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

DVN Wins the Bid for Jilin Digital TV
Jun 10, 2008 – DVN (SEHK: 500) has won the bidding for the Simulcrypt CA System for digital television in Jilin Province. The contract involves 500,000 intelligent cards for the CA, with a sales order for approximately 500,000 set-top boxes to follow in the coming days.
News categories: DVN Group, Cable TV, CAM, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Set Top Box

Cable tru2way™ Platform Gains Endorsements from Major CE and IT Companies
Jun 9, 2008 – Major consumer electronics (CE) and information technology (IT) companies have signed binding memorandums of understanding (MOU) on tru2way™ technology with the top six cable operators in the United States.
News categories: CableLabs, Cable TV, Content Protection, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA

Cisco, Motorola and NDS Take Control of DCAS
Jun 6, 2008 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT), Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) and NDS Group (Nasdaq: NNDS) have taken over the architecture work and some degree of the implementation of the downloadable conditional access system (DCAS) project initially managed by PolyCipher.
News categories: PolyCipher, Motorola, Cisco, NDS, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA

NDS Tops New Digital Rights Management Vendor Matrix Ranking
Jun 6, 2008 – NDS has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research. Widevine and Verimatrix claimed the second and third spots in the company's new evaluation of worldwide Digital Rights Management (DRM) vendors.
News categories: ABI Research, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Market Research

Latens and ZyXEL Partner to Offer IPTV Operators a Flexible CA Security and STB Solution
Jun 3, 2008 – Latens and ZyXEL Communications (TSE: 2391) have announced that the two companies have partnered to offer low-cost, highly secure IP/hybrid set-top box (STB) solutions.
News categories: Latens, ZyXEL Communications, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box

Ocean Blue Demonstrates World's First CI+ Application
Jun 2, 2008 – Ocean Blue Software has produced the world's first CI+ application. The application is the first to use the new Common Interface Plus (CI+) standard, delivering advanced, graphic applications inside a CAM, to run on a CI+ enabled TV.
News categories: Ocean Blue, CI+ Forum, ANGA COM, Content Protection, Digital TV, Middleware, Smart TV

China Digital TV Chosen as Conditional Access System Provider by Hebei Media Information Network Holdings Co., Ltd.
May 29, 2008 – China Digital TV Holding (NYSE: STV) has announced that the company has been chosen as the conditional access (CA) system provider to Hebei Media Information Network Holdings Co., Ltd. (Hebei TV Network).
News categories: China Digital TV Holding, Cable TV, CAM, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV

Greece's first HD platform project to deploy conditional access solution from Conax
May 28, 2008 – Leading Greek satellite operator, Hellas Sat, is ready to launch an exciting new HD platform with conditional access from Conax.
News categories: Conax, Hellas Sat, ANGA COM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Greece, Satellite

PacketVideo's CORE™ Multimedia Player for Video and Music Powers 10 New Models in NTT DoCoMo 906i & 706i Series
May 27, 2008 – PacketVideo (PV), a subsidiary of NextWave Wireless (NASDAQ: WAVE), has been selected by NTT DoCoMo to power 10 new advanced multimedia player handset options with PV's universal player software, also known as CORE™ multimedia client framework.
News categories: PacketVideo, NTT DoCoMo, DRM, Japan, Media Player, Mobile