Nagravision will provide the conditional access system (CAS) for Tivù Sat. Tivù Sat is the free-to-air satellite service jointly owned by Italian broadcasters RAI, Mediaset and Telecom Italia Media. Scheduled for market introduction in June of 2009, the free service will be offered to all households unable to receive the digital terrestrial television FTA channels […]

The founders of a website which carries links to unauthorised copies of music, films and TV programmes go on trial in Sweden this week on charges of copyright theft. The Pirate Bay is the world’s most high-profile file-sharing site and is being taken to court by media firms including Sony and Warner Bros. Two of […]

Viaccess and RRD, the DVB-H service integrator, have announced an end-to-end mobile TV security solution, based on the OMA BCAST SmartCard Profile standard. The joint offering ensures full interoperability between the Viaccess purple-TV conditional access system and the RRD ready to deploy, multi provider end to end architecture. The OMA BCAST Smartcard profile protects Mobile […]

Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde has pleaded with fans to stop attacking official entertainment industry websites after the Swedish wing of the The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry's (IFPI) site was hacked. Sunde, who is among four men facing prosecutors representing the likes of Sony, MGM and Universal in the Pirate Bay trial said […]

The UK’s Intellectual Property minister David Lammy has said the government will not force Internet service providers to pursue file sharers. This despite signals from government they would force ISPs to clamp down Lammy said legislation would be too complex: “We can’t have a system where we’re talking about arresting teenagers in their bedrooms,” he […]

Viaccess has successfully completed a rigorous security audit of its PurpleBox system, a robust cardless content security solution for IPTV. According to audit results, the robustness of Viaccess's PurpleBox solution has the highest achievable level in the Merdan security grades, i.e, the Criminal Enterprise level, in all of its areas. Viaccess' Purplebox solution is an […]

SecureMedia, technology leader in open content protection software, has announced that SecureMedia’s Encryptonite ONE System CA/DRM software solution is providing the persistent digital content protection for Sezmi’s innovative personal television system. Sezmi's television system offers a line-up of content from broadcast networks, cable networks, internet video, and on-demand movies and TV shows.

David Del Valle in Madrid A Spanish Court in the North of the Country has sentenced a hotelier to six months in jail and to pay E20,000 for pirating Sogecable-controlled pay-TV platform Digital Plus. It is the first jail conviction in the country, but, possibly not the last one as there are 15 legal proceedings […]

Over 80 copyright holders including video portal Joy.cn, film distributor PolyBona Film, and record label Orange Sky Entertainment have formed an anti-piracy alliance, and are suing China's largest video-sharing site Tudou. In May 2008, Joy.cn filed suit against Tudou for unauthorised use of its video content, which Tudou resolved in November with an out-of-court settlement […]

Members of Britain's film-making elite are calling on the government urge ISPs to help stop movies being illegally traded online, warning some 800,000 jobs are at risk during the downturn. The group said in a letter to The Times: “We are very concerned that the successes of the creative industries in the UK are being […]