Company: Nagravision
Published: September 2008

The advent of alternative delivery networks for media entertainment content aggregation propositions and the different commercial bundles built around those parameters holds a significant risk to increasingly fragment the entertainment offer for the end user. An evolving home network reality – right, but what does it mean to the different stakeholders? This paper presents the implications of content security and content propagation in the home while delivering a consistency of experiences for the end user.

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Company: Telegent Systems
Published: Sep 01, 2008

The mobile TV market is characterized today by highly fragmented standards and slower than expected consumer adoption.

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Company: Qualcomm
Published: Mon, 21 July 2008

Qualcomm’s MediaFLO technology was designed specifically to efficiently and economically broadcast multimedia content to millions of mobile users simultaneously. In designing MediaFLO technology, Qualcomm has effectively addressed key challenges involved in the delivery of multimedia content to mass consumers. Unencumbered by legacy terrestrial or satellite delivery formats, MediaFLO offers better performance for mobility and spectral efficiency with minimal power consumption. This paper provides a brief overview of MediaFLO and its key air interface characteristics.

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Company: Nortel
Credit: Telecom Asia
Published: Mon, 30 June 2008

This paper looks at the challenges facing carriers looking at the opportunities that quad play can bring to the business. There is an elegant and cost-effective way to not just deliver a video, voice, data bundle and IPTV but to seamlessly integrate them into a richly interactive and personalized experience. The trouble is, the services are still separate everywhere except on the bill in the customer’s mailbox.

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Company: Strand Consult
Credit: Telecom Asia
Published: Thu, 03 April 2008

A lot has been said and written about mobile TV, what is really is and how it will develop.

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Company: Verimatrix
Author: Verimatrix
Published: Fri, 7 Mar 2008

In the VCAS for Cable IPTV software-based content security solution, Verimatrix eliminates the vulnerabilities related to smart card-based architectures through the leverage of proven two-way Internet security protocols, a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) public/private key pair system and X.509 digital certificates to ensure the integrity of all components in the broadcast chain. A downloadable security system for IPTV clients is not only more secure, it enables less expensive STB hardware and the renewable ViewRight STB security software can be updated as required.
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