Argentina’s Supercanal chooses Conax
September 2, 2015
Conax, part of the Kudelski Group, and a specialist in total service protection for digital TV and entertainment services, has been chosen by Supercanal, to secure the launch of its new advanced pay-TV platform offering. Conax has entered a contract with Supercanal, Argentina’s 3rd largest cable TV operator, to roll out an end-to-end platform based on the Conax Contego security hub and led by integrator BOLD MSS, to further enable SuperCanal growth ambitions.
The pre-integrated, end-to-end solution, including middleware from Cubiware, will enable Supercanal to expand the existing cable network and enhance its operations with secure analogue to digital transition, introduction of hybrid STB solutions with VoD and other OTT services and including distribution of secure live, on-demand and OTT services across multiscreen devices. The platform implementations will begin in September. Daniel Vega, CTO, Supercanal, “Conax has a proven track record as a strong security partner and provides a highly attractive service offering including local support. Conax and BOLD MSS are providing Supercanal with a pre-integrated, fast-time-to-market and cost-effective platform that will enable our business to flourish and grow with flexible support for advanced, secure, consumer offerings.
“Conax is delighted to be partnering with BOLD MSS to deliver a well proven, pre integrated secure content distribution and consumption ecosystem in the LATAM region. Supercanal is truly a forward thinking and aggressive Multi Service Operator in the region who aims to offer outstanding experience to their consumers, based on cutting edge technology solutions. We are truly honoured to be chosen by Supercanal to be their content security provider for their digitisation and OTT strategy,” confirms Rohit Mehra, SVP Americas, Conax.