Content protection and multiscreen television solutions provider NAGRA has completed the end-to-end integration of Singapore operator StarHub’s multi-network pay-TV services into the operator’s brand new Hubtricity facility. As lead system integrator on the project, NAGRA delivered the seamless migration of the operator’s 280 channels spanning cable, IP and OTT networks into Hubtricity, marking StarHub’s transition […]
Verimatrix, a specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, has announced the launch of the Verimatrix Secure Cloud, a new deployment option that equips video service operators with a flexible, fully managed framework for video content security and analytics. Supported by the Verimatrix Global Services team and […]
SmarDTV, a Kudelski Group company, has announced the commercial availability of a new Cardless CAM product embedding Conax content protection. The new CAM is designed to reduce subscriber acquisition costs, providing a mean for subscribers to instantly access pay-TV services by inserting the CAM in the TV – thus simplifying the onboarding for end-users. The […]
A Sydney man has received an 18-month suspended jail term after illegally selling access to Foxtel services to thousands of people. Haidar Majid Salam Al Baghdadi was convicted for operating a ring that used decoders and smartcards to allow other people unauthorised access to subscription television content. He ran the operation from his home in […]
The global content protection market is transforming, and participants must adapt or fail. Internet protocol (IP) is creating widespread disruption, notes analyst firm Frost & Sullivan. Consumer preferences are shifting from live-linear bouquets of channels toward over-the-top (OTT) and television everywhere (TVE). Consumer electronic (CE) devices are outselling set-top boxes (STBs) 10 to 1, and […]
High-speed global cloud storage network specialist SpaceBelt Cloud Constellation Corporation has unveiled SpaceBelt for Media & Entertainment, a service designed to support broadcast and production organisations seeking more efficient ways to move and store ever-growing amounts of proprietary content while keeping it safe from hijacking, theft, monitoring and sabotage. According to the Corporation, media and […]
Pan-European broadcaster Sky and technology giant Cisco have extended their collaboration to include a multi-year digital security agreement to support the expansion of Sky video services across any screen. Co-operation between the pair dates back to the early days of Sky and its predecessor and successor companies in the UK, when the former News Corporation […]
IdeaNova Technologies, a provider of Inflight Entertainment (IFE) solutions and Digital Rights Management (DRM), unveiled Inplay Instant, their newest multimedia player. Now, airline passengers can quickly and easily playback any DRM content—such as Hollywood movies—on their laptop or any web browser, regardless of the supported DRM Content Decryption Module (CDM). With the new player operators […]
Pay-TV and digital entertainment services protection specialist Conax has agreed a reseller agreement with ZTE Corporation, a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions. A key aspect of the partnership is bundling Conax’s Connected Access next-generation IPTV security client with ZTE’s complete offering targeting the global IPTV market. The reseller agreement strengthens […]
The Kudelski Group, a specialist in digital security, has announced a patent cross licence agreement with US telco conglomerate AT&T. The agreement provides AT&T worldwide access to Kudelski Group’s patent portfolio that covers fundamental aspects of end-to-end video distribution. “We are extremely pleased to enter into this agreement with AT&T” said André Kudelski, Kudelski Group […]