CAM (Conditional Access Module) / CI Plus (CI+) / CableCARD™ / Smart card News

NDS Partners with Alcatel-Lucent to Protect and Power MediaCorp, MobileOne (M1), SingTel and StarHub Mobile TV Trial
Oct 13, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that it is providing the core conditional access (CA) infrastructure for the world's first commercial trial of the new OMA BCAST SCP standard, an emerging key standard for mobile TV content protection, in Singapore.
News categories: NDS, Alcatel-Lucent, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Mobile, Singapore

Qatar readies for world's first commercial Mobile TV service based on DVB-H and OMA BCast Smart Card Profile
Oct 7, 2008 – Qatar Telecom (Qtel) [Doha: QTEL] and Nokia Siemens Networks have signed the world's first commercial Mobile TV deployment contract based on DVB-H and OMA BCast Smart Card Profile technology.
News categories: Nokia Siemens Networks, Qatar Telecom, CAM, Content Protection, Digital TV, Mobile, Qatar

Cyfrowy Dom to introduce 'pre-paid television' in Poland
Sep 30, 2008 – Cyfrowy Dom, a subsidiary of ITI Neovision, has launched 'pre-paid (card access) TV' (telewizja na kartę), introducing to the Polish market a way to access television without the need to sign a contract or to pay fixed subscription fees.
News categories: ITI Neovision, telewizja na kartę, CAM, Digital TV, Poland, Satellite

Over Two Million SmarDTV CableCARDs Deployed Worldwide
Sep 30, 2008 – SmarDTV (SWX:KUD.VX) has announced that more than 2 million of its CableCARDs have been deployed worldwide. SmarDTV also announced the opening of a new regional office located in Seoul.
News categories: SmarDTV, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, Korea, Middleware, Peripherals / Accessories, Smart TV, USA

Viaccess, LG Electronics, Enensys, Expway and Sagem Orga Launch a New Offer to Secure the Broadcast TV Mobile Market
Sep 22, 2008 – Viaccess (Paris:FTE)(NYSE:FTE) has announced a partnership with LG Electronics (Seoul:066570), Enensys (Paris: MLENS), Expway and Sagem Orga (Paris:SAF) to secure access to mobile broadcast TV based on the OMA BCAST SmartCard Profile Standard.
News categories: Viaccess, LG Electronics, Expway, ENENSYS, Sagem Orga, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IBCShow, Middleware, Mobile

Quantum unveils the new Video Touch personal TV media player featuring Siano's revolutionary internal chip antenna
Sep 12, 2008 – Quantum and Siano Mobile Silicon have announced at IBC that Siano's DVB-H silicon receiver chips together with the revolutionary SMS8021 internal chip antenna have been integrated into a Personal TV Media Player by Quantum.
News categories: Siano Mobile Silicon, Quantum, CAM, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, Mobile, Portable, Semiconductor, Tablet

China Digital TV and ViXS Systems Announce a Secure Digital Video Broadcast Solution for Chinese PC Market
Sep 11, 2008 – ViXS Systems and China Digital TV Holding (NYSE:STV) have announced the launch of a line of smartcard secured, DVB-C PC tuner products to serve digital cable customers in China, allowing users to turn their PCs into high-definition home theaters.
News categories: ViXS Systems, China Digital TV, Cable TV, CAM, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor

Gemalto Combines SIM Card and DVD to Facilitate Mobile Internet Use for WIND Subscribers in Italy
Sep 11, 2008 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) has announced that it is providing Italian mobile operator WIND with Smart Video Card, a technological breakthrough that embeds a DVD-compliant optical disc into the card body of a regular SIM card.
News categories: Gemalto, WIND, CAM, Digital TV, DVD, IBCShow, Italy, Mobile

Gemalto Powers World's First SIM-Based Mobile TV Trial in Singapore with Media Corp, MobileOne, SingTel and StarHub
Sep 9, 2008 – Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO) has announced that the world's first OMA Smart Card Profile compliant mobile TV trial in Singapore is to be enabled by Gemalto's UpTeq™ mobile TV Subscriber Identity Module and viewership measurement service.
News categories: Gemalto, CAM, Content Protection, IBCShow, Mobile, Singapore