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

MultiChoice South Africa to launch HD service with Pace in time for 2008 Olympics
Aug 8, 2008 – Pace (LSE:PIC) is supplying its TDS850IMC HD personal video recorder (PVR) for the launch of MultiChoice South Africa's high definition (HD) service.
News categories: Pace plc, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, South Africa

Q2 2008: Premiere increases revenues to EUR 272.4 million
Aug 7, 2008 – As of June 30, 2008, Premiere (PRE.XE) had a total of 4,157,810 customers: 3,554,696 direct subscribers (June 30, 2007: 3,473,174) and 603,114 indirect arena customers.
News categories: Premiere AG, Austria, CAM, Conditional Access, Germany, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Chunghwa Video Services Demand Explodes with Premium HD and Olympics Content Secured By Widevine
Aug 6, 2008 – Widevine Technologies has announced that Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE: CHT) has purchased an additional 450,000 Cypher® Virtual SmartCard™ clients from Widevine to accommodate rapid expansion and in-home network proliferation with existing subscribers.
News categories: Widevine, Chunghwa Telecom, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Smart Home, Subscribers, Taiwan

China Digital TV Announces Unaudited Second Quarter 2008 Results
Aug 6, 2008 – China Digital TV (NYSE: STV) has announced its results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008. In the quarter, China Digital TV launched STV-RT10UP, a chip which enables PCs to support DVR and HDTV functions on three channels simultaneously.
News categories: China Digital TV Holding, Cable TV, CAM, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming

Premiere: Decisive phase in the fight against the organized theft of rights
Aug 5, 2008 – Premiere (PRE.XE) has developed and successfully tested an extensive security package together with its encryption partners NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) and Nagravision (SWX:KUD.VX) to ensure that all pirate viewers will be greeted with a blank screen soon.
News categories: Premiere AG, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Germany, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

NDS Group PLC Reports Fiscal Year 2008 Results
Aug 5, 2008 – NDS Group (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced its results for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008. 90.3 million active devices were protected by NDS conditional access technology and 92.5 million middleware clients were deployed at the end of the period.
News categories: NDS Group, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, DRM, DVR, IPTV, MandA, Market Research, Middleware, Mobile, Private Equity, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

Integrated Digital TV Shipments to Grow to 143 million. Is the Set-top Box Under Threat?
Aug 4, 2008 – IMS Research is forecasting that shipments of integrated digital TVs (iDTVs) will grow to 143 million in 2013, up from and estimated 52 million in 2007.
News categories: IMS Research, Cable TV, CAM, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, DVR, Market Research, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

SIDSA features its latest multiplatform solutions at IBC
Jul 30, 2008 – SIDSA will showcase its activity in the fields of Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile TV and Conditional Access during IBC. The company will bring its latest innovations to the show, from demodulator chipsets to complete fully interoperable turn-key solutions.
News categories: SIDSA, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, IBCShow, IPTV, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Macrovision Strengthens Connected Platform Solution with Support for DLNA 1.5 Guidelines
Jul 29, 2008 – Macrovision (NASDAQ: MVSN) has launched the latest version of its Connected Platform with full support for Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) Interoperability Guidelines version 1.5.
News categories: Macrovision, Content Protection, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV