Advanced Television

CA/DRM

Neotion, Verimatrix strengthen partnership

Neotion has extended its partnership with Vermiatrix in protecting digital TV content for pay-TV operators to help secure the digital home. Neotion has developed an end-to-end solution under the “Neohome” brand, a complete secure smart home solution from connected devices at home to the cloud-based services platform specifically designed for operators. Neotion has chosen to […]

February 27, 2017

Pirate football rampant on Facebook Live

Dozens of Spanish and Latin American Facebook pages are illegally streaming top-flight football matches free of charge using the social network’s video-sharing facility Facebook Live, according to a report in Spanish newspaper El Pais. Through a combination of links and profiles that disappear as soon as the match is finished, these pirate broadcasts are seen […]

February 22, 2017From David Del Valle in Madrid

Kudelski, Twitter business collaboration

Digital security specialist The Kudelski Group and Twitter have agreed to broaden their relationship and pursue collaborative opportunities in areas of joint interest. “The Kudelski Group is focused on developing partnerships with industry leaders in the social and video ecosystems to promote the advancement of technology features, innovation and intellectual property. The Group looks forward […]

February 21, 2017

Conax multi-DRM solution for eVUE-TV

Evolution Digital and Conax, a global provider of content protection for digital video and entertainment, have announced that Conax will be providing its multi-DRM solution for Evolution Digital’s eVUE-TV platform, available on the National Cable Television Cooperative’s (NCTC) VU-IT! Platform. Evolution Digital’s eVUE-TV delivers IP Vod content, as well as IP linear channels, network DVR […]

February 21, 2017

India: Triple Play deploys Conax, Corpus tech

Conax, part of the Kudelski Group, and specialist in total service protection for pay-TV and digital entertainment services, has announced that Indian pay-TV operator Triple Play has selected technology from Conax and Corpus to help drive expansion in the triple-play arena. The new solution includes a Conax-secured multi-DRM offering based on the Conax CaaS cloud-based […]

February 10, 2017

Viaccess-Orca, ContentArmor protect 4K content

Viaccess-Orca, a global player in the protection and enhancement of content services, and ContentArmor, a global provider of watermarking technologies for the media industry, have joined forces to strengthen the protection of UHD premium content. ContentArmor watermark technology has been integrated into the full range of Viaccess-Orca’s Sentinel content protection solutions, including hybrid card/cardless CAS […]

February 8, 2017

Samba Tech, Irdeto LatAm partnership

Irdeto, a specialist in digital platform security, has formed a strategic partnership with Samba Tech, the largest independent distributor of online videos in Latin America. The partnership enables the secure delivery of online video content for Latin American operators by combining Irdeto Rights and Samba Tech’s video distribution services. The companies also announced its first […]

February 8, 2017

Altice USA selects NAGRA content protection

NAGRA, a digital TV division of the Kudelski Group and provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has announced an agreement with Altice USA, the fourth largest US cable operator and a subsidiary of Altice. Specifically, NAGRA will provide Altice USA with the content protection and innovation platform to enable encryption and content security […]

February 7, 2017

Russia: Irdeto secures MTS subs

Irdeto, a specialist in digital platform security, has announced that Irdeto CA has been deployed to over 2 million subscribers of MTS, a leading telecommunications group in Russia. Irdeto’s scalable CA solution now securely delivers the Russian broadcaster’s television services across nine different time zones, representing the majority of Russian territory. MTS provides mobile and […]

February 7, 2017

Italian police bust pay-TV piracy ring

Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) has busted a pay-TV piracy ring in Naples, seizing €76,000 in transmission equipment, including smart cards, decoders and PCs. The pirates, equipped with decoders and cards from pay-TV operators Sky Italia and Mediaset Premium, decoded premium content such as movies and live football and retransmitted it in real-time online. […]

February 6, 2017From Branislav Pekic in Rome