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Shaanxi BC and TV Network transition to secure digital TV with conditional access technology
Shaanxi BC and TV Network transition to secure digital TV with conditional access technology
By Security Asia Editors | Jan 27, 2011
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PrintShaanxi Broadcast & TV Network Intermediary Company, Ltd. (Shaanxi BC&TV), a Shanghai-listed digital cable TV network operator, is starting trials of Irdeto’s Cloaked CA, a conditional access technology.
The trial is part of Shaanxi BC&TV's strategy to transition more than two million subscribers from analog to digital services in the most secure and cost-effective way possible.
Irdeto’s Cloaked CA is a fully renewable, cardless conditional access solution that enables pay-TV operators on any network to offer high-definition content without the logistical costs of deploying and swapping physical smart cards. Irdeto claims this software-based approach has the potential to save up to 50% on the total cost of ownership of a smart card-based CA system.
“Irdeto’s Cloaked CA offers excellent compatibility with legacy systems and outstanding content security for our rapidly expanding portfolio of digital services, which we provide to consumers at competitive prices,” said Xie Jiangang, vice general manager of Shaanxi BC&TV. “We feel like Irdeto’s security technology truly sets a new industry standard. The company was able to offer us a state-of-the-art software-based conditional access technology that met and exceeded our expectations in terms of security and long-term cost.”
The move by Shaanxi BC&TV to trial the Cloaked CA is a result of State Council directives and is in full cooperation with the Shaanxi Provincial Government’s transition from analog to digital TV services for three million county-level subscribers in 2010. This transition will be further expanded to 11 cities and regions for four million subscribers’ cable TV systems in 2014
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