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Verimatrix and SMiT partner on hybrid security solutions

Verimatrix has announced an extended partnership with SMiT that pairs ViewRight cardless security with an advanced CI+ CAM design. The combination of Verimatrix security and the SMiT CI+ CAM platform enables a new range of advance revenue security solutions for the wide range of connected TV and other devices that support this new expansion standard. […]

March 30, 2011

Verimatrix and SMiT partner on cardless CI+ CAM hybrid security solutions

Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, has announced an extended partnership with SMiT that pairs ViewRight cardless security with an advanced CI+ CAM design. The combination of Verimatrix security and the high performance SMiT CI+ CAM platform enables a new range of advance revenue security […]

March 30, 2011

Virgin Media wins appeal over Rovi EPG patent

Virgin Media has won an appeal ruling confirming it didn’t infringe European patents for interactive programme guides held by Rovi’s Gemstar-TV Guide International because the patents were deemed invalid. The ruling by a three-judge panel in the Court of Appeal in London upholds a lower court decision from 2009 that two of Gemstar’s three patents […]

March 29, 2011

Amino supports Cubovison rollout

Amino Technologies has secured a follow-on order to provide its hybrid/OTT technology to support Telecom Italia’s deployment of its Cubovision all-in-one multimedia broadband service. Launched in December 2010, Cubovision offers home TV access to a range of digital terrestrial TV channels, leading web TV sources, and pay-per-view films as well as personal content such as […]

March 28, 2011

Espial browser for Hitachi connected TV

Espial, a specialist in On-Demand TV solutions, has confirmed that Hitachi is shipping their latest connected TV models into the Japanese market powered by the Espial TV Browser. Hitachi has incorporated the Espial TV Browser which is included in the following Connected TV models shipped to only Japanese market: Hitachi P42-XP07(PDP), P46-XP07(PDP), P50-XP07(PDP), L32-XP07(LCD), L37-XP07(LCD), […]

March 28, 2011

NDS has 45m active cards in South America

TV technology specialists NDS says it now has more than 45 million active encryption smart cards in Latin America.  Enzio Sanchez, NDS sales director for the region, says new agreements and extensions signed in the past 3 months, including a contract renewal with DirecTV, means that the region is now one of the main markets […]

March 25, 2011By Chris Forrester

Access NetFront browser for Nintendo 3DS

Access, a global provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile, beyond-PC and digital TV markets, has announced that Access’ NetFront Browser, an advanced and powerful mobile browser, has been selected by Nintendo as the new browser engine for the Nintendo 3DS handheld game console. Designed to provide a high performance browsing experience in memory […]

March 24, 2011

Access’ NetFront browser selected by Nintendo for Its Nintendo 3DS handheld game console

Access, a global provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile, beyond-PC and digital TV markets, has announced that Access’ NetFront Browser, an advanced and powerful mobile browser, has been selected by Nintendo as the new browser engine for the Nintendo 3DS handheld game console. The Nintendo 3DS was launched in Japan on Feburary 26th, […]

March 24, 2011

MPP Global Solutions wins Northern Tech Award

MPP Global Solutions, provider of Payment Services and eCommerce Solutions to the Media and Entertainment Industries, has been acknowledged as the Best Northern eCommerce Tech Company at the 2011 Northern Tech Awards. The Northern Tech Awards is an inaugural award ceremony to recognise and celebrate the achievements of Tech companies in the North of England. […]

March 24, 2011

Etisalat deploys Verimatrix

Verimatrix has announced the successful deployment of the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for IPTV solution on Etisalat’s advanced IP-based pay-TV service in the United Arab Emirates. As Etisalat upgrades its infrastructure to an advanced FTTH network that will reach millions of homes and businesses in the UAE by 2011, VCAS for IPTV will […]

March 23, 2011From IP&TV World Forum