Advanced Television

CA/DRM

Intel, VUDU boost UltraViolet deployment

Intel and VUDU, Walmart’s video service, have confirmed that the two companies are working together to deploy digital content ecosystem UltraViolet (UV) services that help simplify UV distribution, improve the video experience and reduce cost for the VUDU movie store. The services support both streaming and video downloads for UV and are easily integrated into […]

January 3, 2014By Colin Mann

Axon, Civolution sell 175th watermarking solution

Axon, the modular broadcast infrastructure, monitoring and control specialist, and Civolution, a provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetising content, are celebrating their spartnership with the joint sale of their 175th watermarking solution which has seen many millions of downloaded apps that instantly sync to entertainment content through watermarked audio streams. Axon […]

December 20, 2013

Fastway upgrades to Conax Contego

Conax announced that Fastway Transmissions is upgrading to a flagship Conax Contego platform, furthering its commitment to content security partner, Conax. Additionally, the Indian MSO has also recently signed a contract for 1 million additional clients from Conax to position for capitalising on the next phase of digitisation in Northern India.  Fastway Digital TV Services […]

December 9, 2013

Elliptic Technologies hardware enforced end-to-end content rotection for Microsoft PlayReady

Elliptic Technologies, a provider of security solutions for the connected world, has announced the availability of tVault DRM for Microsoft PlayReady to secure premium content on connected devices. Along with this launch, Elliptic has fully integrated the tVault DRM solution on the NVIDIATegra 4i mobile processor.  Elliptic’s tVault DRM client enables device manufacturers to quickly […]

December 4, 2013

INSIDE Secure protects Sky Italia mobile

INSIDE Secure, a specialist in embedded security solutions for mobile and connected devices, has licensed its downloadable DRM Fusion Agent software to Sky Italia. Sky Italia is using it to protect premium video content delivery for their Sky Go OTT video service. INSIDE’s DRM Fusion Agent software is integrated into Sky Italia’s newest versions of […]

December 3, 2013

SmarCAM for pay-TV in Romania, Hungary

SmarDTV, a Kudelski Group company, has announced that the Romania Cable and Satellite operator RCS & RDS has launched a CI Plus conditional access modules (CAM) in its network in Romania and Hungary. SmarDTV’s modules embed the latest generation of the NAGRA conditional access system, ensuring the highest security for all RCS & RDS channels […]

December 3, 2013

Studios reveal digital home entertainment terminology

DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group, the trade body for the home entertainment industry, has revealed the adoption of new terminology – DIGITAL HD and DIGITAL – to refer to digital versions of filmed entertainment and television content across all consumer communication. The new positioning aims to enhance the value of digital home entertainment offerings and […]

October 31, 2013By Colin Mann

PayWizard boosts BT Sport subs reach

Subscriber management and billing for multi-screen media specialist PayWizard has extended the reach of BT’s new sports channels. PayWizard’s enterprise class software was chosen by BT prior to launch to provide platform authentication for BT Sport; and has connected BT’s internal subscriber management system (SMS) to Sky’s conditional access (CA) system. It has enabled Sky […]

October 30, 2013By Colin Mann

Platco Digital selects Cisco

Cisco has revealed that its VideoGuard conditional access solution has been selected by Platco Digital to help provide the whole of the African continent with access to affordable multi-channel TV. Initially deployed in South Africa, Platco’s free-to-air multichannel satellite television platform, OpenView HD will enable South Africans with access to over 10 new channels, offering […]

October 29, 2013

Forecast: 1bn CA client installs by 2014

The global installed base of conditional access (CA) clients in set-top boxes (STB) is expected to exceed 1 billion units for the first time in 2014 as growth is driven by expanding demand in the emerging regions of Latin America, India and China. The installed base of CA STB clients will rise to 1.1 billion […]

October 25, 2013