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

CANAL+ Group and Nagravision Expand Partnership in Securing Content Protection and Revenues
Jun 23, 2008 – CANAL+ Group (Paris: VIV) is adopting the newest version of the Nagravision (SWX:KUD) conditional access system (CAS) and is in the process of replacing all smart cards for more than 3 million subscribers.
News categories: Nagravision, CANAL+ Group, CAM, Conditional Access, France, Satellite

Latens Demonstrates Leading IPTV Service Delivery and Content Security Solutions Live at NXTComm
Jun 17, 2008 – At NXTComm, Latens Systems is showing a joint demonstration with Echostar (Nasdaq:DISH) which shows Latens' ECOsystem service delivery platform and content protection software specifically configured and optimized for Echostar's ViP-TV™ service.
News categories: Latens, ViP-TV, Broadband, Content Protection, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

Digital Asset Management Revenue Will Triple by 2013
Jun 17, 2008 – Global revenue from digital asset management (DAM) solutions is expected to triple by 2013, according to a new forecast released by ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Conditional Access, Content Protection, DRM, Market Research

Verimatrix Content Security Chosen for Win Multimedia's WinTV
Jun 17, 2008 – Verimatrix has announced that Win Multimedia, Thailand's leading IPTV Operator and Multimedia Service Provider company, has selected Verimatrix to protect its Digital Television Channels and video-on-demand service of WinTV.
News categories: Verimatrix, Win Multimedia, BroadcastAsia, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Thailand

SIDSA takes DVB-H mobile TV to Asia
Jun 16, 2008 – The leading supplier of mobile TV technology SIDSA will exhibit its complete solutions for DVB-H mobile TV at the fair, from demodulator chipsets to complete fully interoperable turn-key solutions.
News categories: SIDSA, BroadcastAsia, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Mobile, Semiconductor

Verimatrix Announces Mobile TV Content Security Solution for Pay-TV Operators
Jun 16, 2008 – Verimatrix has announced the full profile of its comprehensive VCAS™ for Mobile TV solution to enable operators to deliver a seamless pay-TV service over mobile phones and other mobile Internet devices (MIDs).
News categories: Verimatrix, Tata Elxsi, BroadcastAsia, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile

Widevine® Connects Cable, Telco and Satellite Services to Apple, Adobe and RealNetworks Players
Jun 16, 2008 – Widevine has announced an enhancement to Widevine Cypher® that converts MPEG2 TS (transport streams) on a PC so they are recognizable by Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE) Flash, Apple (Nasdaq: APPL) QuickTime and RealNetworks (Nasdaq: RNWK) RealPlayer.
News categories: Widevine, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Media Player, Streaming, Watermarking

Widevine® Expands Ability to Secure In-Home Networks
Jun 11, 2008 – Widevine Technologies has announced expanded capabilities for operators to quickly and affordably secure content between multiple devices within an in-home network using Cypher 4.2.
News categories: Widevine, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Irdeto Provides Indian MSO with DVB Content & Revenue Protection Solution
Jun 11, 2008 – Irdeto (JSE:NPN), has inked a deal to deliver its latest DVB conditional access system to Bangalore-based MSO Atria Convergence Technologies (ACT). The phased roll-out of the Irdeto solution will be completed over a 30-month period.
News categories: Irdeto, Atria Convergence Technologies, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India