CANAL+ Group upgraded its secured DTH platform to newest Nagravision conditional access system on satellite STBs. New Nagravision CAS incorporates security specifically designed for CANAL+. CAS replaced cards for more than 3 million subscribers to digital offerings CANAL+ LE BOUQUET and CANALSAT on satellite. more ››

Premiere smartcard swap with newest Nagravision technology will begin in May 2008. Cooperation between Premiere and Kudelski Group until 2012 confirmed and overall contract value maintained Premiere has options to renew contract until 2015 and will introduce third party CA in simulcrypt mode. more ››

Premiere, the largest pay-TV operator in Germany and Austria, will deploy NDS-VideoGuard, content protection solution from NDS, to secure its pay-TV satellite platforms in Germany and Austria. Migration to VideoGuard starts in second calendar quarter of 20008. more ››

On 2nd November Polish digital platform Cyfrowy Polsat eventually discontinued encrypting last 4 channels - Playboy, Europa Europa, TV4 & Travel Channel in an outdated NagraVision’s system. User cards exchange took over half a year. As for now, all channels provided by Cyfrowy Polsat are encrypted in Aladin system also from NagraVision. more ››

European broadcasters and media companies are strengthening their efforts in combat against pay-TV piracy while EU legislators still haven’t developed proper laws. AEPOC Board of Directors’ gathered on October 11th. more ››

Some channels of French digital satellite package CanalSatellite, available from Astra - 19,2E have stopped to use ThalesCrypt encryption, which is a modification of "old" Viaccess PC2.3, and started encryption in TPS Crypt. Because of such change, the channels are available in pirate reception. more ››

Unofficial information, that Spanish Digital+ platform will start to give Seca 2 encryption at 21st of March has been confirmed. However, only three sports Canal+ Deporte 1-2-3 channels were switched over to the Nagravision Carmagedon, which have ID4101, CAID 0100. Most likely the all PPV channels of Digital+ package will change to Carmagedon already soon. more ››

On the information board, shown on the PPV - Taquilla channels of the Spanish Digital+ package available from Astra, the broadcaster has inform, that subscribers have to utilize the all limits for watching the movies till 21st of March. Most likely, at this day, pirate reception of Digital+`s PPV channels will be terminated. more ››

The American digital DirecTV package has take 19 citizen of Canada to the court. Five of them was having pecuniary advantages from the leak of DirecTV`s encrition system. The company estimate, that because of hackers acctivity it has lost 10 mln $. more ››

Polish digital package, Cyfrowy Polsat has started to exchanging the cards. In this way, package has starter long time ago anounced cards exchange in their terminals. Already soon, all Cyfrowy Polsat`s subscribers will receive new cards for Aladin encription created by NagraVision, which will successfuly block pirate reception of the package. more ››