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

Microsoft Launches New Worldwide Platform for Broadcast TV on the PC
Sep 12, 2008 – At IBC2008, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) announced it has delivered to the marketplace its Protected Broadcast Driver Architecture (PBDA), Microsoft's new worldwide platform for broadcast TV on the PC.
News categories: Microsoft, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, Media Player, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Streaming

The Kudelski Group continues its fight against piracy initiatives
Sep 11, 2008 – A court in Frankfurt-am-Main in Germany has prohibited Heinrich Zehnder from importing, possessing, or marketing a model of TV decoders containing an electronic mechanism that makes possible the circumvention of conditional access systems.
News categories: Kudelski, Heinrich Zehnder, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Germany, Set Top Box

CANAL+ Launches the World's First HD Digital Terrestrial USB Key Decoder for Pay TV
Sep 11, 2008 – Vivendi (Paris: VIV) subsidiary CANAL+, Nagravision (SWX:KUD.VX), and SmarDTV have joined forces to successfully deliver the world's first HD digital terrestrial (DTT) USB key decoder for pay television viewing on personal computers.
News categories: Nagravision, SmarDTV, LA CLE CANAL+, Conditional Access, Digital TV, France, IBCShow, Peripherals / Accessories, Terrestrial

Verimatrix and NEOTION Team to Deliver Advanced CI Card Solutions
Sep 11, 2008 – Verimatrix has announced ViewRight™ CI, an integrated DVB-CI solution combining NEOTION's secure CI card and MPEG-4 transcoding silicon with security features from Verimatrix's ViewRight core and VideoMark™ forensic watermarking.
News categories: Verimatrix, NEOTION, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Watermarking

Verimatrix Extends Advantages of Software-based Content Security to One-Way Pay-TV Networks
Sep 11, 2008 – Verimatrix has announced VCAS™ for DVB 2.0, which extends the reach of its multiple layered security architecture to digital broadcast content in satellite, cable and terrestrial broadcast networks where no direct return path is available.
News categories: Verimatrix, Conditional Access, Content Protection, IBCShow

China Digital TV and ViXS Systems Announce a Secure Digital Video Broadcast Solution for Chinese PC Market
Sep 11, 2008 – ViXS Systems and China Digital TV Holding (NYSE:STV) have announced the launch of a line of smartcard secured, DVB-C PC tuner products to serve digital cable customers in China, allowing users to turn their PCs into high-definition home theaters.
News categories: ViXS Systems, China Digital TV, Cable TV, CAM, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor

Gemalto Combines SIM Card and DVD to Facilitate Mobile Internet Use for WIND Subscribers in Italy
Sep 11, 2008 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) has announced that it is providing Italian mobile operator WIND with Smart Video Card, a technological breakthrough that embeds a DVD-compliant optical disc into the card body of a regular SIM card.
News categories: Gemalto, WIND, CAM, Digital TV, DVD, IBCShow, Italy, Mobile

Advancing Security Innovation for Converged Media Distribution, SecureMedia Introduces SecureCast™
Sep 11, 2008 – SecureMedia has announced SecureCast™. With the addition of SecureCast, the Encryptonite ONE System provides a unified content security system for hybrid pay TV services combining IPTV services with broadcast DVB services.
News categories: SecureMedia, Conditional Access, Content Protection, IBCShow

Latens ECO 4.0 Integrated with ADB Set Top Boxes for High Quality TV viewing experience
Sep 10, 2008 – Latens and Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) (SWX:ADBN) have announce the successful integration of Latens ECOsystem (ECO) 4.0 with the ADB 5810 series of set-top boxes (STB), delivering a state of the art TV viewing experience.
News categories: Latens, ADB, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box