Arcor Selects VideoGuard® to Secure its New IPTV Service for Germany
Highlights:
- Leading German telco Arcor chooses NDS conditional access
(CA) and digital rights
management (DRM) server-based solution for its new IPTV service,
named Arcor-Digital TV
- VideoGuard®, the market leading content protection technology
from NDS, will enable Arcor
to securely introduce digital TV including VOD services to
its DSL subscriber base of over
two million homes
- Third large scale agreement for NDS and second deployment
of VideoGuard in Germany
LONDON, UK – January 16, 2008 – NDS,
the leading provider of technology solutions for digital
Pay-TV, today announced that Arcor, the second largest telecommunications
provider in Germany,
has selected NDS VideoGuard® content protection to secure
its new IPTV service. Arcor-Digital TV
will initially be available in 51 German cities and communities
offering digital TV and advanced
entertainment services such as VOD (Video On Demand).
Operating a nationwide broadband network with a DSL subscriber
base of over two million
connections, Arcor, a subsidiary of leading global cellular provider
Vodafone, selected VideoGuard
Server™, the server-based content protection solution from
NDS. VideoGuard Server is specifically
designed for always-on two-way networks such as DSL and digital
cable. It features proven
VideoGuard CA and DRM technology, now providing security in over
50 Pay-TV platforms around
the world. The hardware-based security components of the solution
include robust CA/DRM
security in the headend for linear and on-demand services, as
well as authentication and content
protection in the decoder chip in the set top-box.
With more than 78.6 million smartcards deployed worldwide, NDS
VideoGuard is the world‘s
leading content protection technology with an unsurpassed track
record in securing digital content.
The advanced CA and DRM features of VideoGuard will enable Arcor
to run an industry-leading
digital IPTV platform capable of securely delivering digital
TV and value added entertainment
services. In addition, VideoGuard enables operators to efficiently
roll out new advanced services
such as DVR (Digital Video Recorder).
Bernd Wirnitzer, Department Director at ARCOR, commented: “Its
flexibility, security and cost-effectiveness
made VideoGuard Server the logical choice for our new IPTV platform.
We are
pleased to be working with a technology partner renown for offering
the most secure and
reliable content protection solution available. With the commercial
launch of Arcor-Digital TV, we
look forward to working with NDS to develop one of Germany’s
most compelling entertainment
offerings on a secure and flexible platform.”
“We are very pleased to have been selected by Arcor and
NDS looks forward to supporting the
company as it develops its new IPTV service,” commented
Yves Padrines, Director of Business
Development at NDS. He added: “Now with our third major
contract in Germany and our second
deployment of VideoGuard in this market in 2007 alone, NDS is
proud of its role in bringing new
information and entertainment services to the German marketplace."
About Arcor
Arcor is the strongest competitor in the German fixed-line market.
With its nationwide fiber optic
network, Arcor offers its private and corporate customers a broad
range of services for voice,
Internet and data transfer.
About NDS
NDS Group plc (NASDAQ: NNDS), a majority owned subsidiary of
News Corporation, supplies open end-to-end digital technology
and services to digital pay-television platform operators and
content providers. See www.nds.com for
more information about NDS.
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