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

Tata Sky Celebrates 2 Million Subscribers in India on its NDS Platform
May 13, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that Tata Sky has achieved the remarkable milestone of 2 million subscribers to its DTH service in India within a period of only 20 months.
News categories: NDS Group, Tata Sky, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Kabel Deutschland introduces newest Nagravision conditional access system and extends cooperation
May 13, 2008 – Nagravision (SWX:KUD.VX) has been selected by Germany's largest cable based television provider Kabel Deutschland (KDG) to protect the content rights and revenues for its forthcoming commercial deployments.
News categories: Nagravision, Kabel Deutschland, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Germany

BT awards set-top box contract to Pace
May 13, 2008 – Pace (LSE:PIC) has been awarded a new contract by BT (LSE: BT.A)(NYSE: BT) for its next-generation V-box. This contract follows BT's previous contract with the set-top box division of Royal Philips Electronics, recently acquired by Pace.
News categories: Pace plc, BT Vision, Neil Gaydon, Dan Marks, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, UK

MRG's Global IPTV Market Leaders Report Reflects Market Resilience
May 13, 2008 – The new worldwide IPTV Forecast from MRG, Inc. confirms that the increased revenues of Telcos and IPTV Operators remain in positive financial territory, and are not negatively impacted by the global turmoil in the credit, oil and housing sectors.
News categories: MRG, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box, Subscribers

FVT of Chile wins interactive TV contract in the US
May 8, 2008 – Chilean company FVT will integrate Amino (London: AMO) STBs, Verimatrix content protection and GoBackTV technology for ESEK iTV, a New York-based system that will provide TV channels to residential TVs through set-top-boxes, PCs, notebooks and cellular phones.
News categories: FVT, ESEK iTV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

Denmark - YouSee to launch 16 channels on Web TV
May 6, 2008 – YouSee has launched a Web TV product with access to 16 channels. TV content is streamed directly to the computer via a broadband connection. The service is protected with Microsoft's Windows Media DRM.
News categories: TDC, Broadband, Denmark, Digital TV, DRM, Streaming

CableLabs® Announces New Tru2way™ Retail Host Device License Agreement
May 5, 2008 – CableLabs® and Samsung have announced their agreement on a new tru2way™ license that provides consumer electronics device manufacturers a streamlined license for their retail products to interface to 2-way interactive cable networks.
News categories: CableLabs, Samsung Electronics, ATSC 3, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Licensing, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA

Verimatrix Enables Secure Delivery of Premium Content for IOL Netcom's Unique On-Demand IPTV Business Model
May 5, 2008 – IOL Netcom has selected Verimatrix as the content security provider for its on-demand IPTV service, India's first IP-based on-demand television service to more than 250,000 subscribers.
News categories: Verimatrix, IOL Netcom, Content Protection, Digital TV, India, Streaming

Pace Micro Technology to Showcase Its Family of Products for the Americas at NCTA's 2008 Cable Show May 18-20 in New Orleans
May 5, 2008 – Pace Micro (LSE:PIC) has announced plans to exhibit its family of products for the US, Canadian, and Latin American markets at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association's (NCTA) 2008 Cable Show in New Orleans, May 18-20, 2008.
News categories: Pace Micro, Cable TV, Conditional Access, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA