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

SkyLife Broadens Relationship with NDS by Selecting VideoGuard® and MediaHighway® for New HD Service
Jul 14, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that Korea Digital Satellite Broadcasting (SkyLife) has extended its relationship with NDS by selecting NDS' VideoGuard® conditional access (CA) and MediaHighway® middleware for its new HDTV service.
News categories: NDS Group, SkyLife, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Korea, Middleware, Satellite

Samsung and SmarDTV bring pay-TV services to Italian televisions
Jul 3, 2008 – SmarDTV (SWX:KUD) has announced that Samsung will offer SmarCAM Italia together with its TV sets in Italy. SmarCAM Italia allows TV viewers who have purchased credit to watch programs directly on their TV sets without the use of an external set-top box.
News categories: SmarDTV, Samsung, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Italy, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Widevine® Secures Viginta's One Way DTT Video Service
Jun 30, 2008 – Widevine has announced that leading Lithuanian multichannel television, telephone and internet service provider Viginta has selected Widevine Cypher to secure content delivered over DTT, hybrid QAM (cable) and IPTV deployments.
News categories: Widevine, Viginta, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Terrestrial

Open Standardization of FLO Technology Continues With TIA Approval of Conditional Access Standard
Jun 26, 2008 – The FLO Forum has announced another step forward with the approval by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) of the Forward Link Only Open Conditional Access (OpenCA) Specification.
News categories: FLO Forum, Conditional Access, Mobile, Smart TV

Analysys International Says China DTV Subscribers Reached 30 mln in Q1 2008
Jun 25, 2008 – Analysys International says in its recently released report China DTV Market Quarterly Tracker Q1 2008, that China DTV subscribers have reached 30.04 million increasing 22% quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter of 2008.
News categories: Analysys International, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Market Research

Irdeto Selected to Protect Content & Business Model Protection to Chinese Cable Networks in Hebei and Xinjiang
Jun 24, 2008 – Irdeto (JSE:NPN) has announced that Hebei Broadcasting and Television Information Network (Group) and Xinjiang Broadcast & Television Transmission Network have chosen the Irdeto DVB conditional access solution for their digital migration process.
News categories: Irdeto, Cable TV, CAM, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV

ZyXEL Advanced Range of Set-top Boxes Now Integrated with SecureMedia Encryptonite ONE™ System
Jun 24, 2008 – SecureMedia and ZyXEL Communications (TSE: 2391) have announced integration of SecureMedia's Encryptonite ONE™ System conditional access/DRM software solution with ZyXEL advanced range of Set-top boxes for IPTV and Video-on-Demand.
News categories: SecureMedia, ZyXEL, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DRM, IPTV, Set Top Box

Verimatrix Secures TeliaSonera's Leading IPTV Service
Jun 24, 2008 – Verimatrix has announced that TeliaSonera has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for IPTV for the tier one telecommunications operator's successful IPTV services in the Nordic region, Estonia and Lithuania.
News categories: Verimatrix, TeliaSonera, Content Protection, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden

CableCARD Deployment and Support
Jun 23, 2008 – According to the NCTA, there have been over 372,000 CableCARDs deployed for use in Unidirectional Digital Cable Ready Product (UDCP) models by the ten largest incumbent cable operators who serve approximately 90% of the cable subscribers in the U.S.
News categories: National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Regulation, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA