Conax signs contract with Cablelink in the Philippines

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
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Partner for cost effective and flexible solutions for going digital and growing with future requirements

CEBU CITY, Philippines — PCTA Convention — Conax, a leading global provider of solutions for protecting multi-device digital content, announced it has recently signed a contract with cable operator, Cablelink, the 3rd largest MSO in the Philippines. Conax will deliver a Conax Contego™ Broadcast centralized security solution including Conax chipset pairing and fingerprinting. The company now provides content security to the three largest operations in the region. Conax solutions and experience will guide operators in the region in navigating a new digital landscape and generate fresh product offerings and revenue streams for secure distribution multi-device of premium content.

Proven, secure and future proof

Through the new Conax Contego™ Broadcast solution, Conax is providing Cablelink with a highly secure and future proof platform, based on decades of proven security technology. The solution’s highly flexible architecture scales horizontally; meaning capacity and performance are easily increased by adding additional hardware for meeting future market demands and growth. Deployment of Conax chipset pairing and fingerprinting functionality will provide Cablelink content distribution platform with an additional level of security all the way through to the consumer device, reducing the risk of control-word sharing, illegal distribution or other forms of content revenue leakage.

“In an market displaying a host of challenges and opportunities, operators like Cablelink need secure content delivery in order to harness new and profitable business models, says Ruel Martin Mase, Head of IT and Broadband Services, Cablelink. Conax is guiding our operations in how good security solutions can promote healthy business.”

“Conax is highly pleased to be chosen as security partner for Cablelink. With the launch of Conax Contego Broadcast, Conax is providing Cablelink with world-class content protection that is both easy to deploy and furnishes a flexible path for future upgrades and services, says Are Mathisen, VP Asia Sales, Conax. Working closely with Cablelink and our valuable customer base in the Philippines, Mr. Nonie Lanes, Sales Director Philippines, is ready to provide guidance in the emergence of new services and business models and handle a new stream of business enabled by the growing needs of operators going digital.”