SafeNet has announced that after extensive testing, T-Mobile Czech Republic has selected SafeNet's SafeBSF SIM-based authentication for its DVB-H mobile TV trial platform.
News categories: SafeNet, T-Mobile Czech Republic, Content Protection, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IBCShow, Mobile

Industry Leaders to Create Global Standard Enabling 'Buy Once, Play Anywhere' Consumer Experience for Digital Media
Sep 12, 2008 – A consortium of more than 20 leading companies have announced the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE), a digital media framework that will enable consumers to acquire and play content across a wide range of services and devices.
News categories: Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Streaming

Cinea, Harmonic, and NDS Developing Integrated Solution for VOD Markets
Sep 12, 2008 – Cinea (NYSE: DLB), Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) and NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) have announced that they are developing an integrated VOD solution which harnesses Cinea's Running Marks™ watermarking, Harmonic's VOD, and NDS's VideoGuard® conditional access.
News categories: Cinea, Harmonic Inc, NDS Group, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, Watermarking

Nagravision Secures Commercial DVB-H Services for Alsumaria TV
Sep 12, 2008 – Nagravision (SWX:KUD.VX) has announced that Alsumaria TV, the Iraqi Satellite Network, has selected Nagravision's conditonal access system (CAS) for its DVB-H services.
News categories: Nagravision, Alsumaria, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Iraq, Mobile