RealPage selects the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System for IPTV to secure content on StarFire, RealPage's new IPTV service designed specifically for the multifamily housing industry. VCAS will secure content delivered from the StarFire headend to apartment homes via RealPage's private, managed IP network.

VCAS has been integrated within RealPage's "Leasing Office of the Future" and Simulation Labs where property owners and managers can experience every aspect of its innovative IPTV service -- from service sign up to the branded resident portal and interactive program guide. StarFire IPTV leverages the latest generation VCAS architecture, which supports an entire spectrum of wholesale/retail IPTV configurations. In particular, RealPage has integrated Verimatrix's Remote Stream Manager that enables seamless end-to-end encryption of centrally broadcast channels combined with secure locally originated content. This architecture eliminates the need for additional costly equipment to be purchased, operated and maintained by the local IPTV retailers.

VCAS for IPTV is a software-based content security solution built on the principles of Public Key Infrastructure and X.509 digital certificates. The RealPage Simulation Labs currently showcase a production-ready StarFire ecosystem in which VCAS is integrated with Espial's flagship Evo IPTV middleware, and Motorola's VIP 1200 series IP set-top boxes and MPEG-4 AVC Video Encoders.

RealPage joins Verimatrix's ongoing IPTV wholesale/retail customer deployments, which include Avail Media, IPTV-Americas and Falcon Communications. RealPage plans on launching its IPTV service in Q2 of this year.