Advanced Television

CA/DRM

Fujitsu licenses ContentGuard DRM technology

ContentGuard, a subsidiary of Pendrell, has announced a licensing agreement with Fujitsu, a specialist in communications technology. ContentGuard is a developer of digital rights management (DRM) technologies, and the agreement licenses the company’s DRM patents for Fujitsu’s mobile handsets and tablet devices. ContentGuard’s DRM solutions enable the consumer-friendly implementation of digital content distribution models such […]

March 27, 2012

AirTies partners Conax

At the IP&TV World Forum, AirTies Wireless Networks announced today that it has licensed Conax conditional access technology. The first product to launch is the Air 7210 Hybrid Cable Set-top box, a performance optimised, High-definition, dual-tuner. The Air 7210C is suited particularly well to markets where operators want to combine cable television delivery with added-value […]

March 20, 2012

MobiTVand Amino TV Everywhere offering

MobiTV has collaborated with Amino to develop a next generation TV Everywhere offering, consisting of an Amino set-top box fully integrated with MobiTV’s technology platform. The MobiTV TV Everywhere Media Player and DRM solution have been embedded within an Amino set-top box; creating a secure, high-quality adaptive streaming experience while eliminating the need for managed […]

March 19, 2012

Google Play digital store

Google has launched a new online store branded Google Play, – offering consumers a one- stop marketplace for music, movies, books, apps and other digital media content. The Google Play store will create a unified digital entertainment destination that combines the company’s Android Market app store, as well as other stores including Google Music and […]

March 8, 2012

Wal-Mart set to confirm UltraViolet support

As reported by advanced-television.com on February 28th, further reports have emerged that US retail giant Wal-Mart is set announce its support for the UltraViolet digital movie technology at a media event to be held in Los Angeles next Tuesday. As the nation’s biggest seller of DVDs – responsible for up to 40 per cent of […]

March 7, 2012By Colin Mann

Conax Contego for Malivision

Conax has announced it has furthered its partnership with pay-TV provider, Malivision. The Malivision DTT platform has chosen an upgraded Conax CAS7 to Conax Contego to secure its MMDS operations. Conax says the solution includes functionality for centralised security operations and comprehensive system management easily managed through a highly user-friendly interface. The company says Conax […]

February 28, 2012From Nick Snow in Dubai

Wal-Mart to boost UltraViolet

US retail giant Wal-Mart Stores is in discussions with companies behind the UltraViolet (UV) common file format and digital rights authentication ecosystem to provide an in-store service that will assist customers in registering DVDs they already own, reports The Wall Street Journal. UV has some 800,000 household accounts in the US since the first UV-enabled […]

February 28, 2012By Colin Mann

TV drags down Kudelski

Switzerland’s Kudelski Group, owner of Nagravision, has revealed its 2011 annual results. Group revenues in constant currency declined by 3.8 per cent from CHF 1.069 billion (€887m) in 2010 to CHF 896.6 million in 2011, with the Digital TV segment driving most of the decline The continued fall of USD and Euro rates affected the […]

February 23, 2012

Motive and Granite agree Broadcast Cloud JV

Granite Broadcasting and Motive Television are forming a joint venture, Broadcast Cloud JV (BCJV), that will pursue the development, implementation, and use of existing broadcast spectrum to provide live television, customised linear TV channels, VoD, and catch-up television directly to portable devices such as iPads, Android tablets and smart phones. In addition, Granite and Motive […]

February 15, 2012

Nativ’s MioEverywhere

Nativ, a media technology company specialising in media management and workflow automation, says it is providing a new way for US content owners and creators to buy technology by giving them access to a content management solution that combines security and connectivity with the flexibility of the cloud, on a transactional ‘on-demand’ basis. Nativ has […]

February 13, 2012