Advanced Television

Middleware

Conax launches Contego Lite solution

Content security provider Conax launched its new entry level security solution, Conax Contego Lite. Based on flagship product, Conax Contego, the “Lite” version will provide a superior security platform suited for smaller operations and also including medium/large operations with fewer requirements for the advanced features included in the full version. The solution supports any distribution […]

June 23, 2011

Conax brings Conax Contego Lite, entry-level, content protection solution to digital pay TV market

At Communicasia, content security provider Conax launched its new entry level security solution, Conax Contego Lite. Based on flagship product, Conax Contego, the “Lite” version will provide a superior security platform suited for smaller operations and also including medium/large operations with fewer requirements for the advanced features included in the full version. The solution supports […]

June 23, 2011

Comcast “we’re more than stodgy set tops”

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts has told Fortune magazine wants to shift the perception of the cable company and being a stodgy provider of bulky cable set top boxes is a thing of the past. “We recognize that the business is changing and has changed, and we’re well aware that there’s new competition,” he said. Roberts […]

June 22, 2011

Telkomvision selects Ericsson

TelkomVision, the pay-TV service provider in Indonesia, has chosen a number of Ericsson solutions for the deployment of new TV services as it looks to provide greater value and quality for its subscribers across the country. The Ericsson system will enable TelkomVision to launch new channels across its satellite platform, and provides provision for HD […]

June 22, 2011

Renesas expands EMMA family line-up

Renesas Electronics, a provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, has announced the availability of its new system-on-chip (SoC) for STBs, the EMMA3SE/P, which supports the video standards used for digital television broadcasts worldwide and a wide variety of video formats required to play Internet-based content. The EMMA3SE/P SoC integrates in a single chip the functions necessary […]

June 22, 2011

Conax secures AVG Vietnamese service

Conax has announced its contract with Audio Visual Global JSC (AVG) to deliver a high-end security solution for AVGs new DTH satellite and DTT service in Vietnam. AVG is the first private firm in Vietnam to be awarded broadcast licences for digital technology and permission to broadcast television programmes nationwide. Additionally, AVG has already completed […]

June 21, 2011

Irdeto ActiveCloak for Toshiba’s Connected TV

Irdeto has revealed that Toshiba is adopting Irdeto’s dynamic security solution for its high-end Cinema Series HD television sets. Toshiba’s Internet-enabled VX700 and WX800 TV series, which were recently introduced in the US market, use the Irdeto ActiveCloak for Media solution to ensure customers’ secure streaming of diverse entertainment content on their television.

June 20, 2011

Pace integrates Minerva

Pace has confirmed a partnership agreement with Minerva, a supplier of software solutions for the delivery of television services over broadband networks. The global agreement will integrate Minerva xTVFusion middleware technology into Pace’s HD set-top boxes, expanding the range of IPTV middleware and technology delivery options available to service providers. The partnership will allow Pace […]

June 17, 2011

ADB delivers Charter solution

Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) has announced that it is delivering its Commercial Video Solution to Charter Communications. ADB’s Commercial Video Solution plays a role in Charter’s plan to enhance hotels’ video entertainment services with the latest in-room video solutions, including a full range of HD channels, VoD, pay-per-view, and concierge services. Charter will also make […]

June 15, 2011

Sigma launches IP video services solution

Sigma Systems, a specialist in Advanced IP Service Fulfillment solutions, has introduced its IP Video Services Accelerator Solution. The solution enables MSOs to fulfill and embrace any advanced IP video service, including over-the-top video and deliver integrated entertainment service bundles. It also shortens the time and cost of migrating existing digital video subscribers to premium […]

June 15, 2011