Advanced Television

CA/DRM

BT heads for cloud via thePlatform

thePlatform, the white-label video publishing company and independent subsidiary of Comcast, has revealed that its cloud-based video publishing system, mpx, is serving as the central logistics system for BT’s newest IP-based TV services in the UK, including BT Vision and YouView from BT. “thePlatform has a history of success managing video on behalf of some […]

March 14, 2013

Neotion launches a fully compliant CI Plus 1.3 CAM range

Neotion introduces a new generation platform for CAM’s, fully compliant with the CI Plus V1.3 Standard. This offers to Satellite, Terrestrial and Cable Pay-TV operators an extended set of new features including LSC, Operator profile etc…. when combined with new CI Plus 1.3 TV models soon in commercial deployment. The CI Plus interface is now […]

March 14, 2013

SmarDTV CAMs for M7 pay-TV

SmarDTV, a Kudelski Group company, has revealed that M7 Group, the European provider of satellite services which operates CanalDigitaal, TV Vlaanderen and TéléSAT brands amongst others, has deployed its latest generation of conditional access modules (CAM) in its network in the Netherlands and Belgium. SmarDTV’s SmarCAM-3.5 modules embed the latest generation of the NAGRA conditional […]

March 13, 2013

UFC and Aspera team for content delivery

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the leading promoter of mixed martial arts, has deployed Aspera’s high-speed transfer software to power its file-based content delivery workflows – for its internal teams during production of live events, for global distribution partners and for fans accessing content on the web or via their mobile devices from around the […]

March 12, 2013

Broadpeak unveils umbrellaCDN

Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) technologies and VoD servers, has launched umbrellaCDN, an innovative solution that offers content providers and pay-TV operators complete control over the allocation of video content to multiple CDNs. Utilising umbrellaCDN, users can select the best CDN for live or VoD content at all times — according to […]

March 6, 2013

Irdeto protects FilmFlex

FilmFlex has selected Irdeto to secure premium entertainment assets on iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. FilmFlex is leveraging Irdeto’s media protection solutions, powered by ActiveCloak, to ensure the content delivered by FilmFlex customers like Virgin Media, EE and Film4 is secured according to the evolving robustness rules imposed by studios. FilmFlex provides white-label movies-on-demand […]

March 5, 2013

Kudelski restructure brings profit

Kudelski, the owner of the Nagra video services company, announced its 2012 results to show restructuring has brought a return to profit.  The company said strong performance in emerging markets brought sales of CHF860 million (€704m), down 4 per cent on 2011, and income of CHF68m before restructuring costs and CHF16m net income against – […]

February 28, 2013

Conax strong growth in 2012

Conax, the content security company, has reported strong growth in 2012. In a competitive global market, Conax won contracts with 26 new pay-TV operators and Telcos and entered four new countries, extending the content security provider’s global reach to 85 countries. Norway-based Conax also had a record year for shipments, closing 2012 with a 20 […]

February 21, 2013

Verimatrix secures Com Hem advanced multi-screen services

Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, and Swedish triple-play operator Com Hem, have confirmed that the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) has been selected to secure Com Hem’s advanced multi-screen TV services scheduled to launch Spring 2013. The new service will be delivered […]

February 19, 2013

VCAS for Russia’s Ivi.ru

Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services, has announced that Ivi.ru, the popular free Internet cinema in Russia, has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority (VCAS) for Internet TV to provide security for its OTT VoD service. Ivi.ru boasts one of Russia’s largest VoD catalogues on a wide […]

February 11, 2013