This year's CES show was marked by very strong attendance, an upbeat tone, and significantly better 'feel' than the past couple of years. Cab lines, booth glitz, and general over-the-topulence all came back to Vegas after a long absence.
Several of the booths were astonishingly large and expensive. At Microsoft, an entire segment was devoted to the new Kinect controller for the Xbox 360. I paced off the Samsung booth, starting at cell phones and ending at Internet-connected washing machines. It measured 110 paces by 55 paces, or approximately the size of some of the CES keynote speakers' egos.
How broadcasters are working with technology firms to create the TV of the future
Verimatrix was featured in a supplement for The Daily Telegraph that examined how an established industry is responding to the challenges and opportunities presented by new technologies. Here's an excerpt:
ooking back, the first satellite TV operators had it easy. Everybody had a TV that worked to the same technical standard, and everybody had to have a set-top box with
a smart card reader to get the service. So preventing piracy was a simple matter of ensuring the smart card was secure.
Today's broadcasters are faced with a formidable security challenge. Not only must programming be delivered in a mind-bending number of formats to be displayed on anything from mobile phones to 10-inch high definition TV screens, but consumers demand to be allowed to move content they have bought from device to device with ease.
Multimedia Research Group (MRG) recently released its IPTV Market
Leader Report and we are very proud to remain the global leader in software-based security!
This marks the ninth consecutive reporting period where we have maintained the top spot. We increased our market share by a few points largely due to additional penetration in Asia and tier one telcos that have grown their subscriber base.
We clearly remain dedicated to this market, which has served as a significant proving ground for software-based security. It has enabled us to bring our innovative approach to more traditional digital TV networks.
Bo Ferm penned an article for the January issue of India's Cable Quest magazine that focused on cardless security options for digital TV operators.
hile security in analog cable is primarily focused on preventing theft of service, the threat scenarios are entirely different and more complex when
transitioning to digital TV services. Therefore, as cable operators plan for an analog to digital TV transition, they must address a unique set of complex issues. The goal is to ensure that the security path taken minimizes costs without sacrificing their ability to meet service requirements over the long term.
