Advanced Television

Middleware

TV Genius for FetchTV

TV Genius has confirmed that its Content Delivery Platform has been selected by IP Vision, the UK-based platform owner, to enhance the functionality of the TV listings on IP Vision's FetchTV service. TV Genius and IP Vision have worked together to provide a fully searchable solution across web, mobile and hybrid DTT/IP TV. The solution […]

March 16, 2010

Telekom Austria selects Alcatel-Lucent

Telekom Austria has selected Alcatel-Lucent’s Triple-Play Service Delivery Architecture (TPSDA) to enable it to extend the reach of its triple-play services to include smaller communities across the country. Alcatel-Lucent will also provide professional services in the areas of project management, software subscription, support and repair management, and technical support services.

March 15, 2010

STMicroelectronics arms pay-TV against piracy

STMicroelectronics is sampling the first STB System-on-Chip devices featuring advanced CryptoFirewall security helping to prevent hacking of pay-TV broadcast signals and enable faster, lower-cost development of new set-top box products. The CryptoFirewall security core developed by Cryptography Research, and now integrated in ST's set-top box ICs, features dedicated tamper-proof and emulation-resistant hardware designed to work […]

March 12, 2010

Latens and Coship combine on solutions

Latens have signed a partnership agreement with Coship, the STB provider. The focus of this partnership agreement is to work together on delivering cutting edge solutions based on Coship's range of STBs with Latens leading software CAS and ECO Middleware. They say the combination of Coship's STB range and Latens CAS and middleware solutions offers […]

March 12, 2010

Selevision chooses Irdeto

Irdeto has confirmed that middleware and interactive TV technology provider Selevision has selected Irdeto's middleware solution and conditional access system (CAS) for its new HD Personal Video Recorders (PVRs). The HD PVRs, currently in field testing in Saudi Arabia, will enable content providers to run highly tailored advertisements – a market first in the Middle […]

March 9, 2010

Technosat and Conax partner

Technosat and Conax have entered into a partnership that will see content protection from Conax secure the new Technosat Satellite HD platform and provide secure HD content to exclusive markets in the Middle East and North Africa. Additionally, Technosat has entered an agent agreement exclusive for ten years with Conax for delivering secure HD set-top-boxes […]

March 3, 2010

Irdeto solution for Telenor Group

Irdeto has implemented its robust customer care and billing solution for long term customer Telenor Group in Denmark for Pay TV. The solution will also be rolled out in Sweden, Norway and Finland in the next months to provide Telenor with a flexible solution that enables the effective management of multi-play services, streamlined workflows, improved […]

March 3, 2010

Velton relies on Alcatel-Lucent to launch IPTV

Alcatel-Lucent has revealed that Velton Telecom, a private Ukrainian operator providing fixed communication services across 14 cities of Central, Eastern and Western parts of Ukraine, is launching a field trial of innovative IPTV services to business and residential subscribers in Kharkov and Poltava. Alcatel-Lucent has been selected as the network integrator, utilising the Microsoft Mediaroom […]

March 1, 2010

NDS extends relationship with Telekom Austria

NDS , the provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, and Telekom Austria, the fixed net subsidiary of Telekom Austria Group, have extended their relationship to secure the operator's IPTV service. Building on their existing relationship, the agreement will see NDS integrate its VideoGuard encryption technology with the new platform to ensure that the operator's […]

February 26, 2010

Conax niche product strategy secures 15% share

Conax had continued growth in 2009 achieving a 15 per cent market share in the global DVB market and winning the most new contracts globally for the fifth year running. Conax is one of the top three content security providers for digital TV and content distribution world-wide. A niche provider of security with a global […]

February 25, 2010